The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) launched today a public consultation on its draft Supervisory Statement regarding a more outcomes-focused supervision of the sales process and pre-contractual disclosures of insurance-based investment products (IBIPs), within the existing regulatory framework. The objective of EIOPA’s Supervisory Statement is to help supervisors calibrate their engagement with insurance […]
Volunteers from different religious and cultural communities removed 50 kilograms of waste near Padua’s railway station, continuing a series of joint initiatives promoting environmental responsibility and community cooperation. PADUA, Italy, 8 October 2026 — Scientology Volunteer Ministers joined members of Padua’s Muslim, Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities on Sunday, 4 October, for a neighbourhood cleanup in […]
Russia reports no confirmed infection, but unanswered questions prevent a full international risk assessment The World Health Organization has asked Russia for laboratory results and fuller information after an employee of an anti-plague institute in Siberia died from severe pneumonia of unknown cause. Pneumonic plague has not been confirmed, while European health authorities say there […]
Developing countries paid almost a trillion dollars in net interest on public debt last year, nearly three times what they paid in 2010, due to rising borrowing costs, leaving less for health, education and other priorities, UN Trade and Development warns.
MEDIA-SOCIETY.COM // Experts from ODIHR and international civil society organisations examine attacks against Christians, threats to religious converts and the need for coordinated protection across the OSCE region. WARSAW, 8 October 2026 — Religious hate crimes, the safety of vulnerable faith communities and the need for stronger institutional responses were at the centre of a […]
The first Inner Vertical Target (IVT) is completed and ready to face ITER’s blazing plasma. Fusion for Energy (F4E) andResearch Instruments (RI) have worked together for over a decade to set the factories in motion. The component will sit at the heart of the largest-ever fusion reactor and comes with uniquely demanding requirements. Europe’s supply […]
Poverty, widening inequality, conflict and violence against women are threatening hard-won social gains, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) heard today, as speakers warn that development cannot endure when women and girls are denied fundamental rights. That link was starkest in Afghanistan, whose representative said that, five years after the Taliban’s forced takeover, poverty, […]
Safety is essential to the successful development and deployment of hydrogen technologies and to the competitiveness of Europe’s hydrogen sector. As hydrogen projects move from research and demonstration towards commercial deployment, effective safety management and knowledge sharing are increasingly important. The European Hydrogen Safety Panel (EHSP), established under the Clean Hydrogen Partnership, provides independent safety […]
The secondPower to the Peatlands conference, held in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, from 2-4 September, brought together peatland practitioners, policymakers, researchers and land managers. Around 564 people participated across the two days, while more than 200 followed online. Under the theme ‘Back to the Future: imagining tomorrow, acting today’, the conference highlighted how peatland restoration […]
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