• According to Europe Beyond Coal, five more European countries are expected to stop using coal by 2025: France (2022), Slovakia (2023), the United Kingdom (2024), Ireland (2025), and Italy (2025). (hannovermesse.de)
  • The case, filed in September 2020 against the 27 EU member states as well as Britain, Switzerland, Norway, Russia and Turkey, is the largest climate case ever to be heard by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. (rte.ie)
  • As of 1st January 2020, Belgium will be joining the growing number of countries that have adopted plain packaging and therefore be the fifth one in Europe, after France, the UK, Norway and Ireland, to have initiated such measure. (who.int)
  • Similarly, last year's ambitious anti-racism action plan for 2020-2025 declares that colonialism is embedded in European history and has profound consequences for society today. (lu.se)
  • There are four brewing centers throughout the country, making it the top producer by accounting for 75 percent of Spanish beer. (tastingtable.com)
  • Like those European countries, Brazil and Argentina have universal public healthcare, but South America invests less in hospitals and other medical centers than does Europe, and "that translates into fewer opportunities to become a higher-paid specialist," the authors write. (medscape.com)
  • Sweden is among European countries that have tried to maintain the forests by controlling deforestation, but an increase in population is putting more pressure on forest cover. (worldatlas.com)
  • Despite the threat of deforestation, forests in Europe are faring well than in other continents. (worldatlas.com)
  • Most countries in the former Eastern bloc have government programs for the restitution of religious property confiscated by previous socialist governments. (wikipedia.org)
  • Six young people from areas in Portugal ravaged by wildfires and heatwaves have gone head-to-head with 32 European governments, alleging in court that their failure to act fast enough on climate change is a violation of their human rights. (rte.ie)
  • After the 2007-2008 financial crisis, countries were pressed to tax the financial sector to partly recover the fiscal assistance governments offered to support the sector. (taxfoundation.org)
  • It has shown the vulnerability of the whole world to public health threats of international concern and has reminded us of the need for health security as a concerted effort of governments and partners", said the WHO Country Representative, Dr. Josephine Namboze. (who.int)
  • The United States is the world's top resettlement country, and Australia, Canada and Scandinavia also accept refugees every year. (unhcr.org)
  • It also drew the ire of European regulators, and in the midst of a series of probes into tax deals that companies like Amazon have struck with individual countries, the world's largest online shop has changed the way it pays taxes. (hothardware.com)
  • They literally gave Pilsner its name (it was first brewed more than 170 years ago in the city of Plzeň), and per capita, this is the world's number-one-seed drinking country. (tastingtable.com)
  • Binance, the world's largest centralized crypto exchange platform by trading volume, has achieved a new milestone in Dubai following a series of departures from several countries, as well as facing regulatory issues in Europe and in the U.S. (ibtimes.com)
  • Today, Sweden remains among the world's largest donors of development aid , despite being a relatively small country. (lu.se)
  • Jönsson, L-E 2016, "A Dangerous Country": The Council of Europe in Search for a Common Heritage . (lu.se)
  • In 2019, the European Parliament passed a Resolution on the Fundamental Rights of People of African Descent . (lu.se)
  • The European Coal Plant Countdown tallies all coal plants in the European Union, the United Kingdom, Turkey, and the Western Balkan countries that since January 2016 have retired or announced plans to retire plants by 2030. (hannovermesse.de)
  • Under the Paris Agreement, the EU-28 are committed to reducing emissions 40 percent by 2030, but achieving zero net emissions by 2050 would require reductions of between 55 and 65 percent by 2030, according to the European Climate Foundation (ECF). (ecosystemmarketplace.com)
  • Those two countries also have fewer physicians per capita than do other developed countries, and labor shortages tend to drive up compensation, the authors note. (medscape.com)
  • Until recently, Sweden had the most generous admission of refugees per capita in Europe. (lu.se)
  • The commonplace conception at the time was that ethnic Swedes belonged to a superior Nordic type of white Europeans. (lu.se)
  • UNHCR Central Europe also participates in the EUREMA project, which relocates people who have received refugee status in Malta to other countries in the EU. (unhcr.org)
  • For references , please go to https://www.eea.europa.eu/themes/regions/pan-european/virtual-library/Malta-profile or scan the QR code. (europa.eu)
  • Slovakia is not the only OECD country that implemented a bank tax . (taxfoundation.org)
  • France's individual income tax system is the least competitive among OECD countries. (taxfoundation.org)
  • Obesity rates are on par with other OECD countries, with almost 15 per cent of adults classified as obese, up from 11.5 per cent a decade ago. (abc.net.au)
  • They then converged with young men from other countries such as France, Germany , Netherlands , Sweden , and Denmark in Paris for an extended stay. (britannica.com)
  • As a result, Sweden has the most forest cover of any European country. (worldatlas.com)
  • Sweden has largest forest cover in Europe with about 28 million hectares representing 68.95% of the country's total surface area. (worldatlas.com)
  • A large number of trees found in Sweden are oak, alder, Norway spruce, European beech, and Scots pine. (worldatlas.com)
  • If we are to believe the Good Country Index , there is no country in the world that contributes more to the common good of humanity than Sweden. (lu.se)
  • Nor was Sweden a mere bystander to the racial ordering of world affairs that began with European expansion during the late 15th century. (lu.se)
  • Despite efforts in some respects, Sweden and other European countries do not properly recognise the many global inequities that are the legacy of colonialism. (lu.se)
  • This country report is part of a series of reports on vocational education and training produced by each EU Member State plus Norway and Iceland by members of ReferNet, a network established by Cedefop (European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training). (europa.eu)
  • Social Inclusion Developments - A European Cross-Country Perspective ," Studii Financiare (Financial Studies) , Centre of Financial and Monetary Research "Victor Slavescu", vol. 19(4), pages 32-46. (repec.org)
  • Looking ahead, activities include plans to strengthen country preparedness and response structures through the establishment of the National Emergency Operations Centre (EOC). (who.int)
  • In these cases, UNHCR helps refugees resettle in a third country. (unhcr.org)
  • Refugees are often resettled in a country where the society, language, and culture are completely new to them. (unhcr.org)
  • Creating the proper environment to receive refugees is a benefit to both refugees and the receiving country. (unhcr.org)
  • UNHCR-funded emergency resettlement facilities have been established in the villages of Timisoara (Romania) and Humenne (Slovakia) that provide a temporary haven for refugees who face dangers in their first country of refuge. (unhcr.org)
  • He also brought up the issue of how to "deal with the expected increase in the number of refugees and migrants fleeing to Europe to escape the unstable situation. (zenit.org)
  • He believes German Chancellor Angela Merkel had made a catastrophic error in admitting over a million Muslim refugees in 2015, and he deplored the refusal of the European media, academic, and governing elites to permit an honest public discussion of the mounting cultural crisis over Islam. (theamericanconservative.com)
  • Europe may succeed at keeping out the refugees, but unless the rock-bottom birth rate in European nations rebounds, it will be futile. (theamericanconservative.com)
  • All official European Union website addresses are in the europa.eu domain. (europa.eu)
  • The analysis has been conducted for the 28 European Union member states, at two key moments of time, to identify, based on the signals provided by each indicator, the countries recording most extreme values. (repec.org)
  • The European Union began investigating Amazon's "cosmetic" tax scheme in January on the belief that going through Luxembourg might provide the site with an illegal and unfair advantage and run afoul of European law. (hothardware.com)
  • While climate negotiators are gathered here in the former German capital of Bonn to work out sticky issues relating to international carbon trading, the European Council was meeting in Brussels to debate a pledge that would set a target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions for the 28 countries of the European Union by 2050. (ecosystemmarketplace.com)
  • Considering that a 10-valent vaccine and a 13-valent conjugate vaccine are licensed in the European Union (EU), a better understanding of the dynamics of the additional serotypes is needed to help decision making on future vaccine strategies. (cdc.gov)
  • The initiative is funded by the European Union Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO). (who.int)
  • In May 2017 United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief Ahmed Shaheed completed his assessment of the state of religious freedom in the country and stated, "Albania is a model for interfaith harmony. (wikipedia.org)
  • Kathrin Gutmann, campaign director at Europe Beyond Coal, said in a statement that 'Portugal is the perfect example of how once a country commits to quitting coal, the pace of the phaseout inevitably accelerates. (commondreams.org)
  • The benefits of transitioning to renewables are so great, once started, it only makes sense to get out of coal as fast as possible,' said Kathrin Gutmann, campaign director at environmental non-governmental organization Europe Beyond Coal. (hannovermesse.de)
  • Individual countries within Europe have adopted laws to protect the natural environment from destruction with the aim of reducing the impact of climate change . (worldatlas.com)
  • Portugal's decision to accelerate the coal phase-out is a consequence of its national energy and global climate plan, which highlights renewables and aligns with European carbon neutral targets. (hannovermesse.de)
  • Coal's dire economics and public desire for climate action drive faster and faster phase-outs across Europe, with momentum continuing to build: 21 countries are either coal-free or in possession of the coal phase-out plan. (hannovermesse.de)
  • While a large majority of European countries were pushing hard for this ambitious call, a few countries held the entire bloc back," said Helen Mountford, Vice President of Climate and Economics, World Resources Institute. (ecosystemmarketplace.com)
  • Millions of Europeans feel they have no one to turn to in times of trouble, according to a survey conducted by Eurostat. (euronews.com)
  • We're pleased to offer this service to the millions of Bitcoin users in other countries and believe they will respond enthusiastically. (entrepreneur.com)
  • The prelate observed that "the campaigners for the 'turning point of 2011' are young - 60% of the people in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa are under 30 in age. (zenit.org)
  • His Excellency further added that this commitment is part of a larger EU humanitarian package of almost 900 million BWP financed by the humanitarian office ECHO for countries in southern Africa to help support people impacted by COVID-19, drought, and other humanitarian crises that persist in the region. (who.int)
  • Additionally, similar practices (such as having religious organizations register with the government) can have different consequences depending on other sociopolitical circumstances specific to the countries in question. (wikipedia.org)
  • In most cases, religious individuals that need to observe these practices are able to import meat and go to other countries to have circumcisions performed without interference from their government. (wikipedia.org)
  • The book opens with a comparative chapter on the these six themes, and concludes with an analysis of trends and best practices in Europe. (bloomsbury.com)
  • For Amazon and its legal advisers, that meant processing all European sales in Luxembourg, a comparatively low tax region that's been saving the online vendor a significant amount of money. (hothardware.com)
  • This printable blank map of Europe can help you or your students learn the names and locations of all the countries from this world region. (geoguessr.com)
  • Country fiches Country fiches are overviews of available environmental information (reports, indicators, statistics) per country organised alongside two thematic areas: water and related ecosystems and green economy. (europa.eu)
  • Indicators recording big values suggest that those countries are exposed to higher degrees of social exclusion, as there are large imbalances between different categories of population regarding the monetary, educational or labor force issues. (repec.org)
  • Service characteristics and country level socioeconomic indicators were tested and related with the Index using linear regressions and random intercept linear models . (bvsalud.org)
  • Social health insurance systems in European countries : the role of the insurer in the health care system : a comparative study of four European countries / Rowena Jacobs and Maria Goddard. (who.int)
  • A comparative study of retail market orientation in three European countries. (lu.se)
  • States can differ based on whether or not they guarantee equal treatment under law for followers of different religions, whether they establish a state religion (and the legal implications that this has for both practitioners and non-practitioners), the extent to which religious organizations operating within the country are policed, and the extent to which religious law is used as a basis for the country's legal code. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, European countries differ significantly in how efficiently they raise VAT revenues. (taxfoundation.org)
  • Because preterm infants are at greater risk for death than term infants, countries with a higher percentage of preterm births tend to have higher infant mortality rates. (cdc.gov)
  • Behind international rankings of infant mortality: How the United States compares with Europe. (cdc.gov)
  • Spain loaded the greatest volumes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Europe in 2021. (statista.com)
  • Compared with 18 European countries, the United States had the highest percentage of preterm births (12.4%) in 2004. (cdc.gov)
  • Virtually every country in Europe legally establishes the freedom of religion for people living in the country, and most also have anti-discrimination laws that specifically highlight religious freedom. (wikipedia.org)
  • And so, once again, European politicians are trying to persuade people to accept more lockdowns and more restrictions. (npr.org)
  • Each point represents a people group in a country. (joshuaproject.net)
  • An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. (joshuaproject.net)
  • Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. (joshuaproject.net)
  • The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. (joshuaproject.net)
  • The aim of this study was to investigate how overall health, participation in physical activities, self-esteem, and social and financial resources are related to life satisfaction among people aged 65 and older with reduced activities of daily living (ADL) capacity in 6 European countries. (lu.se)
  • The study thus suggests that personal rather than environmental factors are important for life satisfaction among people with reduced ADL capacity living in Europe. (lu.se)
  • Today, people of non-European descent make up roughly 15-20% of the Swedish population, a segment of society that has much higher levels of unemployment than white Swedes. (lu.se)
  • When possible the fiches were complemented with information about the main institutional players holding environmental information in the country and regional level. (europa.eu)
  • u201cPortugal has become the 4th European country to go coal free! (commondreams.org)
  • Coinbase Goes Global, Launches Bitcoin Services in 13 European Countries The thriving San Francisco-based Bitcoin exchange and payments processor has bitten off an ambitious first step into the European market. (entrepreneur.com)
  • Design: Comparative policy review of payment data in countries with different regulatory approaches to disclosure. (lu.se)
  • However, inflation shocks have very little persistence in the CEE countries, owing to the strong convergence trends in these countries-which tend to re-anchor expectations faster. (imf.org)
  • President of the European Council Charles Micheal said further escalation must be stopped. (turkishpress.com)
  • Many European nations have consistently opposed and ignored UN resolutions passed with overwhelming majority by the UN General Assembly and Human Rights Council calling for a democratic and equitable international order . (lu.se)
  • KING: Eleanor, I know it is a large continent, but - big picture - what is the state of the pandemic in Europe? (npr.org)
  • The ECHO funding is providing a hopeful outlook for Botswana's response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has devastated many countries across the world. (who.int)
  • Except for Austria (11.4%), the other countries had levels of 8.9% or less. (cdc.gov)
  • And the biggest countries right now - France, the U.K., Italy and Germany - are in some form of lockdown. (npr.org)
  • Is it all of France or just parts of the country? (npr.org)
  • France has 17 million hectares of forest cover which represents 31% of the country. (worldatlas.com)
  • Health experts in Europe say the continent is being hit by a third wave of coronavirus infections. (npr.org)
  • The ceremony was graced by the presence of the Honourable Minister of Health and Wellness Dr. Edwin Dikoloti, His Excellency Ambassador Jan Sadek representing Team Europe, the WHO Country Representative in Botswana, Dr. Josephine Namboze, heads of diplomatic missions, UN agencies, and other development partners. (who.int)
  • Dikoloti indicated that the support from the two partners has covered the breadth of the health system and focused on some life-changing areas such as the capacity to test for COVID-19 in-country. (who.int)
  • Factors associated with quality of services for marginalized groups with mental health problems in 14 European countries. (bvsalud.org)
  • Much less is known about the impact of contextual factors, such as the socioeconomic circumstances, on the provision of care to socially marginalized groups.The objectives of this work were to assess the organisational characteristics of services providing mental health care for marginalized groups in 14 European capital cities and to explore the associations between organisational quality, service features and country-level characteristics. (bvsalud.org)
  • Directly accessible data for 170 industries from 150+ countries and over 1 Mio. (statista.com)
  • Results: Of 30 countries with self-regulation, five had centralised databases, with Disclosure UK displaying the highest accessibility and quality. (lu.se)
  • Instead of processing all sales in Luxembourg, Amazon on May 1 began booking revenue from retail sales in individual European countries, with local branches in the U.K., Germany, Italy, and Spain, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal . (hothardware.com)
  • Objectives: To examine the accessibility and quality of drug company payment data in Europe. (lu.se)
  • In 23 of the remaining countries with self-regulation and available data, disclosures were published in the portable document format (PDF) on individual company websites, preventing the public from understanding payment patterns. (lu.se)
  • Conclusions: The accessibility and quality of payment data disclosed in European countries are typically low, hindering investigation of financial conflicts of interest. (lu.se)
  • Spain is also the country with the greatest number of operational LNG import terminals in Europe. (statista.com)
  • Spain has 18.4 million hectares of forest cover, which is about 36.7% of the country. (worldatlas.com)
  • There are further discrepancies between some countries' self-proclaimed stances of religious freedom in law and the actual practice of authority bodies within those countries: a country's establishment of religious equality in their constitution or laws does not necessarily translate into freedom of practice for residents of the country. (wikipedia.org)
  • ISCED provides a comprehensive framework of uniform and internationally agreed definitions to facilitate comparisons of education systems across countries. (cdc.gov)
  • The unrest and protests in other countries like Yemen, Bahrain and Syria, and also - if somewhat more cautiously - in Morocco and Algeria - make it clear that the Arab world is in a state of turmoil," he noted. (zenit.org)
  • This March, we're taking you on a tour of the Old World , with a focus on how traditional European dishes are influencing modern cuisine. (tastingtable.com)
  • Australia and Canada first world countries that seem so lag behind everyone else. (macrumors.com)
  • Netquest wants to support researchers all over the world in such a challenge by extending our quality panel offering in Europe. (research-live.com)
  • Deloitte Romania is one of the leading professional services organizations in the country providing services in professional areas of audit, tax, legal, management consulting, financial advisory, risk management services, outsourcing solutions and technology consulting and other related services through over 3.400 national and specialized expatriate professionals. (deloitte.com)
  • 617 services were assessed in two highly deprived areas in 14 European capital cities. (bvsalud.org)
  • Several PCV7 postlicensure studies in the United States and European countries have described substantial increases in non-PCV7 vaccine serotypes (NVTs) ( 6 , 7 , 10 - 13 ). (cdc.gov)