Protesters wearing surgicals masks gathered in Belgrade last week in hopes of sparking change in their current crisis; pollution. Many Serbian towns are sharing the discomfort of pollution with surrounding countries, such as Bosnia, Kosovo, and North Macedonia. With the smog making living conditions undesirable, Belgrade has recently risen to the top of the list for the world’s most polluted… Read more »
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Hundreds of protesters, some wearing surgical masks and respirators, took to the streets of the Serbian capital Belgrade on Friday, demanding the government tackle severe air pollution throughout the European Union candidate country. Belgrade and several other Serbian towns, along with the capitals of neighboring Bosnia, Kosovo and North Macedonia, have been choked by dense smog for… Read more »
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Senate voted on Wednesday in favor of a bill that would allow single women and lesbian couples access to in-vitro fertilization (IVF), the first major social reform of President Emmanuel Macron’s term. The bill was passed 160-116 in the Senate, where Macron’s centrist party is outnumbered by right-wing Republicans. The bill is part of a broader… Read more »
LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union must resist lobbying pressure from banks to water down pending capital rules, the candidate for executive director of the bloc’s banking watchdog told EU lawmakers on Wednesday. Gerry Cross sought to reassure lawmakers at a confirmation hearing in the European Parliament that as second in command at the European Banking Authority (EBA) he would… Read more »
WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Samherji, the Icelandic fishing company at the center of Namibia’s biggest corruption scandal, announced on Friday that it is withdrawing from the southwest African nation. The move comes as former justice minister Sakeus Shanghala and fisheries minister Bernardt Esau, along with two former employees of South Africa’s Investec, remain in custody. The men have been in custody… Read more »