This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a German support measure of up to €1.75 billion in favour of Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG (‘LEAG‘). The aid will compensate LEAG for the early phase-out of its lignite-fired power plants in the Lusatian […]Commission approves up to €1.75 billion German measure to support LEAG for early closure of lignite-fired power plants
November 19, 2025 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 German support measure of up to €1.75 billion in favour of Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG (‘LEAG‘). The aid will compensate LEAG for the early phase-out of its lignite-fired power plants in the Lusatian […]Commission adopts 2026 European Innovation Council work programme, putting forward €1.4 billion to boost Europe’s deep tech innovation
November 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has adopted the European Innovation Council (EIC) work programme, allocating €1.4 billion to support Europe’s most promising deep tech entrepreneurs and researchers. The new programme focuses on what European innovators need most: simplified access to substantial funding, investment and easier […]UN, AU and EU leaders pledge joint push for peace and development in Africa
September 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The United Nations, African Union (AU) and European Union (EU) have reaffirmed their commitment to peace and sustainable development in Africa, pledging deeper cooperation to end conflicts, support stability and tackle global challenges from debt to climate change. Meeting at UN Headquarters in New York on the […]Sudan: UN relief chief welcomes progress towards three-month truce
September 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN relief chief Tom Fletcher has highlighted recent diplomatic progress made towards a three-month pause to the brutal fighting in Sudan between rival militaries. “Welcome progress from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE and the US towards urgently needed 3-month humanitarian truce in Sudan,” Mr. Fletcher wrote on […]President Metsola in Kyiv reaffirms European Parliament’s continued support to Ukraine
September 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola met in Kyiv on 17 September President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk, and addressed the Verkhovna Rada. She also met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, the faction and group leaders of the Verkhovna Rada […]Driven by hunger in Gaza, amputees are part of the collateral damage
August 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. One of the many ugly consequences of wars and conflict is injuries leading to a loss of limbs. Gaza, which now has the highest number of child amputees per capital anywhere in the world, is no exception. “I was going to buy falafel,” says Mohammed Hassan. “On […]Extreme heat is breaking records worldwide: UN weather agency
August 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Extreme heat is breaking records around the world, with wildfires and poor air quality compounding the crisis, according to a report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released Thursday. Extreme temperatures caused approximately 489,000 heat-related deaths annually between 2000 and 2019, with 36 per cent occurring in […]Environmental sustainability: a brighter future with greener hospitals
August 1, 2025 by 3 Comments
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Levina Kulembeka, a 24 year old medical student in her fifth year at the University of KCMC in the Kilimanjaro region of Tanzania. She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions expressed in this piece belong […]Amid starvation in Gaza, Sudan, Guterres slams hunger ‘as a weapon of war’
July 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As starvation worsens in war-torn Gaza, UN agencies repeated warnings on Monday that Israel’s decision to support a “one-week scale-up” of aid is far from enough to reverse deadly malnutrition rates in the enclave. The development comes as UN Secretary-General António Guterres cautioned that conflict-driven hunger is […]World News in Brief: Houthi-Israel tensions, Sudan cholera cases rise, deadly attacks in Ukraine
July 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As tensions between Houthi rebels in Yemen and Israel escalate, the UN Secretary-General is “deeply concerned” about the renewed airstrikes on Hudaydah Port conducted by Israel this Monday, Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York. These strikes occurred while the UN Mission to support the Hudaydah […]Italy: EIB and Mediobanca make available €200 million in new finance to microenterprises and female-led entrepreneurs
July 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Mediobanca have signed a new €100 million agreement designed to improve access to credit for Italian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with a particular focus on microenterprises, female-led entrepreneurs and businesses operating in cohesion regions. This €100 million contract was […]Gaza: Health system crumbles amid growing desperation over food, fuel
June 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The first delivery earlier this week of urgently needed medical goods to enter Gaza in months will provide scant relief to the enclave’s people, who continue to be shot and killed in their search for food, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. “Definitely, people […]European Union expands commitment to speeding up digital transformation in Republic of the Congo for an inclusive digital future serving governance, the economy and young people
June 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. On 17 June 2025, Minister of Post, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy of the Republic of the Congo Léon Juste Ibombo, acting on behalf of Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso, officially launched the EU part of the project to accelerate the digital transformation in the country. The event […]MEPs propose stricter rules on dog and cat welfare and traceability
June 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The draft law approved by Parliament on Thursday lays down the first ever minimum EU standards for the breeding, housing, and handling of cats and dogs. MEPs want all dogs and cats kept in the EU to be individually identifiable with a microchip. They […]Gaza: As last fuel supplies run out, aid teams warn of catastrophe
June 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. More than 100 days into Israel’s complete fuel blockade in Gaza, UN agencies still in the shattered enclave warned on Thursday that vital services are only “hours away” from shutting down. Speaking from Gaza City in the north of occupied territory, Olga Cherevko from the UN aid […]GAZA LIVE: UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopts resolution demanding immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire
June 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. That’s a wrap That’s it for our live coverage of the General Assembly’s emergency session on protection of civilians in Gaza, although the debate is set to continue. Prior to the vote, President Philémon Yang remarked that once again the Assembly was called upon to take the […]In the UK Black women are four times more likely to die during childbirth than white women
June 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Ms. Edna, a fourth-year medical student and passionate advocate for health equity, with affiliations to Students for Global Health UK and the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA). She is affiliated with the International Federation of Medical Students Associations (IFMSA), cordial partner of The Sting. The opinions […]‘Keep the lights on’ for women and girls caught up in crisis
May 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Women and girls living through humanitarian crises are at risk of being overlooked – just as they are at their most vulnerable. The UN’s reproductive health agency, UNFPA, has been working to assess the impact of recent steep funding cuts, warning that from the Democratic Republic of […]EIB and the Luxembourg Space Agency join forces to enhance solutions for European Space for Finance
May 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank.Countries finalize historic pandemic agreement after three years of negotiations
April 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. In the early hours of Wednesday morning in Geneva, countries finalized a draft global agreement aimed at improving how the world prepares for and responds to pandemics, marking a historic step that will be submitted to the World Health Assembly in May for adoption. Developed after over […]Thousands of Gaza patients waiting for urgent medical evacuation
April 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The Israeli bombardment of Al-Ahli, a Gaza City hospital, has put even more pressure on the remaining health facilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, where the delivery of aid and movement of humanitarian workers is highly restricted by the Israeli authorities. On Monday, World Health Organisation (WHO) […]DR Congo crisis: 41,700 refugees have fled violence to Uganda
April 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Some 41,000 refugees have crossed from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) into Uganda since January, many of them having witnessed killings, “sexual violence and other traumatic experience during their flight,” said the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Tuesday. Every day since the end of last […]AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: Why new thinking is needed on disarmament
April 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The Artificial Intelligence (AI) race needs to slow down and IT firms should instead be focusing on the bigger picture to ensure that the technology is not misused on the battlefield, UN disarmament experts and leaders of ‘big tech’ companies have insisted. Engaging with the tech community […]Celebrating breakthrough achievements of the winners of the 2025 EU Prize for Women Innovators
April 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. At the European Innovation Council (EIC) Summit taking place in Brussels today, the Commission announced the winners and runners-up of the 11th European Prize for Women Innovators. The prize is awarded to women from across the EU and countries associated to Horizon Europe, who […]Haiti reaches ‘yet another crisis point’ as gangs tighten their grip
March 31, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN human rights chief sounded the alarm on Friday over the rapidly deteriorating situation in Haiti, calling it a “catastrophe” fuelled by gang violence, widespread impunity and a political process that is hanging by a thread. Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council in Geneva that […]LIVE NOW: ‘Abject fear’ returns to Gaza, Security Council hears, as UN calls for urgent renewal of ceasefire and hostage releases
March 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Stay on top of the latest news: 18 March 2025 07:49 pm UNFPA: ’Every pregnancy these days is a struggle’ in Gaza © UNFPA / Yasmeen Sous Two weeks into her ninth month of pregnancy, Roozan Abu Jbarah hoped she would manage to give birth safely. “I’ve […]International Criminal Court condemns US sanctions move
February 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday condemned an executive order signed by United States President Donald Trump imposing punitive sanctions, countering that the order sought to “harm its independent and impartial judicial work.” The court was established by the Rome Statute, negotiated within the UN – […]DR Congo crisis: Thousands flee clashes in South Kivu
February 10, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Continued clashes in South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are triggering mass displacement and causing civilian casualties, UN humanitarian affairs office OCHA said on Friday. Escalating fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese troops has caused thousands of people to flee, with many […]Czech city Ústí nad Labem to get green upgrades with EIB loan of almost €43 million
February 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending €43 million (CZK 1.08 billion) to the Czech city of Ústí nad Labem for a range of green and social improvements, highlighting a Europe-wide push for urban renewal and sustainability. Ústí nad Labem, with a population of around 90 000 located near […]Clock ticking on South Sudan’s transition, Security Council hears
February 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As South Sudan enters its extended transitional period this month, the UN’s top envoy to the country has warned that the clock is ticking to accomplish the commitments under a key 2018 peace accord, ahead of a new deadline set for February 2027. Signed in 2018 to […]World News in Brief: Deadly virus outbreak in Uganda, $500 million human rights appeal, Thailand’s lèse-majesté laws in spotlight
January 31, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday confirmed an outbreak of Sudan virus disease in Uganda, which is part of the Ebola virus family. Health authorities in Kampala confirmed that one patient has died – a nurse who had sought treatment at various other medical facilities after developing […]DR Congo crisis: ‘The violence must end now’, UN Security Council told
January 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Security Council convened its second emergency meeting in three days on Tuesday to address the escalating crisis in Goma – the regional capital of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Vivian van de Perre, Deputy Head of the UN Stabilization Mission in the […]UN relocates non-critical staff from North Kivu, DR Congo
January 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN has suspended all official movements by its teams into and out of Houthi-held areas of Yemen, after more UN staffers were detained on Thursday. The de facto rulers of much of the country, including the capital Sana’a, released the crew of a merchant ship who […]
