Almost 76 000 children in the European Region die before their fifth birthday every year; noncommunicable diseases claim 1 in 6 people before age 70
Copenhagen, 25 February 2025
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Category: 3. Europe
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Why life expectancy gains in Europe stalled—and how some countries stayed ahead
New research reveals why life expectancy gains have slowed across Europe—and how proactive policies in some countries helped them weather the COVID-19 crisis better than others.
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U.S. Votes Against U.N. Resolution Demanding Russian Withdrawal from Ukraine
A showdown over Ukraine between the United States and its longtime European allies played out in the United Nations on Monday, as the United States opposed an effort to condemn Russian aggression and call for the immediate withdrawal of Russian…
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Central Europe’s new hop-on hop-off train
Getty ImagesThe Baltic Express bursts out of the Czech capital on a crisp winter morning. As the sky lightens, medieval Prague is streamed through the train’s windows like a Netflix trailer. From armchair seats in private compartments, a city of…
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Germany’s Friedrich Merz signals seismic shift in Europe-US relations
Big European powers have been shocked to the core by the Trump administration, which suggests it could revoke the security guarantees to Europe in place since 1945.
“I would never have thought that I would have to say something like this in a TV…
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Europe’s big carnivores are on the rise – but can we live with bears next door? | Wildlife
Europe’s carnivores have had a remarkable change in fortune. After tens of thousands of years of persecution that wiped out sabretooth tigers, hyenas and cave lions, there has been a recent rebound in the continent’s surviving predators.
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The UN Must Act to Bring Peace to Europe
President Trump is committed to ending the Russia-Ukraine war and to a resolution that leads to a lasting peace, not just a temporary pause. This Monday, February 24, will mark three years of…
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Taking the Pulse: Is the Transatlantic Relationship at a Breaking Point?
Linas Kojala
Director of the Geopolitics and Security Studies Center, Vilnius
On one hand, there is no real alternative to the U.S. security guarantee. Declaring that the transatlantic relationship has collapsed would be like stepping off a ship in…
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Life expectancy growth stalls across Europe as England sees sharpest decline, say researchers | Life expectancy
Life expectancy improvement is stalling across Europe with England experiencing the biggest slowdown. Experts are blaming this on an alarming mix of poor diet, mass inactivity and soaring obesity.
The average annual growth in life expectancy…
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