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Europol has launched a taskforce to tackle the rising trend of organised crime networks hiring youngsters to carry out threats, assaults, or killings for a fee. The taskforce brings together police from 8 European countries with Europol providing operational support and coordination.
The tenfold surge of reported measles cases and the detection of vaccine-derived poliovirus in four European countries in 2024 clearly show we need to maintain high immunisation coverage to protect lives. European Immunisation Week stresses the vital role immunisation plays to prevent diseases.
The European Commission has put forward new rules that will help improve EU road safety. They will bring in periodic technical inspections for electric vehicles, digital vehicle registration and advanced emission testing methods to detect high-emitting vehicles to cut fine particles pollution.
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