EU approves Coronavirus aid package
The European Union has adopted measures to quickly release funding from the bloc’s budget to help tackle the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Coronavirus...
Behind the masks, nurses are worried but determined
Europeans have taken to applauding the efforts of health care workers on their balconies every night during the COVID-19 pandemic. The worryingly high death-rate...
COVID-19: Mental health must be a priority
The measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 such as physical distancing and the closure of schools and workplaces may have a negative...
Living under Lockdown in the UK
On Monday 23rd March, Boris Johnson announced sweeping new restrictions to daily life. These restrictions are an attempt to curtail the UK’s outbreak of...
Schengen Area: an anniversary marked by closed borders
On 26 March 2020, the European Union marks the 25th anniversary of the Schengen agreement coming into force in seven European Union countries. Border...
Smurf colouring images for kids during COVID-19 lockdown
As lockdowns continue across the world, the Smurfs are helping children embrace basic gestures to help fight the spread of COVID-19.
They're asking you to...
UNRIC donates its stock of surgical masks to health facilities in...
Between March 19 and 23, our office distributed 3,100 surgical masks to health professionals working in several institutions in Flanders and the Brussels region.
UNRIC...
Be Smurfs, Stay Home and Wash your Hands
New week, same goals: stay positive, wash your hands regularly with soap, and stay at home. That is the mantra.
The Smurfs have come to...
COVID-19 : Europeans are no longer “walking alone”
Across Europe, people are showing unprecedented solidarity in the face of the COVID-19 Coronavirus both in words and deeds since the continent became the...
COVID-19: “We are at war with a virus”– UN Secretary-General
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged the world’s nations to unite in their battle against the COVID-19 virus on Thursday (March 19).
“Our world faces...
Dashboard tracking regional progress on #SDGs launched by UNECE
The Sustainable Development Goals’ globally-agreed framework of 232 indicators allows everyone—governments, researchers, civil society, business and beyond—to keep track of how our countries are...
Get Real Time Health Information with WhatsApp – #COVID19
WhatsApp today announced the launch of two initiatives in support of the global fight against the Coronavirus pandemic: the global launch of the WhatsApp Coronavirus...
UN agriculture agency staff continue to strive for a better world...
FAO leads global efforts to defeat hunger and ensure that everyone has access to high-quality food. The agency is working with WHO and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to assist...
World Digital Library offers access to thousand of books
For many in lockdown, you may be looking for reading material. So why not take the time to get to know the World Digital...
The kindness and love of strangers in times of COVID-19
An Australian tourist with COVID-19 died in a remote part of Iceland on 16 March. His wife also tested positive for COVID-19 and Icelandic...