This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon on Thursday urged the international community to push harder for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah warning that the country is on the brink of a humanitarian collapse. Speaking at the International Conference in Support of Lebanon’s People and Sovereignty held […]‘Lebanon risks falling off a humanitarian cliff’: UN relief coordinator
October 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Deputy Special Coordinator for Lebanon on Thursday urged the international community to push harder for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah warning that the country is on the brink of a humanitarian collapse. Speaking at the International Conference in Support of Lebanon’s People and Sovereignty held […]New agreements signed to extend to Ukraine the EU unified 112 emergency system, reinforce energy security and boost EU-Ukraine trade
October 25, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group, in collaboration with the European Commission and the Government of Ukraine, announced key initiatives to support Ukraine’s recovery and resilience on the sidelines of the 2024 Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank Group. These include supporting the rollout […]COP29: MEPs set out their vision ahead of this year’s global climate talks
October 22, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Monday evening, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted its demands for the UN Climate Change Conference COP29. The resolution, adopted with 54 votes in favour, 23 against and four abstentions, calls on all countries to agree on a […]Italy: Europe to gain advanced industrial edge as EIB finances BeDimensional with €20 million for new graphene and other 2D materials plants
October 18, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is offering Italian materials manufacturer BeDimensional SpA financial support to expand production of cutting-edge graphene that promises to help Europe bolster its industrial base and global competitiveness. The EIB is providing €20 million in venture debt financing to BeDimensional to help […]Parliament says Georgia’s democracy is at risk
October 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. In a resolution adopted on Wednesday, MEPs say current democratic backsliding in Georgia effectively puts the country’s integration with the EU on hold. Despite Georgia being granted EU candidate status in December 2023, Parliament’s resolution highlights how the ruling Georgian Dream party has pushed […]Lebanon: UNHCR chief issues urgent aid appeal to stem humanitarian catastrophe
October 7, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. he UN High Commissioner for Refugees called on Sunday for greater international support to stem the “humanitarian catastrophe” now engulfing Lebanon following a massive escalation in Israeli airstrikes and a “limited” ground invasion there targeting Hezbollah militants. According to the Lebanese health ministry over 2,000 Lebanese have […]Commission strengthens support for EU Deforestation Regulation implementation and proposes extra 12 months of phasing-in time, responding to calls by global partners
October 3, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission is today publishing additional guidance documents and a stronger international cooperation framework to support global stakeholders, Member States and third countries in their preparations for the implementation of the EU Deforestation Regulation. Given feedback received from international partners about their state of […]$1.5 billion commitment for education and skills training in lower-middle-income countries
September 27, 2024 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations A new $1.5 billion investment, announced on Thursday, will boost education and skills development for millions of the world’s children and youth most in need. The commitment by the International Finance Facility for Education (IFFEd) will address the dire but often forgotten global education emergency. Currently, 250 […]Climate finance by multilateral development banks hits record in 2023
September 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. MDBs offered record US$ 125 billion last year for climate action worldwide Mobilised global private finance nearly doubled to US$ 101 billion compared to 2022 Sum for low- and middle-income economies was US$ 74.7 billion, including US$ 24.7 billion for climate change adaptation Multilateral development banks […]Press statement by President von der Leyen on the next College of Commissioners
September 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. “Check against delivery” Today, I have met with the Conference of Presidents of the political groups in the European Parliament. In this meeting I have presented to the Parliament the planned structure of the new college, based on my political guidelines, on which we […]General Assembly resumes emergency special session on Palestine
September 18, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The General Assembly resumed its 10th emergency special session on the issue of Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Palestine introduced a draft resolution that demands an end to the occupation within one year, which Member States are expected to vote […]Remarks by Executive Vice-President Vestager following the Court of Justice rulings on the Apple tax State aid and Google Shopping antitrust cases
September 11, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. “Check against delivery” Today is a big win for European citizens and for tax justice. The Court of Justice confirms the decision from 2016 by the European Commission: Ireland granted Apple unlawful aid which Ireland now has to recover. And this judgement is final. […]EBRD financing to expand renewables capacity in Türkiye
September 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of US$ 60 million (€55 million) to Türkiye’s Borusan EnBW Enerji to finance the development and construction of 116 MW of onshore wind-energy capacity in Sivas and Tekirdağ. Addressing climate change remains a significant goal […]Gaza: 160,000 more children vaccinated against polio in southern Gaza
September 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. More than 160,000 children were vaccinated in southern Gaza on Thursday, the first day of a polio vaccination campaign there, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said on Friday. UN agencies and partners in the Strip will continue to vaccinate “as many Gazan children as […]EIB advocates for more investment and green financing at Poland’s leading economic conference
September 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. European Investment Bank delegation led by Vice-President Teresa Czerwińska participated in the Economic Forum, Poland’s leading economic conference that took place in the south-western town of Karpacz on Sept.3-5. For the second year running, the EIB contributed to a respected economic report authored by Poland’s top […]The issues of AI in medical education – Are shortcuts always better?
September 4, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Olga Maria Filson, a German/British medical student who grew up in northern Sweden. 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 not necessarily reflect IFMSA’s […]Kyiv hospital struggles to care for patients amid air strike
September 2, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Oksana, who is 26 weeks pregnant, described a harrowing scene in a Kyiv hospital in Ukraine during air raids, with staff scrambling to help patients and newborns into shelters. “When the alarm went off, we were all rushed into the shelter,” she said. “Even the tiniest babies […]What is sea level rise and why does it matter to our future?
August 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The level of the sea globally is rising faster and higher than ever before, creating what the United Nations has described as an “urgent and escalating threat” to people around the world. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has been visiting the Pacific Ocean nations, Tonga and Samoa, […]World News in Brief: Sudan aid breakthrough, rights in Afghanistan, Myanmar displacement continues
August 22, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The first food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan’s Darfur region have crossed the Adre border from Chad, after it was reopened this week by the Sudanese authorities following a six-month closure. World Food Programme (WFP) trucks carrying sorghum, pulses, oil and rice destined for 13,000 people […]World News in Brief: Zimbabwe rights plea, ‘serious concern’ over Azerbaijan prosecutions, Bahrain prisoner alert
August 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Zimbabwean authorities must immediately release human rights defenders who have been arbitrarily detained for over two weeks and drop the charges against them, a group of independent UN human rights experts said on Thursday. Woman human rights defender Namatai Kwekweza; teacher and labour rights defender Robson Chere, […]Carbon Emissions from AI and Crypto Are Surging and Tax Policy Can Help
August 16, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with IMF. Crypto mining and data centers now account for 2 percent of global electricity use and nearly 1 percent of global emissions, and their footprint is growing. Shafik Hebous, Nate Vernon-Lin What do crypto assets and artificial intelligence have in common? Both are power hungry. Because of the electricity […]Sexual violence and famine stalk Sudan’s displaced
August 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Sudan’s deepening humanitarian crisis caused by nearly 16 months of war has left countless women and girls subject to sexual violence and rape and tens of thousands of children at risk of death from hunger, UN aid teams said on Tuesday. Speaking from Sudan, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) […]Humanitarians report rise in children killed and injured in the West Bank
August 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The killing, injury and displacement of Palestinians continues in the West Back against the backdrop of the ongoing conflict in Gaza, now in its 10th month, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in an update issued on Wednesday. The number of Palestinian […]Mpox is still being transmitted across the world, says UN health agency
August 14, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Mpox has been confirmed in Burundi, one of four countries in Eastern Africa where the disease has surfaced for the first time, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, as the continent’s top health body declared a public health emergency. In an update, the WHO […]Commission approves €99.5 million Romanian State aid measure to support Nokian Tyres’ new zero CO2 emission tyre factory
August 14, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €99.5 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 […]IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva’s Statement to the Financial Community on Ukraine
August 14, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with IMF. Washington, DC: Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), issued the following statement about Ukraine to members of the financial community today: “The Ukrainian authorities have done a remarkable job in implementing an ambitious economic reform program supported by the IMF, aiming to sustain […]Youth jobless rate falls to 15-year low, says UN labour agency
August 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The number of young people unemployed globally is at a 15-year low but countries in Asia, the Pacific region and Arab States – and women in particular – “are not seeing the benefits” of this post-COVID economic recovery, the UN labour agency said on Monday. “Demographic trends, […]Sudan: Over a dozen more areas at risk of famine as fighting impedes aid
August 8, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. With famine confirmed in the Zamzam displacement camp in Sudan’s North Darfur, there are growing concerns that similar crises may be unfolding in other nearby camps, an official with the UN emergency food relief agency (WFP) said on Wednesday, in an interview with UN News. The Zamzam […]TikTok commits to permanently withdraw TikTok Lite Rewards programme from the EU to comply with the Digital Services Act
August 6, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has made TikTok’s commitments to permanently withdraw TikTok Lite Rewards programme from the EU binding. These commitments have been submitted by TikTok to address the concerns raised by the Commission in the formal proceedings opened against TikTok on 22 April and […]US-Russia prisoner swap ‘an unprecedented diplomatic act’, rights expert says
August 2, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A UN independent human rights expert has welcomed the landmark prisoner swap on Thursday involving the United States, Russia and five other countries. More than 20 people were released, including journalists and dissidents. Among them were American Evan Gershkovich, a reporter with the Wall Street Journal; Alsu […]Can South Africa G-20 Presidency Bring Public Finance into the Digital Era?
July 31, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with IMF. Cathal Long On July 18, 2024, President Cyril Ramaphosa gave a speech to open South Africa’s new parliament outlining the Government of National Unity’s priorities and plans for the next 5 years. Digital government enthusiasts will be excited about his use of the term digital public infrastructure (DPI) […]Eastern Afghanistan reels from fatal storms; dozens dead, hundreds homeless
July 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN teams and humanitarian partners in Afghanistan are mobilizing in response to devastating windstorms and flash floods that have ravaged eastern regions of the country, resulting in dozens of fatalities and the destruction of hundreds of homes. Nangarhar province, including its capital Jalalabad, is reported to be […]New GSMA ‘Handset Affordability Coalition’ will accelerate access to smartphones for low income populations worldwide
July 15, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with GSMA. Global Mobile Operators, the World Bank Group, ITU, and other global institutions come together to improve handset affordabilityfor lower-income populations. 10 July 2024, London: A new global coalition which will drive innovative solutions to boost handset affordability for some of the world’s poorest populations was today announced by […]
