Helga Guðmundsdóttir, 102 year-old COVID19 survivor. Photo Credits: © Jóhannes Kr. Kristjánsson

“I have survived it all, haven’t I?” says 102 year-old former...

A one hundred and two-year-old woman in Iceland has been declared cured of COVID-19 in the town of Bolungarvík in Iceland. Born in 1917, Helga...
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COVID-19: Liège airport chosen as UN humanitarian aid hub

Belgium’s Liège airport has been selected to be part of a network of United Nations global logistics hubs that will deliver medical and humanitarian...
Dr Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director, Office for Europe

WHO warns of surge of domestic violence as COVID-19 cases decrease...

With COVID-19 now in its third month in Europe, the World Health Organization said there were positive signs but that the situation remained very...
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COVID-19: stories told over the phone to the visually impaired in...

The lockdown is a particularly challenging time for people with disabilities. Among the many initiatives emerging, Belgian association Ligue Braille is helping blind and...
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COVID-19: When you want to scream, see The Scream

Every time the world has faced a major crisis in the past century its eyes have turned towards the most famous painting by Scandinavia’s...
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MY World 360° media selection and this year’s call for immersive...

The UN SDG Action Campaign has released the latest MY World 360° film selection, which will be added to the MY World 360° playlist. All...
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Concerns are raised over the threat of COVID-19 to mental health...

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Europe, levels of stress and anxiety have risen substantially. Unsurprisingly, the devastating loss of life due to COVID-19...
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Online screening of ‘Unseen Enemy’

In this time of uncertainty, the Cine-ONU team extends our best wishes to you and your family. Cine-ONU Geneva, Brussels and Vienna have teamed up...
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UN Secretary-General urges support for vaccine to control COVID-19

UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed an EU-hosted pledging conference called to raise funds to accelerate the development of a vaccine and other diagnostic tools...
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COVID-19: Famous photographers support Indian migrant-workers

An international group of photographers has launched an initiative called Prints for India to raise funds to aid some of those in India hardest hit...
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#Dysturb: Photojournalists take a stand against the COVID-19 pandemic

To support efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic and call on people to respect lockdown, the international photojournalist collective #Dysturb has launched a new information and...
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Leveraging the video game’s global reach in the fight against COVID-19

The video games industry, which reaches over 2.5 billion people globally, is taking a lead role in promoting healthy physical distancing, hand hygiene, and...
Thin ice is shot in Greenland and Iceland and sometimes the landscape threatens to overshadow the action. Credit: Guðjón Jónsson.

COVID-19: Greenland on thin ice

The name of the actor Angunnguaq Larsen may not be well-known outside Greenland, but his face is familiar to television audiences in the five...
Secretary-General António Guterres Petersberg Climate Dialogue

Petersberg Climate Dialogue: ‘The highest cost is the cost of doing...

The COVID-19 crisis is presenting international climate negotiations with new challenges. Environment ministers from some 35 countries are meeting in a two-day online conference...

FROM THE FIELD: How refugees are helping overwhelmed health systems’ COVID-19...

A global effort is needed now and in the months ahead, to fight the coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic, according to the United Nations, and...