EU and Jordan take important step towards delivery of €500 million to support Jordan’s macro-financial stability and reforms

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission.This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission and Jordan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding launching the implementation of €500 million Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) to Jordan. This programme is part of a broader EU-Jordan Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership adopted earlier this year, reinforcing our shared efforts to support […]

€8 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund will support 2,400 dismissed workers in Belgium

Commission proposes to support over 250 dismissed workers in Belgium with €1.6 millionThis article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission is proposing to mobilise €8 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) to support 2,400 workers dismissed after the bankruptcy of Belgian coach manufacturer Van Hool. Between 2012 and 2019, Van Hool was selling an average of 427 […]

Fed Rate Cuts May Help Revive Bond Flows to Emerging, Developing Economies

This article is published in association with IMF. Paula Arias, Robin Koepke Some higher risk countries still face high costs for selling foreign-currency denominated debt to investors after major central banks raised interest rates Capital flows to emerging market and developing economies went through several boom-bust cycles in recent decades, often partly driven by external developments […]

Czech Republic: Construction of Ostrava Concert Hall receives CZK 2 billion from the EIB

This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending 2 bn Czech crowns (ca €84 million) for the construction of a state-of-the-art concert hall in the Czech city of Ostrava. The EIB credit covers most of the financing for the planned €115.5 million cultural landmark in Ostrava, the […]

Commission approves €122 million Lithuanian State aid measure to support AB Achema decarbonise its fertiliser production

Read-out from the extraordinary meeting of EU agriculture ministers on securing EU food security and sovereignty in an uncertain worldThis article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €122 million Lithuanian measure to support AB Achema in decarbonising its fertiliser production processes. The measure will contribute to the achievement of the EU Hydrogen Strategy, the  European Green Deal and the Green […]

Mental health: simple ideas that can make a difference

This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Mariana Bezerra Teles, a third year medial student at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte in Natal, Brazil. She is affiliated to the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly […]
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