Thousands of Gaza patients waiting for urgent medical evacuation

This article is published in association with United Nations. The Israeli bombardment of Al-Ahli, a Gaza City hospital, has put even more pressure on the remaining health facilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, where the delivery of aid and movement of humanitarian workers is highly restricted by the Israeli authorities. On Monday, World Health Organisation (WHO) […]

Commission offers 36,000 free EU travel passes to 18-year-olds

This article is brought to you in association with theย European Commission. Thousands of young people will soon have the chance to explore Europe for free with DiscoverEU. The European Commission has opened applications for a new DiscoverEU round, making nearly 36,000 travel passes available to 18-year-olds across Europe. Successful applicants will be able to travel […]

Remembering Bucha: Real peace must be based on justice

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This article is brought to you in association with theย European Parliament. Russia must be held accountable for war crimes committed during its war of aggression in Ukraine, said EP Vice-President Hojsรญk in Kyiv at the event commemorating victims of Bucha tragedy. Martin Hojsรญk represented European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Monday at the 2025 Bucha […]

The European Commission issues a positive assessment of Latvia’s payment request worth โ‚ฌ293 Million under NextGenerationEU following positive Commission assessment

This article is brought to you in association with theย European Commission. The Commission has issued a positive preliminary assessment of Latvia’s payment request for โ‚ฌ293 million under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the key instrument of NextGenerationEU. The preliminarily assessment concludes that Latvia has fulfilled the milestones and targets required for this payment, financed under […]

MEPs debate the Polish Presidencyโ€™s priorities with Prime Minister Donald Tusk

This article is brought to you in association with theย European Parliament. The worldโ€™s political and business elite present in Davos on Wednesday faced an uncompromising address from UN chief Antรณnio Guterres as he rounded on a lack of multilateral collaboration in an โ€œincreasingly rudderless worldโ€ at risk from two existential dangers: climate change and unregulated […]

Guterres urges support for the Middle East amid current โ€˜turbulent periodโ€™

This article is published in association with United Nations. With the Middle East undergoing โ€œa period of profound transformationโ€, the international community must support efforts towards more justice, dignity, human rights and peace in the region, the UN Secretary-General told the Security Council on Monday.  Antรณnio Guterres addressed the Councilโ€™s first quarterly debate on the Middle […]

Fresh evacuation orders and airstrikes highlight ongoing insecurity in Gaza

This article is published in association with United Nations. Civilians are not safe anywhere in the Gaza Strip, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, warned on Thursday.  This comes a day after Israel once again ordered the evacuation of large areas within Gaza, citing rocket fire into its territory. The new orders cover about three square […]

EBRD invests โ‚ฌ15 million in Cogito Fund II

This article is brought to you in association withย EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting the development of the venture capital market in central and eastern Europe (CEE) by investing โ‚ฌ15 million in Cogito Fund II, managed by Cogito Capital Partners (Cogito), a leading venture capital firm in the region. Cogito is […]

Commission approves โ‚ฌ99.5 million Romanian State aid measure to support Nokian Tyres’ new zero CO2 emission tyre factory

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This article is brought to you in association with theย European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a โ‚ฌ99.5 million (RON 495.2 million) Romanian measure in favour of Nokian Tyres. The aid will support the establishment of a new zero carbon dioxide emission factory for passenger car tyres in Oradea. The measure […]

Women’s role in global health: a bonfire of brilliance

This article was exclusively written forย The European Stingย by Ms. Johanna Sรคkkinen, a 21-year-old medical student, writer and peace advocate from Finland. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner ofย The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong strictly to the writer and do not necessarily reflect IFMSAโ€™s view […]

Could these robot sea turtles be used to save the real ones?

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Spencer Feingold, Digital Editor, World Economic Forum The first few days of life for sea turtles is often harrowing. Hatchlings face a range of predators like crabs, birds and fish as well as eroding beach habitats under threat […]

European Health Union: EU steps up action to prevent shortages of antibiotics for next winter

This article is brought to you in association with theย European Commission. The European Commission, the Heads of Medicines Agencies (HMA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) are today issuing recommendations for actions to avoid shortages of key antibiotics used to treat respiratory infections for European patients in the next winter season. These recommendations, which have […]

Which cities perform well for LGBTQ+ inclusion?

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 The Open For Business 2022 City Ratings ranks 145 cities based on their economic performance and inclusion of LGBTQ+ communities. Amsterdam, Boston and London are among the worldโ€™s most LGBTQ+ inclusive and […]

Identifying barriers to mass immunisation against COVID-19 in Pakistan: A lower-middle-income vaccine-hesitant country

This article was exclusively written forย The European Stingย by Ms. Farah Waseem, a fourth-year medical student currently studying at the University College of Medicine and Dentistry (UCMD), Lahore, Pakistan. 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 […]

Commission kick-starts work to make 2022 the European Year of Youth

This article is brought to you in association with theย European Commission. Following the announcement made by President von der Leyen in her 2021 State of the Union address, the Commission has adopted today its formal proposal to make 2022 the European Year of Youth. Europe needs the vision, engagement and participation of all young people […]

The final countdown towards achieving 2030 Agenda

This article was exclusively written forย The European Stingย by Mr. Mirza Zain Baig, a 3rd Year MBBS student in Nawaz Sharif Medical College, Gujrat and a member of IFMSA, Pakistan. He 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 […]

12 ways a human-centric approach to data can improve the world

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kimmy Bettinger, Project Specialist, Data Policy, World Economic Forum Twenty-five quintillion bytes of data are generated every day. Thatโ€™s 25,000,000,000,000,000,000. In this era of data abundance, itโ€™s easy to think of these bytes as a panacea โ€“ informing […]

Panel of experts confirms Korea is in breach of labour commitments under our trade agreement

This article is brought to you in association with theย European Commission. The panel report published today confirms the EU’s concerns that Korea has not acted consistently with its trade and sustainable development obligations under the EU-Korea trade agreement. The independent panel concluded that Korea needs to adjust its labour laws and practices and to continue […]

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