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Die Swiss hat ab Mitte November für das «gesamte fliegende Personal» die Impfpflicht eingeführt. Jetzt liegt Blick exklusiv eine Auswertung vor. Sie zeigt, dass der Druck geholfen hat.

"Europa muss sich den Autokraten mutiger entgegen stellen" - Worte der weißrusssischen Oppositionsführerin Tichanowskaja vor dem Europäischen Parlament in Straßburg. Zugleich bat sie die Abgeordneten, die Menschen in Belarus sowie die politischen Gefangenen im Land nicht zu vergessen. #BrusselsBureau

Die Abgeordneten schlagen vor, die Verfügbarkeit und Erschwinglichkeit von Arzneimitteln zu verbessern, die Preistransparenz zu erhöhen und gemeinsame öffentliche Aufträge der EU zu fördern.
Ausschuss für Umweltfragen, öffentliche Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit

Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2021 - EP

By Mohammad Rakibul Hasan
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Nov 24 2021 (IPS)

Rising sea levels, extreme climate conditions such as severe storms faced by Bangladesh, one of the primary victims of anthropogenic climate change, the country is set to be the worst sufferer from climate change by 2025, far worse than any other country.

Bangladesh, with a population of over 166 million, is imperilled due to its position between two key rivers, the Brahmaputra and Ganges. Many regions in the country are also prone to drought. As a developing country Bangladesh does not have enough financial resources for protective or reparative measures.

The photo story ‘Wave’ by Mohammad Rakibul Hasan, an award wining Bangladeshi photo journalist, captures images of people who face this crisis as a human problem. Bangladesh is a small, overpopulated country in Southeast Asia with primarily an agro-based economy. Besides, climatic hazards like cyclones, floods, drought, soil salinity, and river erosions are more frequent nowadays. These two facts contribute to the increasing number of climate refugees forced to migrate to the cities, worsening the socio-economic problems. The barrages [1] built across the rivers inside the border of India have resulted in both flooding and drying of the river beds in Bangladesh. Major rivers like Padma, Jamuna, Meghna, Brahmaputra, and smaller rivers in the coastal region erode when the water level rises. Due to prolonged droughts, the temperature is increasing every year at an alarming rate. Sadly, people can’t adapt to this rapidly changing climate and are on the brink of socio-economic insecurity. The waves, whether present or absent, don’t bring any hope for these people. When they hit, they take away the valuable land and lives. When the waves are gone, nothing is left but parched, cracked riverbeds.

[1] A report on the impact of Farakka barrage on the human fabric. Manisha Banerjee, on behalf of the South Asian Network on Dams, Rivers, and People (SANDRP).
http://sandrp.in/dams/impct_frka_wcd.pdf

The two rivers Jamuna and Brahmaputra are surrounded by Islampur, a sub-district of Jamalpur, one of the most climate-vulnerable places in Bangladesh. The Jamuna River is the ferocious, devastating and eating village after village by eroding its banks. Islampur town is at risk; the protecting dam is not built sustainably. Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh. Credit: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan

Dohar, a sub-district of Dhaka, is bordered by Padma River. The mighty Padma during the summer behaves like a monster and eats its surrounded lands, and even changes the usual floating path. It creates enormous erosion and displaces inhabitants on both sides of the river. Due to the change in climate, floods cause environmental degradation. Dohar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Credit: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan

People are removing the remaining structures and belongings as the River Padma is about to swallow the area. River Padma at Mawa is aggressive in the summer and very often it erodes massively, displacing people and their belongings. Mawa, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Credit: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan

Women, children and the elderlyare the most vulnerable due to the climate crisis. In Islampur, during floods, low-income households in the villages suffer the most. A woman is in search of food relief to feed her children. Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh. Credit: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan

The vast area outside Rajshahi City is flooded on both sides of the Padma River banks. People have been experiencing adverse calamities; the change in ecology affects adapting to the new norms of hot weather. Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Credit: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan

People are trying to adapt to extreme climate conditions. Many places of Dohar, Dhaka, are washed away and many people moved to other cities while many others still live there as they have nowhere to go except to move back slowly away from the river. Dohar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Credit: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan

The frequent floods across Rajshahi division by the River Padma are causing massive economic loss, displacement, and health hazards. The whole ecology and biodiversity have changed, and even animals are trying to adapt to extreme climate conditions. Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Credit: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan

The River Jamuna has caused floods in the whole territory of Islampur, and villagers are waiting for flood relief. They had to shift their houses and belongings. Many of them were starving as relief was insufficient. Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh. Credit: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan

The Climate Crisis is leading to school drop outs. The rivers swallow up many schools; children with their families had to move from place to place with no sustainable livelihoods near the big rivers. Islampur, Jamalpur, Bangladesh. Credit: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan

Frequent changes of the riverscapes are problematic for the fishermen as they have to shift their homes. The village markets get moved too and the villagers go to different places to secure their livelihoods. Climate Crisis makes it harder for everyone in terms of its economic impact and other socio-geographical effects.
Mawa, Dhaka, Bangaldesh. Credit: Mohammad Rakibul Hasan

 

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Il réduit les risques d'infarctus, maintient votre poids et votre taux de cholestérol à un niveau bas, et a bon goût.

Le gouvernement juge la situation critique et laisse les cantons agir. L’attentisme est-il une bonne stratégie? A-t-il un lien avec le vote? Réactions.

Um die Versorgung der EU mit Materialien zur Erzeugung wichtiger Spitzentechnologien zu verbessern, verlangt das Parlament Diversifizierung, mehr Recycling und innereuropäische Beschaffung.
Ausschuss für Industrie, Forschung und Energie

Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2021 - EP

Alors que la France ne fait que durcir l’octroi des visas aux algériens depuis le début de la crise diplomatique algéro-française, elle a fait des exceptions qui concernaient les investisseurs et les cadres algériens, cette fois-ci cet allègement et cette facilitation touche une catégorie qui vit dans un climat de peur ; la femme.

En effet, partout dans le monde, les femmes souffrent de violences conjugales. Les féminicides se multiplient soit dans l’impunité ou encore face à des peines jugées pas au même diapason que l’abject crime. Raison pour laquelle les autorités tentent de mettre en place des dispositifs et des mesures pour protéger les femmes contre ces violences croissantes, à l’instar de l’octroi encouragé des visas destinés aux femmes arrivées en France illégalement ou au nom du regroupement familial et victimes de violences.

C’est le souhait exprimé par le ministre de l’Intérieur français, Gérald Darmanin qui veut protéger les femmes qui se sentent en danger, même celles en situation irrégulière. Il ordonnera donc ce jeudi aux préfets la régularisation de ces femmes victimes de violences conjugales. »Ces femmes hésitent peut-être trop souvent à aller dans un commissariat ou une brigade de gendarmerie, à saisir le procureur de la République pour dire “J’ai été violée” ou “Je suis battue par mon mari et je veux déposer plainte » a déploré le ministre français.

Protégées au nom de la justice française

Darmanin ajoute « si la justice vient à démontrer que la personne contre qui la plainte est déposée est, en effet, responsable d’un viol, de violences conjugales, nous nous engageons à régulariser ces femmes au nom de la protection que nous leur devons ».

Dans ce cas là, ces femmes auront une carte de séjour, une bonne nouvelle pour plusieurs algériennes vivant un enfer en France loin de leur famille ou encore pour celles qui fuient la violence conjugale de leur mari en Algérie.

L’article Sans-papiers en France : vers la régularisation d’une certaine catégorie est apparu en premier sur .

La Confédération et les cantons appellent tous les détenteurs de volailles à prendre des mesures préventives.

Mindestens 31 Migranten sind beim Versuch gestorben, via Boot von Frankreich nach Grossbritannien zu gelangen.

Überraschend gibt Raiffeisen Schweiz am Mittwochabend bekannt, dass IT-Chef und Geschäftsleitungsmitglied Rolf Olmesdahl das Unternehmen verlässt.

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Translators and proof-readers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Kosovo Police were trained on using computer-assisted translation software during a two-day workshop organized by the OSCE Mission to Kosovo on 18 and 19 November 2021.

During this interactive training, language professionals were acquainted with the software and had an opportunity to use its innovative features to boost their productivity through predictive typing, proofreading and quality checks. This tool will help ensure professional and consistent institutional translations and terminology.  

Both the Ministry and the Kosovo Police work with various official documents that require timely and professional translation into Albanian or Serbian, the two official languages in Kosovo. By providing them with 12 permanent licences for superior computer-assisted translation software, the Mission aims to enhance bilingual service to the public.

“I thank the OSCE Mission in Kosovo for providing us with advanced software, which will be immensely helpful in enabling the Kosovo Police to increase our effectiveness in delivering clear messages to all of the communities we serve,” said Colonel Taibe Canolli, Director of the Kosovo Police Human Resources Department. “By supporting accurate translations in a prompt and efficient manner, this vital tool will also increase trust and confidence in the police,” she added.

Enhancing bilingual communication is a strategic priority of the Mission and its partners, and is in line with the legal requirements set by the Law on the Use of Languages in Kosovo.

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is mandated with the protection and promotion of human and community rights, as well as with democratization and public safety sector development.

Angela Merkel wollte laut einem Bericht noch am Mittwoch einen Lockdown für ganz Deutschland ausrufen. Die neue Regierung verhinderte dies.

Parti de la place Lise-Girardin, le cortège antifasciste a avancé sans heurts majeurs.

Rund eine halbe Million Menschen liess sich in Zürich im Juni gegen Corona impfen. Weil die Booster-Impfung sechs Monate danach empfohlen wird, rechnet der Kanton mit einer hohen Nachfrage im Dezember. Darum wurden zwei neue Impfzentren eröffnet.

Germany’s Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens and the business-friendly liberal FDP have finalised their coalition agreement for a new government, two months after the general elections, with Olaf Scholz to succeed Angela Merkel as the new chancellor in December. EURACTIV Germany reports.

Camille Lothe, die Präsidentin der Jungen SVP Zürich, hat genug von Verschwörungstheorien um die Abstimmung übers Covid-Gesetz. Als solche in der Weltwoche von Parteifreund Roger Köppel kolportiert wurden, verfasste sie eine Richtigstellung.

Der Bundesrat hat keine neue Corona-Massnahmen beschlossen. Nun handelt die Zürich-Versicherung und schickt seine Angestellten ins Homeoffice.

La Conférence des directeurs cantonaux de la santé doute que les efforts cantonaux suffisent pour endiguer la pandémie. Les partis politiques prennent également position à ce sujet.

Am Sonntag startet die völlig schräge SRF-Serie «Tschugger». Annalena Miano (21) überrascht darin als überkandidelte Rapperin. An wen die Zuschauer da bloss denken mögen?