Category: World

  Non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes or cancer, cause most of the preventable illnesses and deaths in the EU. They are increasingly affecting younger people, with more children becoming inactive and obese. A new report on the state of health in the EU identifies addressing this concern as a critical area for improvement.   More […]

The government has announced that the UK will be re-joining the Erasmus+ programme. Young people will be able to participate in the scheme again from January 2027. Erasmus+ is a European Union programme that offers opportunities for students, teachers, and young people to study, train, volunteer or gain work experience abroad. The scheme aims to […]

Getting help with living in Georgia Help from the Georgian government For any questions about moving to or living in Georgia, you may be able to get help from the: The UK government and the British Embassy in Tbilisi cannot give personalised advice on moving to, living or retiring in Georgia. Professional help in Georgia […]

The European Commission has put forward a raft of new measures that will improve the health of Europeans and contribute to a more modern, efficient, and resilient healthcare sector in the EU.  The proposals focus on three main areas.  Building a world-leading health biotech industry The Commission has proposed a biotech act to support innovation and […]

Četrdeset metara ispod mora u sjeverozapadnoj Italiji nalazi se jedna od najbolje očuvanih brodskih olupina iz Drugog svjetskog rata. Talijanski lovac na podmornice Equa, opremljen topovima, potonuo je bez žrtava nakon što ga je 1944. slučajno udario njemački brod. Na brodu se sada nalazi bogata morska fauna koja privlači ronioce i ribare. Lokacija je ključni […]

The UN Security Council meet this morning in New York to discuss the rapidly deteriorating situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), amid intensified fighting and mass displacement. The UN Peacekeeping chief briefed on recent peace efforts – including the Washington Accords between the DRC and Rwanda, signed just days before violence surged […]

For people living in the EU, the price of their next car, home renovation and even local produce may soon reflect a climate policy that many have never even heard of. This new regulation, which comes fully into force on New Year’s Day, does not just target heavy industry – it affects everyday goods which […]

Outside the mountain town of Sabiñánigo in northern Spain, an abandoned chemical factory stands on land still scarred by decades of Lindane production – a pesticide now banned worldwide – which left behind thousands of tonnes of toxic waste. Production ended in the 1980s, but the pesticide’s main by-product, hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH), continues to leach into […]

Climate change is already reshaping where and how people live, from farming villages to coastal towns. Professor François Gemenne, one of Europe’s foremost specialists on climate migration, has spent the past 20 years studying how environmental changes are influencing people’s decisions to change where they live. When he began this work, climate-induced migration was still […]

The United Kingdom condemns the drone strikes on the UNISFA base in Kadugli on 13 December which killed six UN peacekeepers and injured nine others. Our thoughts are with the families of those killed and all those affected.  Those responsible must be held to account. I will make three points. First, as my Foreign Secretary […]