This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The European Parliament released today the “EU Post-Electoral Survey 2024” looking at voting behaviour and the main priorities of EU citizens. Rising prices and the cost of living (42%) and the economic situation (41%) were the main topics that motivated European citizens to vote […]Cost of living is citizens’ main concern at the start of the new legislature
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The European Parliament released today the “EU Post-Electoral Survey 2024” looking at voting behaviour and the main priorities of EU citizens. Rising prices and the cost of living (42%) and the economic situation (41%) were the main topics that motivated European citizens to vote […]Latvia: EIB and Latvian government to collaborate on affordable rental housing
October 3, 2024 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB), the Latvian Ministry of Finance and the Latvian State Real Estate Company (SRE) have joined forces to expand affordable housing in Latvia. The EIB’s Advisory Services will assist the Latvian government in devising a blueprint for the sector, including in the […]WHO calls for urgent overhaul of care systems for older people as population ages
October 2, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued an urgent call for countries to transform their care and support systems for older people, warning that current systems are not prepared to meet growing demand. Anshu Banerjee, head of WHO’s division on maternal, child and adolescent health […]Guterres condemns ‘escalation after escalation’ in the Middle East
October 2, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. With war ramping up across the Middle East on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed for the violence to end now. “I condemn the broadening of the Middle East conflict, with escalation after escalation,” he said in a tersely worded statement. “This must stop. We absolutely need a […]Syrian Minister denounces Israel for its ‘seven-decade-long criminal record’
October 1, 2024 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Syria, Bassam Sabbagh, on Monday said the world was at a critical juncture, marked by widespread conflict, economic hardship and environmental degradation. All of these, he told the UN General Assembly, are exacerbated by failures of multilateral diplomacy and the failure […]Spain: EIB and CriteriaCaixa sign loan to finance the construction of the CaixaResearch Institute, a research centre of “la Caixa” Foundation
October 1, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and CriteriaCaixa, holding company of “la Caixa” Foundation managing its business assets, have signed a €80 million loan to finance the construction and launch of the CaixaResearch Institute in Barcelona – Spain’s first biomedical research centre dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of […]EIB provides €220 million to Nexi to back digital payment innovation in Europe
September 30, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing €220 million in financing to Nexi Group, Europe’s largest PayTech company, to support innovation in the digital payments sector. The agreement was announced today in Milano by EIB Vice-President Gelsomina Vigliotti and Nexi Group CFO Bernardo Mingrone. Nexi will […]$1.5 billion commitment for education and skills training in lower-middle-income countries
September 27, 2024 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations A new $1.5 billion investment, announced on Thursday, will boost education and skills development for millions of the world’s children and youth most in need. The commitment by the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) will address the dire but often forgotten global education emergency. Currently, 250 […]Climate finance by multilateral development banks hits record in 2023
September 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. MDBs offered record US$ 125 billion last year for climate action worldwide Mobilised global private finance nearly doubled to US$ 101 billion compared to 2022 Sum for low- and middle-income economies was US$ 74.7 billion, including US$ 24.7 billion for climate change adaptation Multilateral development banks […]Growth in EBRD regions trimmed as economies adjust to new realities
September 27, 2024 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has revised slightly downwards its expectations of growth across the regions where it invests. Its latest Regional Economic Prospects report gives a growth figure for 2024 of 2.8 per cent, 0.2 percentage points down on its previous forecast […]Governments urged to ‘stop gambling with humanity’s future’ and eliminate nuclear weapons
September 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations World leaders, senior government officials and civil society representatives joined forces at UN Headquarters on Thursday to reaffirm commitment to nuclear disarmament as a global priority. The High-Level Meeting was held to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, observed annually on 26 […]Abbas dismisses ‘Israeli lies’, tells world leaders entire generations being wiped out in Gaza
September 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine, addressed world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Thursday, stressing that the Palestinian people will not leave their homeland – the land of their ancestors. “Palestine will remain ours. And if anyone were to leave, it will be […]Venezuela: MEPs recognise Edmundo González as President
September 23, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The EU should do its utmost to ensure that Edmundo González Urrutia, the legitimate and democratically elected President of Venezuela, can take office on 10 January 2025. In a resolution adopted on Thursday 19 September by 309 votes in favour, 201 against and 12 […]Commission restricts use of a sub-group of PFAS chemicals to protect human health and the environment
September 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has adopted new measures under the REACH Regulation – the EU chemicals legislation – to protect human health and the environment by restricting the use of undecafluorohexanoic acid (‘PFHxA’) and PFHxA ‑related substances. These sub-groups of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (‘PFAS’) […]Bridging the Language gap: a promising intervention for equitable patient care in diverse societies
September 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Lantum Lydia Dzeenyuy, a 21 year old Cameroonian who is currently a third-year medical student in the faculty of Health Sciences University of Buea, Cameroon. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this […]Commission recommends stronger measures on smoke-free environments to better protect public health
September 18, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has recommended to better protect people from the effects of second-hand smoke and aerosols through the revision of the Council Recommendation on smoke-free environments. The new initiative recommends that Member States extend smoke-free environment policies to key outdoor areas, to better […]Lithuania: Kaunas to get modern and greener heating with €35 million support from EIB
September 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Kauno Energija, the district utility company in the Lithuanian city of Kaunas, will upgrade and extend its district heating and hot water supply system with €35 million in support from the European Investment Bank (EIB). The EIB loan for the energy improvements in Kaunas, which is […]Gaza war continues to shut hundreds of thousands out of class
September 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Monday would have marked the start of the new school year in Gaza, but the ongoing war continues to deprive hundreds of thousands of children of this fundamental right, UN agencies have warned. Almost 625,000 children in the enclave have already lost an entire school year following […]Gaza: 160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza
September 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. More than 160,000 children were vaccinated in southern Gaza on Thursday, the first day of a polio vaccination campaign there, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said on Friday. UN agencies and partners in the Strip will continue to vaccinate “as many Gazan children as […]EU provides €40 million in humanitarian aid for winter preparedness in Ukraine
September 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. With relentless attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, the Commission is boosting its humanitarian funding to vulnerable Ukrainians with an additional €40 million ahead of the approaching winter. Out of this, €35 million is allocated for humanitarian projects in Ukraine and €5 million for supporting […]Fed Rate Cuts May Help Revive Bond Flows to Emerging, Developing Economies
September 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
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 […]Statement by Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager on today’s Court of Justice judgment on the Illumina/GRAIL merger jurisdiction decisions
September 3, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today’s judgment by the Court of Justice annuls the Commission’s decisions to examine the proposed acquisition of GRAIL by Illumina. In those decisions, the Commission accepted requests by Belgium, France, Greece, Iceland, the Netherlands and Norway to review the transaction pursuant to Article 22(3) […]UN officials repeat calls for peace as Gaza polio vaccinations gets underway
September 3, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The first phase of a UN-led polio vaccination campaign has begun in the middle areas of Gaza. The operation aims to inoculate 600,000 children in the coming days. Hundreds of Gazan families have been queueing to await the turn of their child to receive a polio vaccination […]Thousands more children protected on day 2 of Gaza polio campaign
September 3, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN-led mass polio vaccination campaign entered its second day in central Gaza on Monday with pauses in fighting holding sufficiently for thousands more children to receive their dose, in addition to the 87,000 who received their first round on Sunday, UN agencies said. “There were 87,000 […]Between fear and hope, Gazans parents line up in their thousands to protect their children from polio
September 3, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. If the UN-led polio vaccination campaign currently underway in Gaza is to be successful in halting the spread of a virus that has resurfaced in the Strip after 25 years, 90 per cent of children under the age of 10 need to be inoculated. UN News correspondent […]Level of unprotected teenage sex ‘worryingly high’, WHO finds
August 30, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Condom use among sexually active adolescents has declined significantly since 2014, with rates of unprotected sex worryingly high, according to a new report from the World Health Organization’s Regional Office for Europe. This is putting young people at greater risk of sexually transmitted infections, unsafe abortions and unplanned […]Modernising honey production for a sustainable future
August 30, 2024 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. In the heart of Kragujevac, Serbia, a tradition of beekeeping that spans more than three generations is flourishing, led by Sanum per Fructus. This proud supplier, known for its commitment to producing 100 per cent natural honey, is gaining recognition not just in Serbia, but across […]Lebanon: Crisis deepens amid escalating conflict and funding shortfalls
August 22, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The urgency of deescalating tensions along the frontier that separates Lebanese and Israeli armed forces, “cannot be overstated”, a senior UN humanitarian official said on Tuesday. Since the start of the military operation by Israel in Gaza in October 2023, in response to the terror attacks by […]Lebanon: Crisis deepens amid escalating conflict and funding shortfalls
August 21, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The urgency of deescalating tensions along the frontier that separates Lebanese and Israeli armed forces, “cannot be overstated”, a senior UN humanitarian official said on Tuesday. Since the start of the military operation by Israel in Gaza in October 2023, in response to the terror attacks by […]Joint press statement of the EU and Fiji on the implementation of the EU-Pacific interim Economic Partnership Agreement
August 21, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Trade, and Honourable Manoa Kamikamica, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, Cooperatives, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Communications of Fiji are pleased to announce the further strengthening of bilateral trade relations, […]Commission discloses to interested parties draft definitive findings of anti-subsidy investigation into imports of battery electric vehicles from China
August 21, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, as part of its ongoing anti-subsidy investigation, the European Commission has disclosed to interested parties the draft decision to impose definitive countervailing duties on imports of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China. This draft decision reflects the comments received from interested parties on […]Gaza: UN warns of worsening humanitarian disaster as ceasefire talks continue
August 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres is closely following negotiations in Doha focused on trying to end the war in Gaza, where the situation continues to remain catastrophic after more than 10 months of unrelenting war. The UN chief’s Spokesperson told journalists at the regular press briefing in New […]Humanitarian aid to Sudan civilians stalled by floods and violence
August 20, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. On Monday, UN authorities in Sudan confirmed that truckloads of food and supplies have been approved to cross the border from Chad through the Adre crossing. The opening of the vital aid route on Friday was welcomed by officials, as it serves as a vital humanitarian route […]
