by AFP | 23.Aug 2022 | Fact check
Multiple social media posts shared hundreds of times claim that the latest outbreak of monkeypox is only occurring in countries that have administered Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine. The posts go on to claim the World Health Organization (WHO) “has not received a single report” of monkeypox from countries not administering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Medical experts, however, told the AFP there is no evidence linking the virus, which has existed for decades, to the Covid vaccine. As of August 9, 2022, most countries that were administering the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had not recorded cases of monkeypox. Conversely, several countries — including India, Russia and Venezuela — where the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has not been distributed had reported monkeypox cases
by AFP, dpa, EFE, TASR | 19.Aug 2022 | Key Stories
As Europe is seeing an influx of refugees, 21 EU member states have signed a voluntary solidarity mechanism on June 22, which is supposed to relieve southern countries like Italy.
by Tanjug, Europa Press, AFP, STA, EFE | 19.Aug 2022 | Europe in brief
The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo met in Brussels in an attempt to find solutions to unresolved issues. Also this week: The high season for forest fires is not over yet, but the provisional fire toll already indicates a new record.
by AFP | 16.Aug 2022 | Fact check
A video has been viewed more than one million times on social media alongside a claim it shows an exorcism at a NATO meeting. This is false. The footage shows a dance performance at a Belgium university in 2017. Both the university and the theatre group told AFP that the performance had nothing to do with NATO.
by by AFP, AGERPRES, APA, dpa, EFE, Europa Press, FENA, HINA, MIA | 12.Aug 2022 | Key Stories
Monitoring, relaxing regulations and keeping up grain imports: In the midst of a global food crisis with prices at an all-time high, the EU tries to prevent food shortages. While the EU is trying to counteract this, many countries in Europe are struggling with rising prices.
