This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €385 million financing agreement with Spanish technology company Indra Group to boost research, development and innovation of cutting-edge technologies for the defence and space sector. This is the largest EIB’s financing agreement in Spain to date to strengthen the […]Spain: Indra Group to step up research and development of defence and space technologies with €385 million in EIB financing
July 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €385 million financing agreement with Spanish technology company Indra Group to boost research, development and innovation of cutting-edge technologies for the defence and space sector. This is the largest EIB’s financing agreement in Spain to date to strengthen the […]UN’s Guterres declares fossil fuel era fading; presses nations for new climate plans before COP30 summit
July 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Secretary‑General António Guterres declared the world has “passed the point of no return” on the shift to renewables and implored governments to file sweeping new climate plans before November’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, saying the fossil fuel era is nearing its end. In a special […]‘Perfect storm’ of global crises drove years of food price surges: FAO
July 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The chief economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Máximo Torero Cullen, previewed its annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report in a briefing on Tuesday to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York. The report, to be released later this […]EIB Global lends Armenia €50 million for development in Syunik province
July 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank’s development arm, EIB Global, is lending €50 million to the Republic of Armenia for key socio-economic projects in the country’s southernmost province. The new financing agreement was signed during the first-ever visit by an Armenian Deputy Prime Minister to the EIB Headquarters. […]Commission positively assesses Belgium’s third payment request of €614 million under NextGenerationEU
July 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission positively assessed Belgium’s third payment request for €614 million under the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the cornerstone of NextGenerationEU.This assessment marks an important step towards the disbursement of €594 million in grants and €20 million in loans to support Belgium’s economic growth […]‘Peace is a choice’: UN chief urges diplomacy as wars spread from Gaza to Ukraine
July 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Warning that the world is failing to uphold international law as wars stretch from Gaza to Ukraine, UN Secretary‑General António Guterres urged all nations to choose diplomacy over division and recommit to settling disputes peacefully. This is the only sustainable path to global security, he told ministers […]Netherlands: European boost for global food security: Dutch biotech Solynta gets €20 million EIB backing for highly disease resistant potato varieties
July 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €20 million venture debt financing agreement with Dutch biotechnology company Solynta, to accelerate the development of potato varieties with enhanced resistance to disease and resilience to climate change. Solynta will use the EIB support for its research into […]Doha agreement brings DR Congo government and M23 rebels a step closer to peace
July 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. An agreement signed by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Congo River Alliance/March 23 Movement (AFC/M23) has been hailed by the UN peacekeeping mission in the country (MONUSCO) as “an important step towards sustainable peace.” In a statement released on 19 […]Terror and chaos for Gaza’s people now entering the ‘death phase’
July 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. After another deadly weekend in Gaza in which at least 67 Palestinians were reportedly killed seeking food, UN aid teams on Monday described “mayhem” and starvation in the enclave as the Israeli military pushed into Deir Al-Balah for the first time. In an alert, the UN agency […]Dreams amid the rubble: Gaza’s women speak of homes, loss and hungry children
July 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Hadriya collapses from hunger, Khadija dreams of her kitchen and Hiyam longs for her daughters’ laughter in the garden – these are the stories of three women from Gaza who embody the daily struggles of mothers exhausted by war, hunger and displacement as the nearly two-year-long conflict […]World News in Brief: Houthi-Israel tensions, Sudan cholera cases rise, deadly attacks in Ukraine
July 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As tensions between Houthi rebels in Yemen and Israel escalate, the UN Secretary-General is “deeply concerned” about the renewed airstrikes on Hudaydah Port conducted by Israel this Monday, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York. These strikes occurred while the UN Mission to support the Hudaydah […]Danish Presidency debriefs EP committees on priorities
July 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Ministers are holding a series of meetings in parliamentary committees to present the priorities of the Danish Presidency of the Council. Denmark holds the Presidency of the Council until the end of 2025. This text will be updated regularly as the hearings take place. […]People dying from lack of aid every day in Gaza: WFP official
July 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The hunger crisis in Gaza has reached new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row, a senior official with the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. Ross Smith, director of emergency preparedness and […]The hype of trade diversion in the era of Trumpism
July 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Even a first year university student in Economics can get that it is unnatural for trade to be stagnant. On the contrary, every single hour, day and so on trade is bound to go up and down depending on market demand and supply. Especially in times of fierce trade wars coming from the other side […]The Science of Healing: Understanding Postpartum Mental Health Beyond Stigma
July 21, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Subaat Emaan, a final year student at Services Institute of Medical Sciences, is an affiliate member and Support Division Director at IFMSA SIMS-LC. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong […]Aid cuts leave refugee agency unable to shelter six in 10 fleeing war in Sudan
July 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Major cuts to aid budgets have already left people fleeing wars in Sudan and beyond without the assistance and protection they need, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. Globally, $1.4 billion of the agency’s programmes are being shuttered or put on hold, UNHCR said in a […]On the road in war-torn Gaza
July 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Mohammed Saad sits with others inside a homemade cart pulled by a car carrying several passengers, waiting to travel to Gaza City in one of the “uncomfortable and extremely expensive” means of transportation used to get around the Strip. Moving around Gaza has become ever more difficult […]Commission accepts commitments by Corning to ensure competition in the supply of cover glass for handheld electronic devices
July 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
he European Commission has made commitments offered by Corning legally binding under EU antitrust rules. The commitments address the Commission’s competition concerns over Corning’s conclusion of allegedly anticompetitive exclusive agreements for the supply of Alkali-aluminosilicate glass (‘Alkali-AS Glass’), a special type of glass mainly used as cover glass in smartphones and other handheld electronic devices. […]Humanitarians report more deaths, displacement and desperation in Gaza
July 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The continued onslaught and mass deprivation of people in the Gaza Strip is becoming normalised, the UN aid coordination office OCHA warned on Friday. “Every day brings more preventable deaths, displacement and desperation,” the agency said in a humanitarian update. On Friday, Israeli authorities issued another displacement order, […]The first cry: Echoes in a Mother’s soul
July 18, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Shola Muzaffarli is a 20-year-old medical student from Shabran, Azerbaijan. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on the […]Netherlands: EIB, Rabobank, and DLL partner to provide €1 billion for European SMEs with a focus on sustainability and agriculture
July 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Rabobank, DLL, and the European Investment Bank are partnering to increase access to finance for SMEs and mid-caps with a particular emphasis on sustainability and bioeconomy sectors, including agriculture. Rabobank will borrow €250 million from the EIB and match this amount with its own funds, making €500 million […]Syria crisis: Hundreds killed in ongoing violence, hospitals overwhelmed
July 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid violent clashes in southern Syria’s Sweida governorate, a picture of grave human rights abuses and rising humanitarian needs is emerging by the hour, the UN said on Friday. Briefing reporters in Geneva, UN human rights office, OHCHR, spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani highlighted “credible” reports of “widespread violations […]EU adopts 18th package of sanctions against Russia
July 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission welcomes the Council’s adoption of the 18th Russia sanctions package, aimed at further ramping up pressure on the country and supporting EU’s goal of achieving a just and lasting peace for Ukraine. The new measures focus on five building blocks: cutting […]As war rages on in Ukraine, organised crime is taking new forms
July 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Almost four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, criminal groups in Ukraine are adapting their business models amid displacement, rising trafficking risks and an increased demand for synthetic drugs, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said in a report published on Friday. Since February 2022, both […]Commission approves Brasserie Nationale’s acquisition of Boissons Heintz, subject to conditions
July 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation (‘EUMR’), the proposed acquisition of sole control of Boissons Heintz S.à.r.l. (‘Boissons Heintz‘) by Munhowen S.A. (‘Munhowen’), a wholly owned subsidiary of Brasserie Nationale S.A. (‘Brasserie Nationale‘). The approval is conditional upon full compliance […]Republic of Korea joins Horizon Europe programme to bring together leading European and Korean minds
July 18, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Republic of Korea has officially become the first Asian country to associate with Horizon Europe, the EU’s multibillion research and innovation programme. Korean researchers and organisations can now participate in several areas of the programme on equal terms with those for EU […]Guterres deplores Israeli strike on Gaza church
July 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has strongly condemned the Israeli strike on Thursday that hit the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip. Three people were killed and at least 10 others were injured in the bombing of the Holy Family Church in Gaza City, according to media […]Displacement, poverty and insecurity fueling violence against women in Gaza
July 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. In Gaza, illness, poverty, mass displacement and depleted services are leading to soaring stress levels and causing an increase in domestic violence, sexual exploitation and abuse, according to the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA). In the past three months, a third of Gaza’s population (714,000 […]Commission registers European Citizens’ Initiative on air passenger rights
July 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission registered the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Save your right, save your flight!’. The aim of the initiative is to call for the reversal of changes that undermine passenger’s rights and the preservation of the ‘current compensation eligibility thresholds’ for […]Budget proposal “simply not enough” to meet Europe’s challenges, lead MEPs say
July 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs are sounding the alarm on the Commission’s proposed long-term budget and warn that the 1.26% spending ceiling will force cuts to flagship programmes while debt repayments loom. Parliament’s co-rapporteurs on the EU’s long-term budget, the multiannual financial framework (MFF), Siegfried Mureşan (EPP, RO) […]Commission unveils anti-fraud revamp to protect the EU budget
July 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today the Commission has launched a structured reflection process for the review of the EU Anti-Fraud Architecture. The review complements the preparatory work on the next multiannual financial framework (MFF). Its aim is to ensure a strengthened and more efficient protection of the Union’s […]Gaza war: UN officials warn of unspeakable conditions as children bear the brunt
July 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Conditions in Gaza have reached an unspeakable level of devastation with children paying the highest price, top UN officials told the Security Council on Wednesday, warning of soaring child deaths, starvation and a shattered health system amid continuing bombardment and displacement. Tom Fletcher, the UN Emergency Relief […]UN urges de-escalation, protection of civilians as conflict roils Syria
July 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Inter-ethnic violence in Syria’s predominantly Druze city of Sweida has been met with government intervention, Israeli airstrikes – and on Tuesday, a reported ceasefire announcement by Syria’s defence minister. On Sunday, violence erupted between Sunni Bedouin tribal fighters and Druze militias in Sweida, two days after a […]
