This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invested a record €16.8 billion across its regions in 2025 and signed its first projects in sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq. The Bank financed 640 projects over the course of the year, with 75 per cent of investments in […]EBRD invests record €16.8 billion in 2025
January 20, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invested a record €16.8 billion across its regions in 2025 and signed its first projects in sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq. The Bank financed 640 projects over the course of the year, with 75 per cent of investments in […]The world pledged to end child labour by 2025: So why are 138 million kids still working?
June 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Twelve-year-old Tenasoa crawls to work every day at a mine in eastern Madagascar where she collects two kilos of the shiny mineral mica each day. She cannot walk because of a physical disability. There are 10,000 children in Madagascar who, like Tenasoa, work in the largely unregulated […]EBRD downgrades Türkiye forecast for 2025
May 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) expects Türkiye’s economy to grow by 2.8 per cent in 2025, downgraded from its February 2025 forecast due to lower domestic and external demand and tighter-than-expected monetary policy. The Bank expects the Turkish economy to then grow by […]Questions and answers on the 2025 Technical Support Instrument
April 1, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. What is the Technical Support Instrument? The Commission’s Technical Support Instrument (TSI) provides support to Member States to help them design and implement reforms. The TSI is demand-driven, meaning that its support follows requests submitted by the Member States. It does not come in […]EBRD revises down Ukraine’s 2025 growth forecast
February 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. Ukraine’s economy, which grew 3.0 per cent in 2024 despite the pressures of Russia’s full-scale war, is forecast to grow 3.5 per cent in 2025 and strengthen further to 5.0 per cent in 2026 provided that an agreement to suspend fighting is reached this year, says […]Climate emergency: 2025 declared international year of glaciers
January 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As glaciers disappear at an alarming rate due to climate change, the UN General Assembly has declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP). Co-facilitated by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), this global initiative seeks to unite […]EU will provide €1.9 billion in initial humanitarian aid for 2025
January 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The EU continues to remain a leading global humanitarian aid donor. With more than 300 million people estimated to need humanitarian assistance in 2025, the EU announces today an initial humanitarian budget for 2025 of €1.9 billion. The EU’s humanitarian aid will be allocated […]European Commission issues €11 billion in its 1st syndicated transaction of 2025
January 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today raised €11 billion of EU-Bonds in its 1st syndicated transaction for 2025. The dual-tranche transaction concerned a new €6 billion EU-Bond maturing on 4 July 2028, and a €5 billion tap of the EU-Bond maturing on 5 October 2054. […]Global growth to remain subdued in 2025 amid uncertainty, UN report warns
January 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Global economic growth is projected to remain at 2.8 per cent in 2025, unchanged from this past year, according to a UN flagship report released on Thursday. The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2025 report shows that despite withstanding a series of mutually reinforcing shocks, global economic growth […]European Commission to issue €90 billion in long-term EU-Bonds in the first half of 2025
December 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission intends to issue up to €90 billion of EU Bonds in the first half of 2025 (H1), from January to June 2025. The Commission’s funding plan for H1 2025 continues the 2024 issuance programme, during which the EU raised €138 billion in […]European Innovation Council to invest €1.4 billion in deep tech and scale up of strategic technologies in 2025
October 31, 2024 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Innovation Council (EIC), part of the EU research and innovation programme Horizon Europe, will support European deep tech research and high-potential start-ups with €1.4 billion next year. The EIC Work Programme 2025, which the Commission adopted today, represents an increase of nearly […]UN chief proposes $3.6 billion budget for 2025, highlighting peace, development and reforms
October 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday presented a $3.6 billion budget proposal for programmes in 2025, highlighting the Organization’s commitment to peace, sustainable development, and human rights initiatives, while advancing key reforms. Outlining his proposal at the General Assembly’s Fifth Committee, the forum for administrative and budgetary matters, […]Commission proposes fishing opportunities for 2025 in the Baltic Sea
August 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has adopted its proposal for the 2025 fishing opportunities for the Baltic Sea. It responds to a scientific assessment that indicates several fisheries are in a dire situation. The Commission proposed today thetotal allowable catches (TACs) and quotas for nine out […]COP28: MEPs want to end all subsidies for fossil fuel globally by 2025
November 21, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. COP28 is a key moment to boost collective ambition on climate action and support Need to increase international climate financing Triple renewable energy and double energy efficiency by 2030, restore biodiversity Parliament adopted its demands for the UN Climate Change Conference COP28, which will […]IEA: More than a third of the world’s electricity will come from renewables in 2025
March 17, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Stefan Ellerbeck, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda A significant rise in CO2 emissions from the global power sector is unlikely over the next few years, thanks to the rapid rise in renewable energy capacity. That’s one of the key findings […]EU-UK relations: Commission extends arrangements for veterinary medicines to 2025
December 20, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today adopted a notice which extends to 31 December 2025 the current arrangements for the movement of veterinary medicines from Great Britain to Cyprus, Ireland, Malta and Northern Ireland. This will ensure the continuity of supplies of veterinary medicinal products, […]This Finnish town will be carbon neutral by 2025. Here’s how.
May 18, 2021 by 2 Comments
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content Lahti in Finland wants to be carbon neutral by 2025 – far sooner than many other towns and cities.Cleaner sources of energy are a major part of its plan.Residents are involved in […]Achieving a European Education Area by 2025 and resetting education and training for the digital age
September 30, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission adopted two initiatives that will strengthen the contribution of education and training to the EU’s recovery from the coronavirus crisis, and help build a green and digital Europe. Setting out a vision of the European Education Area to be achieved by […]17 ways technology could change the world by 2025
June 24, 2020 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Saemoon Yoon, Community Lead, Technology Pioneers, World Economic Forum Geneva We asked our 2020 intake of Technology Pioneers for their views on how technology will change the world in the next five years. From quantum computers and 5G […]Circular Plastics Alliance: 100+ signatories commit to use 10 million tons of recycled plastic in new products by 2025
September 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, more than 100 public and private partners covering the whole plastics value chain will sign the declaration of the Circular Plastics Alliance, which promotes voluntary actions for a well-functioning EU market in recycled plastics. The declaration lays out how the alliance will reach […]Will Western Balkans respond positively to EU initiatives?
February 7, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The European Commission announced yesterday its strategy regarding the perspective of EU enlargement with the Western Balkans within the next decade. Six initiatives will be the guidelines of the EU which must be fulfilled in order to be able for these countries to complete the necessary steps for their accession process. The EU seems to […]
