Written by Jean-Matthias Bohli, Senior Researcher at NEC Laboratories Europe By 2030, 5 billion people — around 60% of the world’s population — will live in cities, compared with 3.6 billion today, turbocharging the world’s economic growth. City leaders in developing nations must cope with urbanisation on an unprecedented scale, while those in developed ones wrestle […]NEC @ MWC14: “Smart cities” hold the key to enhancing citizens’ lives and cutting costs
March 8, 2014 by 1 Comment
Written by Jean-Matthias Bohli, Senior Researcher at NEC Laboratories Europe By 2030, 5 billion people — around 60% of the world’s population — will live in cities, compared with 3.6 billion today, turbocharging the world’s economic growth. City leaders in developing nations must cope with urbanisation on an unprecedented scale, while those in developed ones wrestle […]Intel @ MWC14: Our Love Story with Mobile – Transforming Wireless Networks
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Written by Bernadette Andrietti, Vice President, Sales and Marketing Group, Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa Marketing, Intel Corporation Bursting with product launches, new technologies and insights from the biggest names in mobile, the recent Mobile World Congress was as exhilarating as ever. Each year the show is a heady reminder of just how fast developments […]MasterCard @ MWC14: Innovation in times of regulatory uncertainty
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Written by Javier Perez, President of MasterCard Europe It was that time of the year again. At the end of February, Mobile World Congress opened its doors in Barcelona for a week. This year’s edition saw the presentation of a myriad of innovative solutions in the mobile space. Some of the new devices and solutions […]Aidex: the Global Humanitarian and Development Aid Event
December 10, 2013 by 1 Comment
On 13 – 14 November the biggest annual global Humanitarian and Development Aid event of Europe took place in Brussels and the European Sting, as the European media that follows closely the most important events at the Old Continent, was official media sponsor. During those two days at Brussels Expo exhibitors from United Nations High […]Microsoft’s YouthSpark: a kiss of Life to European Youth from the European Parliament
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Two weeks ago, on 14 November, the European Sting attended the event at the European Parliament, organized by the European Youth Forum and YouthIntergroup, titled “Internships: a Call for Quality”. Here we present the third piece of our Special Edition “European Youth & Employment”. This piece reflects the Industry’s perspective, and particularly the ICT sector’s […]The European Youth Forum needs better signal for its “call” for Quality Internships
November 27, 2013 by Leave a Comment
It was Thursday 14 November, just one day after the European Employment Forum, and the European Sting received the invitation to attend an event with the title “Internships: a call for quality” at the European Parliament, co-organized by the European Youth Forum and YouthIntergroup. Given the Sting’s significant interest and sensitivity to youth and particularly […]European Employment Forum 2013 and not European Unemployment Forum 2014
November 24, 2013 by 1 Comment
The time had come for Europe’s most prestigious event on Employment and the European Sting was there as official media partner of the European Employment Forum 2013. Given that raging European unemployment is one of the most burning issues that our policy makers need to tackle urgently and sufficiently, all eyes were on the Crowne […]European Business Summit 2014 Launch Event: “Energising Industrial Growth”
November 13, 2013 by 1 Comment
As we are writing the epilogue of 2013, collecting and assessing the bits and pieces of a rather important year in the EU Affairs, some people in Brussels are already pointing towards 2014, a milestone year for the EU for many. There is no doubt that one of the biggest 2014 challenges will be for […]European Development Days 2013
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December 2, 2013 News Room Victor Soto, Thiago Millnitz The 8th edition of European Development Days took place between the 26th and the 27th of November, gathering an impressive number of participants that came from all over the world. The working title was “A decent life for all by 2030 – Building a consensus for […]
While EU Open Days 2013 discuss the 2020 strategy, Microsoft shares a glimpse of EU 2060
October 15, 2013 by 1 Comment
As we move towards the middle of October, the most important annual events in Brussels start taking place one after the other. Last week it was the turn of the 11th European Week of Regions and Cities under the annual open dialogue forum series called Open Days 2013. The event offered the opportunity to EU […]GSMA Mobile 360: Connecting Cities, Connecting Lives, Connecting Europe
September 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Traditionally the first week of September in Brussels is the time when you see grumpy faces walking around the European Quarter thinking that the time they were lying on a beach is over for good. Most EU stakeholders did not miss their flight back and neither did the powerful network of influencers. One of this […]250 days until the European Parliament elections
September 1, 2013 by 1 Comment
By pieter.baert91@gmail.com While the European Parliament (EP) is taking its annual summer-break, its MEPs will hardly have time to enjoy their holiday. With only some 250 days to go until the European Parliament elections, the candidates will obviously already be planning their electoral campaigns. While 250 days may seem an adequate time to eloquently explain to […]
The EU and North Korea: A Story of Underestimation
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By pieter.baert91@gmail.com THE 2013-CRISIS While North and South Korea are slowly reaching agreement on the reopening of the Kaesong industrial region, the world seems to have already forgotten how tense the situation has been on the Korean peninsula in the first half of 2013. The Korean crisis initially started with a nuclear weapon test on the […]
Why the euro may rise with the dollar even at lower interest rates
July 8, 2013 by 1 Comment
Goldman Sachs, the US financial giant, may be right in predicting more expensive euro parities with the American dollar around 1.37 within six months, largely higher than the current levels of 1.28-1.30. The European Sting has been pointing for a long time to Eurozone’s foreign account surpluses and the standard inflows of investments into the […]European Business Summit 2013: Where Business and Politics shape the future
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The time of the year for possibly the biggest and more prestigious event in Brussels came and the European Sting was present to cover it. Last Wednesday the 15th and Thursday the 16th of May the top European leaders gathered at Autoworld, only a breath’s distance from Berlaymont where the headquarters of the European Commission are based. […]The revenge of the fallen
February 22, 2013 by Leave a Comment
By moraitis@gmx.com Since the breakout of the economic crisis, a lot has been written about austerity measures and their implications for the overindepted countries. While most of the focus is continuously laid on the economic parameters, the politico-social consequences that were triggered by the crisis have been neglected. One of the most notable, yet often overseen, […]
Earthquake: Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena
February 6, 2013 by 3 Comments
By enzaspera@yahoo.it What happens to Siena in these days when there will be a short general election and at the same time c ‘was the scandal of the Monte dei Paschi. After the phase of fierce criticism of the exchange of accusations of “who was” and “I l ‘I said,” a slice of the citizens […]
Basel III rules relaxed: Banks got it all but become more prone to crisis
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The European Commission through the most competent lips of its member, Michel Barnier, responsible for Internal Market and Services rushed to endorse the new unbelievably generous concession to banks all over the developed world. This time it was the Group of Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), the oversight body of the Basel Committee on […]European Investment Bank to borrow €70 billion in 2013
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) is one of the long-term lending institutions of the European Union and it is owned by its Member States. It makes long-term finance available for sound investments in the real economy, in order to contribute towards EU policy goals. Its creditworthiness measures almost exactly the degree of trust that financial […]2013, a Political Odyssey: What future for Italy?
January 2, 2013 by 14 Comments
By carlo_motta85@yahoo.it As the economic crisis that affects the Eurozone, and probably all the western countries, keeps taking its toll, one feature of the whole situation seems to represent the real threat for Europe’s integrity: the growing distance between the “northern”, and the “southern” countries. This, which may appear as the same old story of differences […]
A very good morning in European markets
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Despite the fact that the American Congress endorsed the agreement needed for the US to avoid the “fiscal cliff”, the dollar didn’t seem to recover and continued on its mild downward tendency with the euro, a path that started three weeks ago, with the finalisation of Greek package. In the US the agreement negotiated between […]Five years down the drain
December 31, 2012 by 1 Comment
By am2072@bath.ac.uk After 5 years in recession no one can see light in the end of the tunnel. The European Monetary Union, as the big step for further integration among countries in Europe it seems to be a failure. Differences between the weak north countries and the south Europe are even bigger after the introduction […]
The Sting’s Mission
December 23, 2012 by 1 Comment
The European Sting is a Media Project that was born out of frustration, our sincere frustration about the lack of insightful and independent news service in Europe. The Sting was born as an idea by people who are working or have worked in the media arena of EU affairs and our common denominator is disappointment. […]The Sting’s Values
December 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
These are the five perennial values of The European Sting: Strong we will never stop looking for the truth Tolerant we commit to a free and respectful dialogue with political and cultural tolerance Independent we are literally on our own Neutral […]
The Sting’s Team
December 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The European Sting started off in 2013 in Brussels against all odds, with no resources but a passionate team of well educated people coming from diverse backgrounds and cultures who have worked in the EU Affairs media arena and decided to put a clear stop to the misinformation and the biased agenda setting in the […]
The Sting’s Team
December 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The European Sting started off in Brussels against all odds, with no resources but a passionate team of well educated people coming from diverse backgrounds and cultures who have worked in the EU Affairs media arena and decided to put a clear stop to the misinformation and the biased agenda setting in the EU and […]
iSting: Change the World with your Writing
December 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Dear aspirant Sting writers, Thanks for responding positively to our invitation to take part with your articles in making Europe a better place through constructive criticism. This is a different kind of writing than your comments on published stories. We hope that being readers of the Sting, you have already understood the basic principles of our […]
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