Europe

Dana, held by her mother Inna, doesn’t cry while being administered her first dose of mumps, measles and rubella (MMR) vaccine at Children’s Policlinic №1 in Obolon district, Kyiv, Ukraine. (file)
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UN health experts warn ‘dramatic resurgence’ of measles continues to threaten the European region

28 August 2019
Health

Europe has lost ground in eliminating measles, as the number of countries having achieved or sustained elimination of the disease has declined, the European Regional Verification Commission for Measles and Rubella Elimination (RVC) warned on Thursday. 

Since fighting erupted between Greek and Turkish Cypriots in 1974, the area dividing Greek Cyprus from its Turkish counterpart, abandoned and left virtually untouched by human activity, has fallen within a buffer zone controlled by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). (file)
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders ready for talks with UN chief on improved relations

9 August 2019
Peace and Security

Leaders of the Greek and Turkish parts of the divided island of Cyprus have agreed to meet with the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, in order to “plan the way forward”, and improve the daily lives of all Cypriots, a statement from the UN Mission in Cyprus, declared on Friday.

Rescued refugees and migrants disembark from a ship commissioned by a German non-governmental organization in the Sicilian port of Catania in January 2019.
© UNHCR/Alessio Mamo

‘€1 million’ fines for rescue boats prompts UN concern for future sea operations

6 August 2019
Migrants and Refugees

A move by Italian lawmakers to impose fines of up to €1 million on vessels and organizations carrying out search and rescue operations off the country’s coastline, sparked a new warning on Tuesday from the UN that the measure risks deterring future lifesaving efforts in the Mediterranean.