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Winners of European Prize for Women Innovators announced
This year’s winners of the European Prize for Women Innovators are Rana Sanyal (Türkiye), María González Manso (Spain), and Yuliia Bialetska (Ukraine). The Prize celebrates women who are exceptionally leading the way in innovation and entrepreneurship across Europe.
European Humanitarian Forum pledges over €7.7 billion for global crises
The EU will provide more than €7.7 billion in humanitarian funding for 2024, following the European Humanitarian Forum which gathered leaders and humanitarian experts in Brussels. The money will go towards more efficient, long-term solutions to global humanitarian challenges.
Cosmetics top the list of products posing a health risk
In 2023, cosmetics was the most frequent type of product notified as posing a health risk, according to Safety Gate, the European rapid alert system for dangerous non-food products. Last year marked the highest amount of alerts recorded since the system was launched in 2003.