Agriculture Minister Cem Oezdemir wants to fight childhood obesity with a strict ban on unhealthy food advertising. The ban on advertising aimed at children is to apply not only to sweets or crisps - the ministry's index includes almost all dairy products, the portal of the "Bild" daily found out.more
24 percent women and 15 percent of men in Poland have personally experienced mobbing at work, according to a study conducted by Pracuj.pl. 71 percent of the respondents decided to silent protests, without reporting the problem to superiors or relevant authorities, it added.more
In the US state of Montana, the first trial began yesterday in which residents are complaining that state authorities are pursuing policies that accelerate global warming and threaten their future. The complainants - young people under the age of 22 - claim that policies pursued by the state of Montana violate their constitutional right to a "clean and healthy environment" - Reuters reported.more
The penalties are intended to discipline evaders of the legal obligation to vaccinate their children; it is to be enforced more efficiently, reports today's 'Rzeczpospolita'.more
Restrictions should be put on bottled water advertising and a 10p tax should be added to shrink-wrapped packs to curb the UK’s 10m bottle-a-day habit, according to campaigners hoping to tackle the plastic pollution crisis.more
From 1 July, the sale of tobacco products 'at a distance' will be banned in the Netherlands, meaning that it will not be possible to order them online or by telephone. From July 2024, cigarettes will no longer be able to be bought in supermarkets and eating establishments.more
Dogs have hit the headlines at the moment for all the wrong reasons, following the death of a south London woman last month, and the shooting of two dogs by Met police. more
More than 600,000 of the 3 million road signs in the Netherlands are unnecessary and reduce road safety instead of improving it, says Veilig Verkeer Nederland (VVN), a road safety organisation.more
"When I die, I hope to continue to surprise those who harm animals," said Ingrid Newkirk, founder of the animal rights organization PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), announcing the bequest in her will. The activist wants her body parts to be sent to people who harm animals, including King Charles and Elon Musk.more
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg today dismissed the accusations of eight Polish women who accused Poland of not having access to abortion. The ECtHR referred, inter alia, to for lack of strong medical evidence.more
The UK will host the first global summit on artificial intelligence (AI) in the autumn to assess the key risks posed by this technology, the British government has announced.more
Following the suicide of a 13-year-old girl, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said the fight against bullying at school would be the government's "absolute priority". It was the third suicide of a student bullied at school by his peers in several months, the daily Le Figaro reported.more
After years of debate, the lower house of parliament (Tweede kamer) approved a law on Tuesday evening that obliges streaming services such as Netflix and HBO to invest at least 5 per cent of their turnover in film productions with a connection to the Netherlands.more
The British Association of Paediatricians and Healthcare Practitioners (RCPCH) yesterday called for a ban on disposable e-cigarettes as they contribute to the increasing use of electronic cigarettes among children and young people.more
Britain's Prince Harry accused the tabloid press in court yesterday of inciting hatred and that through its interference in his private life he felt he could no longer trust anyone, which was reflected in all aspects of his life.more
Artificial intelligence (AI) could become powerful enough to “kill many humans” in only two years’ time, according to Rishi Sunak’s adviser on the technology.
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The Court of Justice of the European Union, in its judgment announced yesterday, found that the December 2019 reform of the Polish judiciary violates EU law. The CJEU thus upheld the European Commission's complaint lodged in April 2021.more
Contrary to announcements, British Prince Harry did not appear in court yesterday in London, where he was supposed to testify as a witness in the ongoing trial that he and several celebrities brought against the publisher of the tabloid "Daily Mirror" in connection with illegal wiretapping.more
Germany has reported a total of 1,878 foreigners for transfer to Poland this year, 305 of whom have already been transferred. These are people who are illegally residing in Germany and were previously supposed to be in Poland. For them to be accepted, there must be evidence of their presence in Poland," explains Border Guard spokeswoman Lt Anna Michalska.more
A special cell operating in the customs and tax administration (Fiod) has recovered more than €5 billion in owed taxes over 20 years on income that Dutch residents have hidden outside the country, reports the daily newspaper De Volkskrant.more
A6p-per-mile road tax on electric cars should be introduced to avoid a “massive black hole” in tax revenues, ministers have been urged.
The Resolution Foundation has warned the Treasury it will face a £10bn shortfall by the early 2030s unless it introduces new taxes on electric vehicles.more
Europe is not waiting to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), we are preparing laws to be approved by the end of the year, said the EU Commissioner for the internal market, Thierry Breton, quoted by the daily "Le Figaro".more