This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has accepted commitments from Microsoft to address EU competition concerns relating to its popular team collaboration platform Teams. These commitments will henceforth be legally binding under EU antitrust rules. The commitments address the Commission’s concerns related to the tying of Microsoft […]Commission accepts commitments offered by Microsoft to address competition concerns related to Teams
September 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has accepted commitments from Microsoft to address EU competition concerns relating to its popular team collaboration platform Teams. These commitments will henceforth be legally binding under EU antitrust rules. The commitments address the Commission’s concerns related to the tying of Microsoft […]Guterres condemns Israeli strike on Hamas leaders in Qatar as ‘flagrant violation’
September 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General has condemned an Israeli strike targeting Hamas leaders in Doha, the capital of Qatar, on Tuesday, while highlighting the “very positive role” played by the country in achieving a ceasefire in Gaza and securing the release of hostages. In a statement, António Guterres spoke […]Record starvation and malnutrition in Gaza; more West Bank displacement
August 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The United Nations continues to draw attention to the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, where starvation and malnutrition are at the highest levels since hostilities began nearly three years ago. That warning comes from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in a tweet posted on […]Gaza: Starvation looms for one in five people, say food security experts
May 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Gazans remain at “critical risk of famine,” UN-backed food security experts warned on Monday, a full 19 months since war began with Israel and 70 days since deliveries stopped of all aid and commercial supplies. “Goods indispensable for people’s survival are either depleted or expected to run out […]More than one million children in Gaza deprived of aid for over a month: UNICEF
April 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The blockade of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip is having dire consequences for more than a million children, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Saturday. No aid has been allowed into Gaza since 2 March, representing the longest period of aid blockage since the start […]European Parliament President Metsola visits Israel, Gaza and West Bank
February 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. During her official visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories, EP President Metsola was the first European leader to enter Gaza in more than a decade. President Metsola is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian occupied territory this Thursday and […]Syria facing alarming regional spillover, UN envoy warns
October 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The conflict in Gaza and Lebanon is spilling over into Syria, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, the UN Special Envoy for the country warned on Wednesday. “The fires of conflicts are raging the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Gaza, and in Lebanon. And the heat is being […]Israeli army ‘deliberately demolished’ watchtower, fence at UN peacekeeping site in southern Lebanon
October 21, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said that an Israeli army bulldozer demolished an observation tower and the perimeter fence of a UN position earlier on Sunday in Marwahin, in the southern part of the country. A press statement issued by the Mission, formally known […]Cerberus, EBRD and IFC finalise acquisition of Poland’s VeloBank
August 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. An affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management L.P. (Cerberus), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC – member of the World Bank Group) announce today the successful completion of the acquisition of 100 per cent of shares in VeloBank from […]UN chief expresses deep concern over Israel strikes on Yemen, and risk of regional escalation
July 22, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has responded to Israel’s airstrikes on the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah, which reportedly killed at least six people and injured more than 80, by calling for all parties involved in the conflict to “exercise utmost restraint”. In statement, Mr. Guterres noted that […]US Treasury Secretary of Janet Yellen: SDIM23 Remarks in Full
September 20, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. The Sustainable Development Impact Meetings take place in 18-22 September at the World Economic Forum in New York.US Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen spoke on what’s needed for global food security at the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings […]International trade: What you need to know this month
September 18, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Edgard Carneiro Vieira, Lead, Community and Business Engagement, World Economic Forum 1. BRICS and G20 add new members The BRICS bloc of emerging market economies has agreed to add six new members in what will be the biggest […]
