What is a Consumer Price Index and why is it important?

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Victoria Masterson, Senior Writer, Formative Content A Consumer Price Index (CPI) records the price of a wide range of goods and services in a country to keep track of inflation. It can include anything from a loaf of […]

Visa Digitalisation: Visa travel to the EU becomes easier

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission is proposing the digitalisation of the Schengen visa process, replacing the visa sticker, and introducing the possibility to submit visa applications online through the European online visa platform. The New Pact on Migration and Asylum set the objective to fully digitalise […]

From fiction bans to wartime books: The history of libraries and how they’ve shaped us

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content 23 April is World Book and Copyright Day. In The Library: A Fragile History, two academics explore the mixed fortunes of book collections, from the ancient scrolls of Alexandria to the embattled […]

Cryptocurrencies in the EU: new rules to boost benefits and curb threats

This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. MEPs agreed on draft rules on supervision, consumer protection and environmental sustainability of crypto-assets, including cryptocurrencies such as bitcoins. On Monday evening, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee adopted, with 31 votes to 4 and 23 abstentions, its negotiating position on new rules on […]

E-Health and telemedicine: Opportunities and obstacles surrounding digital media services

This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Miss Sarosha Damani, a year 10 secondary school student in London, who is studying towards her GCSEs. 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 […]

4 reasons ocean industry should embrace data sharing

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Mogens L. Mathiesen, Chief Industrial Officer, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Ocean Ocean industry practices are under scrutiny due to advances in surveillance technology. The industry has a responsibility to be more transparent about how their activities […]