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Joint efforts for better knowledge about maritime transport and the environment

The European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) have recently published the European Maritime Transport Environmental Report (EMTER), which is a joint assessment about the environmental impacts of maritime transport in Europe. We interviewed Stéphane Isoard, Head of group for water and marine topics at the EEA, who was leading the […]

Asylum applications by Afghans approaching those by Syrians

While Syrians were still the largest group of asylum applicants in EU+ countries in July, the gap to Afghans continued shrinking. As these and other main nationalities lodged substantially more applications compared to previous months, total applications were at the highest level since the outbreak of COVID-19 and approached pre-pandemic levels.

Szijjártó Praises Cooperation With Turkic Council

Cooperation with the member states of the Turkic Council has resulted in mutual help during the coronavirus pandemic, while doubling Hungary’ trade volume with the region compared with 2010, Péter Szijjártó, the minister of foreign affairs and trade, said in Khiva, Uzbekistan. Speaking at a meeting of the International Organisation of Turkic Culture (TÜRKSOY), Szijjártó […]