Transport noise: More than 500,000 children’s reading skills impaired in Europe
More than one out of five Europeans are exposed to harmful long-term noise from road, rail and air transport. Published…
24% of first-time asylum applicants were children in 2023 – Eurostat
In 2023, 254 900 first-time asylum applicants registered in EU countries were children (persons under 18 years old), representing 24.3% of…
Allow more aid into Gaza now, pleads UN health agency chief
Much more lifesaving humanitarian aid must be allowed into Gaza where one in six children is dangerously malnourished in the north of…
Child sexual abuse online: effective measures, no mass surveillance
To protect children online, the new rules would mandate internet providers to assess whether there is a significant risk of…
Norway increases support to Palestinian children
Two-thirds of those killed in Gaza now are women and children. If access to humanitarian aid is not increased significantly…
UN: Toll of Israel-Palestine crisis on children ‘beyond devastating’
UN relief chief Martin Griffiths, who has been visiting Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, spoke to families in Gaza…
New funding brings world closer to polio eradication
Today, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new financing partnership…
Ukraine: Widespread learning loss continues due to war, COVID-19
According to the latest survey data, up to 57 per cent of teachers report a deterioration in students’ Ukrainian language…
Ukraine is fighting every day for every child illegally taken by Russia – Daria Herasymchuk
Ukraine will do everything to ensure that even after many years, every Ukrainian child illegally deported by Russia can find…
Haiti: ‘Unimaginable violence’ against women, children, reports UNICEF
Persistent violence in Haiti remains a significant concern for the safety and welfare of its most vulnerable citizens, especially women…
EU Commission steps up protection of children from unsafe toys
Today, the Commission proposed a Toy Safety Regulation revising the current rules to protect children from potential risks in toys. Toys put…
UN : Over 350,000 children in developing world missing out on cancer treatment
Treatment remains out of reach for hundreds of thousands of children diagnosed with cancer in low and middle-income countries, severely…
UN Food Systems Summit: Finland to advocate healthy school meals for all children by 2030
At the meeting, Finland will focus on the key role which free school meals play in societal development along with…
Sweden: Focus on children at high-level meeting on Ukraine
The meeting focused on how the EU can support Ukraine in the area of social policy, and exchanging lessons learned…
Norway: International conference on protecting children in armed conflict
Oslo, 8 May 2023 ‘Children are particularly vulnerable to violence and abuse in situations of...
OSCE: Daria Herasymchuk alerts about the situation of Ukrainian children
Kyiv, 12 April 2023 At the request of the Ukrainian delegation, the presidency of North...
UN Deputy Secretary-General Urges financing for School Meal Plans
New York, 19 October 2022 Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s...
MEPs ask for funding to heal “pandemic scar” on children and young people
Brussels, 13 September 2022 Spending on education and culture must be given an urgent boost...
Swissmedic: Nuvaxovid approved for young people aged 12 and over
Bern, 2 September 2022 On 6 July 2022, Future Health Pharma GmbH applied to Swissmedic...
MEPs demand urgent help for children suffering from COVID-19 mental health issues
Brussels, 13 July 2022 MEPs of CULT committee demand to urgently deal with the lasting...
EU Commission wants to increase aid for Ukrainian children in EU schools
Brussels, 2 June 2022 Yesterday, the European Commission published a regulation allowing for an internal redistribution of...
Russia’s war against Ukraine: Rising risks faced by women, children, and minorities
6 April 2022 EU Commissioner Dalli holds meeting with NGOs in the context of Russia’s...
EU Commission answer on Pfizer’s clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines on children
See question(s) :E-004563/2021 EN E-004563/2021 Answer given by Ms Kyriakides on behalf of the European...
EU Commission welcomes adoption of Kyoto declaration of cooperation on crime prevention
In a statement delivered yesterday, Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, welcomed the adoption of the Kyoto Declaration...