Russia drew sharp criticism at the UN Security Council on Friday (29 December) for launching massive missile and drone attacks against Ukraine, after Kyiv and its supporters called for an urgent meeting of the 15-member body to address the strikes.

An AI chatbot is used to help answer hundreds of questions from patients every week in order to help ease the workload of already overstretched healthcare providers. The initial positive results mean the tool will be rolled out to other hospitals.

Three legal complaints have been filed against Bulgaria related to the failure of the vaccination campaign and the response of the authorities during the pandemic, which led the country to the highest death rate from COVID-19 in Europe, Euractiv has learned.