Events

The United Nations health agency is rapidly scaling up its response to a plague outbreak in Madagascar that has spread to the capital and port towns, infecting more than 100 people in just a few weeks.

Having seen first-hand the destruction wrought by the recent hurricanes in the Caribbean, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday called for the full mobilization of the international community to support the people of the affected areas.

The documents provide for the procurement, design and integration of cutting-edge technologies, equipment and materials, including those replacing their foreign counterparts, for the needs of Gazprom.

All countries should join the Port State Measures Agreement (PSMA) to make sure the landmark treaty aimed at cracking down on illegal fishing succeeds in its aims of ridding the world of a scourge, Director-General General José Graziano da Silva said at the OurOcean Conference in Malta.

Croatian Economy Minister Martina Dalic took part in a meeting of the Croatian-Russian commission for economic and scientific cooperation in Moscow on Tuesday, the Economy Ministry reported on its website on Wednesday.

The government on Thursday adopted a protocol which envisages connecting the oil refinery in Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the Croatian gas transport system, which would be conducive to efforts to improve the quality of air in the Croatian town Slavonski Brod.

“Hungary is a flag-bearer in the European Union for initiatives and programmes aimed at achieving a GMO-free protein supply”, the Ministry of Agriculture’s Parliamentary State Secretary said.

Total project investments to reach RUB 25 billion

Prime Minister Pavel Filip started the today’s cabinet meeting with a congratulatory message for those who work in the education sector, on the eve of the Education Day, marked on 5 October.

The Third Committee of the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly dealing with social, humanitarian affairs and human rights issues has started its work at the United Nations headquarters in New York

On October 3, 2017 the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, Oleg Kravchenko, began his working visit to the United States

On Thursday, 5 October, the President of Latvia, Raimonds Vējonis, awarded Latvia’s highest award, the Order of the Three Stars, to EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Phil Hogan, in Riga Castle.

Prime Minister of Montenegro Duško Marković and President of Hungary János Áder agreed today that the relations of the two countries are friendly and with no open issues.

With over half a million Rohingya refugees having fled their homes in Myanmar since violence erupted in late August, the top United Nations humanitarian official has underscored that the solution to the crisis needs to be found within Myanmar.

Two weeks after Hurricane Maria devastated Dominica, the island nation’s recovery is becoming more evident as the main port has reopened and supplies of food, water and basic necessities are being regularly delivered to the peoplе.