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This article is published in association with IMF. When it comes to financial stability, the world is facing a split screen of short-term and medium-term factors. The good news is that near-term financial stability risks remain contained. Why? Because the likelihood of a soft landing for the global economy has significantly increased. As inflation continues to […]
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. Whether it is an advertising company or a kitchen equipment supplier, firms in Montenegro, such as Merkator International and IceCom, are working to create a more sustainable future. Their sectors may differ, but both have decided to invest in greener technology to improve their operations, with […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. More excellent research, impactful innovation and technology scale-ups are needed to make Europe more globally competitive, secure and sustainable. These are among the twelve expert recommendations presented today to the Commission to strengthen Horizon Europe, the EU research and innovation programme, and its successor. […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. To meet the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the UN General Assembly President on Monday emphasised Africa’s potential and the urgent need for both international support and systemic reforms across the continent. In a speech delivered during a debate on African development, Assembly President Philémon Yang addressed […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General on Monday condemned the large number of civilian casualties inflicted by Israeli forces amidst their intensifying military campaign in northern Gaza. Israeli forces struck tents sheltering displaced civilians near al Aqsa hospital, in an area where people from northern Gaza were told to relocate. […]
This article is published in association with United Nations A new humanitarian crisis is unfolding at Lebanon’s border with Syria as thousands of people flee Israeli shelling linked to the war in Gaza, UN humanitarians said on Thursday, just as Israel premier Benyamin Netanyahu arrived in New York for the UN General Assembly. Only hours earlier, […]
By Branko Brkic Editor in Chief, Daily Maverick; Creator of Choose Truth Campaign, South Africa andMaria Ressa Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; CEO of Rappler.com, The Philippines. Dear reader, citizen, fellow human, 2024 A.D. is testing our modern societies in ways we once hoped would never be repeated. Autocratic regimes and aspiring dictators around the world […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Tensions continued to ratchet up in the Middle East on Monday with reports of scores of retaliatory Israeli strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon which have reportedly left nearly 500 dead, and strikes in Gaza including on a refugee camp, UN humanitarians said. The development comes […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Afghan women earned the right to vote more than a century ago. Today, under Taliban rule, they are practically erased from public life and even banned from singing. These were just some of the chilling observations and testimony from Afghan women, together with supporters from around the […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission proposed to allocate €119,7 million from the agricultural reserve to directly support farmers from Bulgaria, Germany, Estonia, Italy and Romania who have been impacted by exceptional adverse climatic events in Spring and early Summer. The Commission proposed to allocate €10,9 million […]
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’) […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has started two specification proceedings to assist Apple in complying with its interoperability obligations under the Digital Markets Act (‘DMA’). Under the DMA, Apple must provide free and effective interoperability to third party developers and businesses with hardware and software […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Social investments and reforms in key areas can boost employment, social inclusion, competitiveness and economic growth.This is the main finding of the Commission’s 2024 Employment and Social Developments in Europe (ESDE) report. Reforms and financial support for early childhood education and care, skills development, […]
This article is published in association with IMF. Large fiscal deficits and elevated debt levels call for greater fiscal prudence, but political forces are pulling in the opposite way Era Dabla-Norris, Enrico Di Gregorio, Yongquan Cao September 16, 2024 Conservative politics has traditionally been defined by its emphasis on fiscal prudence and the idea of a […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. EP leaders had an exchange of views with the President-elect of the Commission on the new College of Commissioners. At the invitation of European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen today discussed with leaders of the Political Groups of the […]
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 […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by one of our passionate readers, Mr. Antonio Cristóbal Luque Ambrosiani. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not necessarily The European Sting’s position on the issue. We might just need a researcher mindset to thrive in this increasingly competitive world Although it is difficult […]
This article is published in association with IMF. A productivity slump is eroding living standards and imperiling financial and social stability “Productivity isn’t everything,” Paul Krugman wrote in his 1990 book, The Age of Diminished Expectations, “but in the long run it is almost everything.” Productivity is a foundation of prosperity. The only way a country can […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Mr. Ali Asri, a fourth-year medical student at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Marrakech. 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 the writer and do not necessarily […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday a pause in the movement of its employees in Gaza until further notice following an attack on a team returning from an aid delivery mission on Tuesday evening, just metres from an Israeli-controlled checkpoint. “This is totally unacceptable and […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. The plight of Gaza’s people continues to worsen in the enclave where humanitarian operations are “ongoing where feasible” amid repeated evacuation orders from the Israeli military, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, warned on Tuesday. In an update, OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke rejected any suggestion of stopping […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a “global SOS” from Tonga in the Pacific on Tuesday, urging governments to step up climate action to “Save Our Seas” as two new reports revealed how rising sea levels are threatening the vulnerable region and beyond. Speaking during a press conference […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday the arrival of 1.2 million doses of vital polio vaccines in Gaza, amid urgent calls for humanitarian pauses to reach hundreds of thousands of at-risk children. More than 640,000 children are targeted to receive the polio […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. The current mpox outbreak “can be controlled and can be stopped”, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized on Friday, announcing an action plan that calls for $135 million over the next six months. “Responding to this complex outbreak requires a comprehensive and coordinated international […]
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is spearheading a €150 million out of a €500 million financing package for Keliber Oy, a Finnish mining and battery-material processing company. Keliber Oy is a subsidiary of the diversified mining and metals processing Group Sibanye-Stillwater, with Finnish Minerals Group (FMG) […]
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Europe will always be at Ukraine’s side, because Ukraine is Europe. Your freedom is our freedom.Your security is our security. And now, you are moving at incredible speed towards joining the European Union. We have been standing with you since day one.And we will […]
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Mr. Isaac Ng, a year 3 medical student at King’s College London. 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 the writer and do not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s view on […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. Mozambique is playing a leading role in a UN-led global initiative to ensure that all people on the planet are protected against weather-related hazards through early warning systems, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday. At a ministerial-level ceremony in the capital, Maputo, President Filipe Jacinto […]
This article is published in association with United Nations. As the world marks the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief on Thursday, the UN Secretary-General urges a renewed global commitment to ensuring everyone can live free from “fear, stigma, and persecution,” regardless of their religion or beliefs. The […]
