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A Sting Exclusive: “Cybersecurity: Why consumer products must be looked at urgently”, by BEUC’s Deputy Director General

March 1, 2019 by The Sting's Team Leave a Comment

This article was exclusively written and published for The European Sting by Ms. Ursula Pachl, Deputy Director General of BEUC, the European Consumer Organisation. The opinions expressed in this article belong to our distinguished writer. According to estimates there will be 75 billion connected devices globally in 2025. More and more traditional consumer products that can connect […]

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A Sting Exclusive: “Consumer expectations for the 2015 UN summit on climate change”, Director General of BEUC Monique Goyens outlines from Brussels

November 30, 2015 by The Sting's Team Leave a Comment

The article is exclusively Co-authored for the Sting by Mrs Monique Goyens, Director General of the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and Mrs Sylvia Maurer, Head of Sustainability and Safety in the organisation. The negative consequences of climate change are already and will increasingly be affecting consumers worldwide. We experience lower health standards due to air […]

Filed Under: Consumers, COP21 Paris Climate Change: the EU case Special Edition, Environment, Policy, Sting Exclusive Tagged With: 30 November 2015 Paris, BEUC, Biodiversity, climate change, consumer spending, consumers, COP21, Ecodesign, Ecolabelling, Environment Regulations, European Consumer Organisation, European Union, Global Warming, greenhouse gas emissions, Monique Goyens, Paris COP21, Paris UNFCC, solar panels, Sylvia Maurer, UNEP

The European Sting at the Retail Forum for Sustainability live from Barcelona

June 1, 2015 by The Sting's Team Leave a Comment

As part of the 18th European Eco-Innovation Forum on 20-22 May, the Retail Forum for Sustainability took place on 21 May in Barcelona and had a prominent place in the dialogue for a Greener European environment. The Forum came as a necessary module of the Eco-Innovation dialogue organised by the European Commission, DG Environment. The […]

Filed Under: 18th EU Eco-Innovation Forum, Consumers, Economy, Events Tagged With: 18th European Eco-Innovation Forum, Antii Ilmari Peltomaki, Barcelona, BEUC, Deputy Director-General of the Internal Market, Directorate General of the European Commission, European Consumer, European Consumer Organisation, European Sting, industry, Mercadona, Retail Forum for Sustainability

The European Internet is not neutral and neither is the Commissioner

April 29, 2013 by Leo Buonapartis Leave a Comment

How many times were you out with friends and wanted to show them a new cool video on Youtube through your smart phone but buffering was unbelievably slow? What about the time you had a cheap pay-as-you-go subscription and you wanted to save money using Viber to call your friends for free instead of giving […]

Filed Under: Consumers, Economy, InfoSociety, Telecommunications Tagged With: ETNO, European Commission, European Consumer Organisation, European Digital Rights, Internet, Neelie Kroes, Neutral net, Telecoms, Viber, Vodafone

Monkeypox, an emerging pandemic

November 16, 2022

This article was written for The European Sting by one of our passionate readers, Ms. Maryam Omar Alamodi, a 4th year medical student at Alfaisal University, college of Medicine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not necessarily The European Sting’s position on the issue. While the world is […]

The Baltic States and the European Defence Fund: results for the first call available

August 9, 2022

This article was written for The European Sting by one of our passionate readers, Mr Donatas Palavenis. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not necessarily The European Sting’s position on the issue. The commentary reviews the results of the 2021 Calls for Proposals for the European Defence Fund (EDF) where participants from […]

Georgia’s EU bid: chasing a solution to domestic issues?

August 8, 2022

This article was written for The European Sting by the political correspondent Ms. Katarzyna Rybarczyk. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not necessarily The European Sting’s position on the issue. Since the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia began in 2009, Georgia has come a long way in terms of preparing to […]

Putin and turning the other cheek

June 7, 2022

This article was written for The European Sting by one of our passionate readers, Mr Tomasso Merlo. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not necessarily The European Sting’s position on the issue. Ukraine had to open its doors to Putin, had to let him get to Kiev and at that point launch […]

COP 26: Goals & Critical Criticism

March 11, 2022

This article was written for The European Sting by one of our passionate readers, Dr Animesh Upadhyay. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not necessarily The European Sting’s position on the issue. The 26th Conference of the Parties lasted from the 31st of October 2021, until the end of 12thNovember 2021. One […]

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