Belgrade, Serbia (AP) – Vaccines from the West, Russia or China? Or nothing? This dilemma confronts the countries of Southeast Europe, where the coronavirus vaccination campaign is off to a slow start – shrouded in heavy political debate and conspiracy theories. In countries such as the Czech Republic, Serbia, Bosnia, …
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ROME (AP) – European Union (EU) nations on Sunday launched a joint effort to vaccinate the most vulnerable people in the continent’s worst health crisis in a century, with a moment of hope. . Health care activists, the elderly and leading politicians reassured people that the vaccine was safe and …
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This week, Belarus’s President Alexander Lukashenko visited one of the nation’s major state factories in the capital, Minsk, of purpose to show that he still had support despite national calls for his dismissal. He had done well to remember Nicolae Ceausescu. The decision of Romania’s last communist leader to counter …
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey announced its largest ever natural gas discovery on Friday, a 320 billion cubic meter (11.3 trillion cubic feet) Black Sea field, which President Tayyip Erdogan said was part of even larger reserves and could thus coming soon as 2023 streaming. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses the …
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A record number of people were killed last year for defending their land and environment, according to research highlighting the routine murder of activists opposing the extractive industries that are fueling the climate crisis and destroying nature. More than four defenders were killed each week in 2019, according to an …
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