The international community is preparing to soon receive refugees and displaced persons from the war in Ukraine, in a figure that the UN places between one million and five million people. The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is already preparing contingency plans “for the departure of a population of one to three million people to Poland, […]
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NATO strengthens in Eastern Europe but will not enter Ukraine
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) activated its defense plans to reinforce itself in Eastern Europe in the face of the “serious threat” to Euro-Atlantic security posed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but made it clear that it does not plan to send troops to that country, a partner but not a member of […]
Disinformation about Ukraine is rampant in Eastern Europe
In the countries of Eastern Europe, controlled in the past by Russia and where since then a deep anti-Moscow sentiment prevails, false information and rumors are surprisingly pervasive as the regional crisis worsens. In Slovakia, Ukraine’s neighbor, misinformation about the situation is widespread, including from MPs. Following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech in which he […]
Qatar says it’s ‘almost impossible’ to quickly replace Russian gas supplies to Europe
Updated on 02/22/2022 02:22 pm Neither Qatar nor any other country has the capacity to replace Russian gas supplies to Europe with liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the event of an interruption due to a conflict between Russia and Ukraine, its energy minister acknowledged. Tensions between Russia and Ukraine escalated on Tuesday after Moscow ordered […]
EU will sanction Putin and the rest of those involved in recognition of Donbas
The European Union (EU) will react with sanctions against those involved in the illegal decision announced this Monday by the Russian president, Vladimir Putinto recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed separatist republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, in the region of donbasin eastern Ukraine. The announcement was made in a joint statement by the president of […]
After reduction of working hours in Belgium, no European country plans to follow suit
With information from EFE Belgium’s decision to allow the workweek to be concentrated in four days brings the debate on reducing the working day to 32 hours a week back to the present, without any major European countries currently having any legislative initiative underway about. The decision adopted by the Belgian Government does not imply […]
Galicia, an oasis where the wild honey bee survives in Europe
Although experts considered it unlikely that the honey bee would have survived as a wild animal in Europe, in reality it still exists and is found in Galicia, according to a study published by Biological Conservation. A team led by the German Julius-Maximilians University (JMU) began searching Galicia in October 2019 for the presence of […]
Europe’s crowded LNG terminals have limited space for more gas
Europe’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals have limited capacity to absorb additional supply from the United States or other major producers should Russia cut off gas supplies if it invades Ukraine. Fears have grown in recent days that Russia, which supplies about a third of Europe’s gas, is preparing to invade Ukraine, which could disrupt […]
WHO warns that ómicron moves to eastern Europe, an area with fewer vaccinated
The omicron variant of COVID-19 is expanding in Europe to the east of the continent, where in the last two weeks the number of new infections has doubled and there is a lower level of vaccination, the European office of the World Organization warned on Tuesday. of Health (WHO). “In the last two weeks, Covid-19 […]
Escalation of gas and electricity in Europe is fueled by conflict between Russia and Ukraine
Europe It is hit by an escalation of natural gas and electricity that has exceeded 10% this Monday, due to the latent conflict that threatens the borders between Russia and Ukraine. As reported by the newspaper El País, an escalation of the war runs the risk of worsening the energy crisis in Europe, already besieged […]