Category: Europe

02.03.2026 On Saturday 28th February, the US abandoned diplomatic negotiations with Iran towards a new nuclear deal, and launched an unprovoked military assault which has so far killed 555 people. The attacks have led to hospital evacuations after nearby explosions and targeting of civilian infrastructure – with one strike on an elementary girls’ school in

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5.02.2026 by Kati Juva US President Donald Trump is obsessed with Greenland. Fortunately, his demands to possess the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark by hook or by crook have calmed down, at least for a while. Trump has justified his demands by invoking US national security needs, but we all know that his ego, his desire

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22.11.2025  During the NVMP symposium “How do democracy, nuclear weapons, and climate change influence each other?” on November 22, in Amersfoort, Herman Spanjaard, chairman of the Medical Polemology Study Fund Foundation (SSMP), presented the Verdoorn Prize to Angelika Claußen, Regional Vice President Europe of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), in

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01.10.2025 – Release of MPW Course Book 1 – 2025 Edition  Medical Peace Work Course book 1 “Health Workers, Conflict and Peace” is now available in a fully revised and extended edition. It serves as an introduction to peace and conflict theory with a special focus on the role of health professionals and the development of practical

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07.10.2025 PPNW expresses its grave concern at the extreme suffering caused by the large-scale destruction of healthcare and other essential civilian services that is currently occurring in both Gaza and Sudan. The Palestinian people in Gaza are facing a human-made catastrophe of hunger, deprivation, repeated forced displacement, comprehensive disruption of essential services, severe health risks

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04.10.2025  We have gathered in Nagasaki, as doctors, medical students, and activists, to commemorate the Hibakusha, the victims and survivors of the US atomic bombings here and in Hiroshima 80 years after those terrible events, and the survivors of the more than 2,000 nuclear tests conducted around the world. We recognize and thank the Hibakusha

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18.06.2025 IPPNW and ICAN have a meritorious history in opposing nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.  Anti-personnel landmines can be considered everyday weapons of mass destruction. They have killed more than 120,000 people from 1999 to 2017, and in 2023 more than 5,700 casualties have been recorded.  Anti-personnel landmines are totally inhumane weapons.

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13.06.2025 The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) condemns Israel’s military strikes on Iran and calls for an immediate ceasefire to prevent further escalation and the loss of civilian life. Iran is not currently assessed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) or the US government to have an active nuclear weapons

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09.06.2026 The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) unequivocally condemns the continued and escalating attacks on Gaza’s healthcare system and medical personnel by Israeli forces. The ongoing deliberate targeting of hospitals, clinics, ambulances, and healthcare workers has resulted in catastrophic loss of life and constitutes grave violations of international humanitarian law and

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26.05.2025 On 26 May 2025, the resolution ‘Effects of Nuclear War on Public Health’ was adopted by a large majority at the WHO General Assembly. The German government voted against the new study, along with Russia, the UK, France, Hungary and North Korea, among others. Russia and the USA had previously tried to prevent the

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