This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending €70 million to Nova Post, a leading private postal and courier operator in Ukraine, to finance its investment programme for 2024. “The loan will support the company’s long-term growth strategy, which envisages a transformation of its […]EBRD lends €70 million to Ukraine postal operator
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This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending €70 million to Nova Post, a leading private postal and courier operator in Ukraine, to finance its investment programme for 2024. “The loan will support the company’s long-term growth strategy, which envisages a transformation of its […]More than 27,000 unitary patents registered in the first, successful year of the Unitary Patent system
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Over the first successful year of application of the Unitary Patent system, the European Patent Office (EPO) has already registered more than 27,000 unitary patents. This means that on average, almost one in four (23%) granted European patents apply across all participating Member States. […]European Citizens’ Initiative: Commission decides to register initiative on mutual recognition of final judgments within the EU
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This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission decided to register a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Effective implementation of the concept of judicial precedent in EU countries’. The organisers of the initiative call on the Commission to introduce a mechanism guaranteeing mutual recognition of final judicial decisions adopted […]Why EdTech must prioritise research and innovation from the Global South
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Natalia Kucirkova, Professor of Children’s Reading and Development, The Open University and University of Stavanger The converging theme from recent research and industry reports is the contrast between the global explosion of Educational Technology (EdTech) and its lack of […]What is a country’s current account balance, and is a deficit good or bad for its economy?
March 28, 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: Ian Shine, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda A country’s current account balance tracks the amount of money it has coming in and going out.It is largely made up of trade, but also depends on flows of foreign direct investment and […]2 charts that show the sharp rise in food prices
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This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny Wood, Writer, Formative Content Global food prices reached their highest ever level in March 2022.Food commodity prices increased by a third compared to the previous year.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has added to wider post-pandemic price growth. Global […]
