ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION The European Commission Accepts Commitments from a Pharma Company to Stop Its Excessive Prices On 15 May 2017, the European Commission (Commission) announced that it had opened formal proceedings to investigate whether a pharma company abused its dominant position by charging excessive prices for certain off-patent cancer […]

Mar 11, 2021 In the News India Global Nutritional insecurity (The Statesman) COVID-19 Nutrition The Statesman (India) published an article on malnutrition and its long-term effects. Malnutrition has an irreversible effect on health and human development. The initial 1,000 days of one’s lifespan, from the day of conception till he/she turns two […]

Bloodshed continues in Myanmar after another violent day Thursday saw at least 12 people killed by the ruling junta, according to a watchdog group, prompting a top UN official to say the crackdown on peaceful protests is “likely meeting the legal threshold for crimes against humanity.”

Country: Nicaragua Source: UN Children’s Fund About 1,8 million people, including 720,000 children are still in need of humanitarian aid, especially among the indigenous communities of the North Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua.

The real estate industry, and particularly the hospitality and retail sector, has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Occupiers in those sectors have put a lot of pressure on the government to continue to provide further support. Background Commercial tenants benefitted from a prohibition on landlords forfeiting commercial leases […]