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European Youth Week 2026 takes place from 24 April to 1 May 2026. It promotes youth engagement, participation, and active citizenship across Europe and beyond. This year’s edition is dedicated to solidarity and fairness as we celebrate 30 years of volunteering in Europe.
How we manage nuclear safety and prepare for the future, must be guided by lessons we learn from the past. 40 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, take a look at what the EU is doing to promote nuclear safety around the world and how it has helped to protect Chernobyl from further leakage.
Some 1.4 million people in Haiti, Mali, Gaza Strip, South Sudan, the Sudan and Yemen faced the most severe level of acute food insecurity in 2025, according to a global report on food crises. The projected outlook for 2026 sees little respite, with continued acute food insecurity in several regions.
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