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GSMA Mobile 360 – Digital Societies in Kuala Lumpur, in association with The European Sting

August 19, 2019 by The Sting's Team Leave a Comment

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GSMA Mobile 360 in Kuala Lumpur– Digital Societies, in association with The European Sting

July 22, 2019 by The Sting's Team Leave a Comment

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Two women threaten to tear the world apart

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The women’s lib movement can be very proud nowadays. Suffragettes must be very happy. Their kind in a few decades managed not only to vote but to hold in their hands the fate of the globe. All that because this week became clear that Christine Lagarde, heading the International Monetary Fund and Angela Merkel, leader […]

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This article was written for The European Sting by one of our passionate readers, Mr Tomasso Merlo. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not necessarily The European Sting’s position on the issue. Ukraine had to open its doors to Putin, had to let him get to Kiev and at that point launch […]

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