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This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN independent expert on the rights of Indigenous Peoples on Thursday welcomed the decision by outgoing US President Joe Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier, an Indigenous leader who has spent nearly 50 years in prison under controversial circumstances. The Executive Grant of Clemency, signed […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Stephen Hall, Writer, Forum Agenda, Rebecca Geldard, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda This article was updated in February 2024. Two G7 economies slipped into recession at the end of last year – Japan and the UK – as consumer spending slowed. The UK […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The new rules aim to attract innovators to the EU and ensure EU consumers benefit from goods based on the latest cutting-edge technologies. The Legal Affairs Committee adopted on Wednesday, with 13 votes for, no votes against and 10 abstentions, its position on new rules to […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission and the European Investment Fund (EIF) have joined forces to step up their support to EU’s defence and security through the launch of the Defence Equity Facility. The initiative, consisting of €100 million from the European Defence Fund and an additional €75 million from […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Marna Ricker, Global Vice Chair, Tax, EY Tax controversy is inefficient for everyone involved. It’s costly, it’s burdensome, it’s wasteful and it can engender a distrustful relationship between taxpayers and tax administrators. This is especially true for large, multinational […]
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Julio Andrés Rozo Grisales, Founder and Director, Amazonía Emprende-Escuela Bosque, Estefania Liehr, Team Amazonía Emprende , Amazonía Emprende When treating ourselves to a good bar of chocolate, we rarely stop to question where the main ingredient, cocoa, comes […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission published Ethical Guidelines on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data in teaching and learning for teachers. The Guidelines address how AI is used in schools, to support teachers and students in their teaching and learning, and to support administrative […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The EU will be better prepared to manage future health crises by tackling shortages of medicines and medical devices more effectively. Parliament endorsed the provisional agreement reached with the Council last year on increasing the powers of the EU’s medicines regulator with 655 votes […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič is concluding today a three-day visit to Bangladesh to see the situation on the ground in the context of the worsening humanitarian crisis affecting Rohingya people. In the margins of his visit, he announced an additional €12 million […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Afghan women, Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny and Bolivia’s former interim president Jeanine Áñez were shortlisted for the 2021 Sakharov Prize on Thursday. Following a joint vote by Members on the Foreign Affairs and Development committees on Thursday 14 October, the finalists for the […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Parliament calls for constructive international cooperation in the Arctic while issuing warnings over emerging threats to stability in the region. In a new report on geopolitical and security challenges in the Arctic, adopted on Wednesday, MEPs say that Arctic states and the international community […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Mary AlMadani, a 3rd-year medical student at Mutah University, Jordan. 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 to the writer and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The European Commission has referred the proposed acquisition by Telefónica S.A. and Liberty Global PLC of a newly created joint venture to the Consumers and Market Authority (“CMA”) of the UK, at its request. The proposed joint venture will combine Telefónica’s UK Limited business […]
