Occupational safety and health

From May 1 this year, depending on the epidemiological situation, the Government of Serbia may take a decision to mitigate the measures, that is, allow the activity of transporting passengers in international air traffic from the airport in Serbia.

ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 TPP operates steadily under the most stringent measures against COVID-19 and contributes to the security of Bulgaria's electricity system. The power plant is ready with an emergency plan to deal with significant changes in the epidemiological situation in the country which require continuing its operation in isolation mode.

Mihai Weber, deputy on the part of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), chairman of the select parliamentary committee for the oversight of the activity of the Romanian Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE), stated on Tuesday that the request to extend the state of emergency must be accompanied by several measures, among them the start of large-scale testing, the obligation to wear, in public, a min

A wildfire in a deciduous forest near Skala village broke out on 29 March at about 3:30 pm; the fire was caused by human negligence, said the Silistra Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior, quoted by Focus News Agency.

Bucharest, March 17 /Agerpres/ - The perception of the employees in healthcare is that the healthcare system is not ready yet to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the biggest weakness being the serious deficiencies in terms of personal protective equipment, says the "Health Solidarity" Federation, which published a survey on Tuesday in which employees from the system participated.

In its continuing efforts to protect citizens and to coordinate the response to COVID-19, the Commission has taken immediate steps to protect the availability of supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE), by requiring that exports of such equipment outside of the European Union are subject to an export authorisation by Member States, the European Commission said in a press release.

Heavy rains flooded parts of eastern Australia, causing flooding in the Sydney area, but also brought some relief to firefighters who continue to fight dozens of wildfires in the state of New South Wales, the Associated Press and Reuters reported.

An organization dedicated to healthy seas is calling on the Environment Ministry to conduct an investigation into the quality of the water in Ermoupoli port on the island of Syros after discovering worryingly high levels of heavy metals on the seabed.

Soaring temperatures and strong winds stoked unpredictable bushfires near Australia's capital city on Feb. 1, closing a major highway and prompting warnings for some residents that it was too late to evacuate.

Skies along the Monaro Highway in the Australian Capital Territory turned orange-red as an uncontrolled blaze ballooned to more than 35,000 hectares (74,000 acres) in size.

Locals said that something like this this had not happened in several years.

After wildfires affecting vast forest areas, Australia was hit by storms. Although the rain is not enough to extinguish the fires, it was welcomed.

In some parts of New South Wales, there were even floods, and locals said it hadn't happened in several years.