France: Healthcare and energy transition – EIB and the Credit Agricole strengthen their support for French regions with €700 million of financing

This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Healthcare: €400 million to help liberal healthcare professionals set up and increase the number of women working in these professions Crédit Agricole is the first bank that approached the EIB on the theme of healthcare and incorporated gender criteria, supporting liberal healthcare professionals at every stage […]

Danish biotech SNIPR Biome receives up to €20 million European backing to advance therapies against microbial resistance

This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. Danish biotech SNIPR Biome will get up to €20 million venture debt from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to step up Europe’s fight against antimicrobial resistance to medicines. The company will use the EIB credit to develop new medicines for infections where existing antibiotics are no […]

Guterres condemns ‘escalation after escalation’ in the Middle East

This article is published in association with United Nations. With war ramping up across the Middle East on Tuesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres appealed for the violence to end now.  “I condemn the broadening of the Middle East conflict, with escalation after escalation,” he said in a tersely worded statement. “This must stop.  We absolutely need a […]

The spectacular decline of the journalism profession is met with alarming indifference. The worst part is that we are getting used to it.

By Fabrice Fries AFP Chairman and CEO PHOTO We are no longer surprised to read the grim tally of journalists killed in the line of duty, nor to learn – through an investigation by the Forbidden Stories collective – that of the more than 100 journalists killed in Gaza, several were clearly deliberately targeted; nor […]

India’s $7 billion electric bus plan, and other city-focused stories you need to read

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Lisa Chamberlain, Communication Lead, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum, Jeff Merritt, Head of Urban Transformation; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum This monthly round-up brings you some of the latest news on cities and urbanization. Top […]

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