The Belgian Government decided to distribute pills with a high content of iodine among the country's population to protect them against radiation. The decision is coming into force from the beginning of 2017. Previously, the preventive pills distribution zone was 20 km around the A-plant. Now, it will be increased to a distance of 100 km, said Belgian Minister of Health Maggie De Block. Given the...

Falling oil prices, rampant corruption and constant attacks on oil pipelines are only a bit of Nigeria's oil sector problems. Sea raiders attacking tankers grab around 400 thousand barrels of oil every day. This is equivalent to the export potential of Forçados oil terminal. The total damage from piracy, theft and fraud for the largest oil exporter in Africa is estimated at about 1.5 billion...

Venezuelan authorities are restricting the supply of electricity until June. Because of the drought, the water in the reservoir near the largest hydroelectric power station, which provides at least half of the total power generation, dropped to a critical level. Water and light are not the only problems faced by citizens. No less serious are three-digit inflation, food shortages and falling oil...

French shipbuilding company DCNS Group has won a contract to build 12 submarines for Australia. The contract is worth $ 39 billion. The competitive tender for the construction was also attended by Germany and Japan. According to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, France offered the best conditions, which are suitable to meet the needs of Australia. In particular, the project will involve the...

Today, media published a review of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)’s confidential report. It implies that perhaps the most powerful European economy and one of the centers of the European Civil Aviation - Germany - does not comply with the set of safety rules, including the "basic safety requirements of the passengers'. Things are worse in Greece only. Germany poorly complies with the air...

Social networking seriously became aware about logistical and legal problems to be resolved before 2018. Then, the European Commission will introduce a directive obliging the social networks to obtain parental consent for the opening of accounts by minors. Last week,  MEPs in Strasbourg adopted the final version of the pan-European data protection law. One of its provisions bans accounts of...

According to the German Institute for Economic Research (Ifo), bridging the gap in average wages between East and West Germany can take decades. Now the gap is 21%, and is decreasing by 1.7% per year. One of the reasons for the continuing differences in salaries between the country’s parts is a larger number of small enterprises and a higher proportion of women working in the east of Germany. On...

Citizens of the United Kingdom constantly living in France have increased efforts to obtain French citizenship until June 23 - the date of the referendum at home. Those who have lived in France for decades were first to line up for citizenship. As ‘Brexit’ referendum date is approaching, a growing number of UK citizens permanently residing in other European countries, notably France, is thinking...

Congressmen of Brazil supported the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, according to Globo Portal. 367 MPs voted for her impeachment, against - 137, abstained - 7. Of the 513 deputies of the lower chamber, only two were absent on the historic vote. Preliminary surveys conducted in the evening on April 16 in three national newspapers recorded a more modest overweight opposition - only five or...