Events

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Ivica Dacic spoke on the phone with Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikola Dimitrov.

Warning of harassment, revenge attacks and abuse of civilians displaced from the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar, United Nations refugee and migration agencies today called for people trying to flee the city ahead of military operations to have safe passage.

It may be possible to predict which teens will become obese adults by watching their brains respond to words like "french fries."

The President of Ukraine held a phone conversation with the leaders of the Normandy format – the President of France, the Federal Chancellor of Germany, and the President of Russia.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, will travel to Rimini on Thursday, 24 August 2017 to deliver a keynote address at the Rimini Meeting. The Secretary General will join a panel with the Italian Foreign Minister titled: ‘From North to South: Defence and Peace in the World.’

During September we will approve the program for construction of kindergartens, which will enable us to eliminate queues to preschool facilities in Ukraine.

Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman took part in celebrations on the occasion of the Day of the National Flag of Ukraine. The flag-raising ceremony was held at St. Sophia square in Kyiv.

The United Nations health agency is working closely with the Government of Sierra Leone to prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as malaria and cholera in the wake of last week's mudslides and flooding in the country's capital, Freetown.

 

A new technique protects people's private genetic information—which some fear could be used maliciously—during searches for genes linked to disease.

A group of leading companies across the global food supply chain today announced a major blockchain collaboration with IBM (NYSE: IBM) intended to further strengthen consumer confidence in the global food system. 

Hungarian police, who will be taking part in border control operations, have set off for Serbia and Macedonia, the Police website announced on Monday.

The construction of kindergartens using the latest technologies and modern equipment is the starting point for investments in quality education and child development.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, in the framework of the continuation of the program aimed to support education, includes a further increase of teachers’ wages by 25% into the draft budget for 2018.

The memorandum was signed on the sidelines of the seminar on BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) governance in Fujian province prior to the ninth BRICS Summit to be held in Xiamen, China from September 3 to 5