Short news from around the world and our homeland

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• The EU's new budget proposal for 2028–2034 has been published.
• The European Commission proposes to update the EU directive on the taxation of tobacco products.
• Profit over children: How the food industry is harming children – 2025 Child Nutrition Report.
• WHO calls for action on food taxes.
• "No progress has been made in reducing social and health inequalities over the past decade" – according to new data.
• GBD 2023 now available
• COSI report assessing children's nutritional status published