EU Aid to Nagorno Karabakh

The EU has allocated an additional €400,000 in humanitarian aid to cover the most urgent needs of civilians affected by the conflict in and around Nagorno Karabakh.  With this emergency support to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Red Cross of Armenia and Red Crescent of Azerbaijan will deliver food…

Health Technology Research

The Commission has awarded some €508 million in grants to 75 projects to tackle cancer, brain-related diseases, infectious diseases, complex chronic conditions, antimicrobial resistance and other important areas of health research.  These projects are to receive money following the official signatures of grant agreements in the coming weeks.  They were short-listed after evaluation and will…

Monde Sauvage

Visitor attractions in Belgium face a “double whammy” caused by the ongoing health pandemic. All are having to come to terms with the country now entering the second confinement, or lockdown, in six months, with the attendant loss of income this involves. This comes after such places lost out of the lucrative Easter period when…