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Decarbonizing shipping – why now is the time to act

May 27, 2021 by European Union Leave a Comment

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, Executive Vice President, CEO Fleet and Strategic Brands, A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, Christian Ingerslev, CEO, Maersk Tankers, Lasse Kristoffersen, Chief Executive Officer, Torvald Klaveness Group, Jose Maria Larocca, Executive Director Co-Head of Oil Trading, […]

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12 trade tasks to prioritize in 2021

January 22, 2021 by World Economic Forum 1 Comment

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Doherty, Head, International Trade and Investment, World Economic Forum & Kimberley Botwright, Community Lead, Global Trade and Investment SI, World Economic Forum The new director-general at the WTO will have a raft of challenges on their desk […]

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A Sting Exclusive: “Regulators and the shipping industry collaborating for a sustainable future”, written by the Secretary General of IMO

November 15, 2018 by The Sting's Team Leave a Comment

This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Mr. Kitack Lim, the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The opinions expressed in this article belong to our distinguished writer. I am often asked about my vision for the future of the shipping industry, especially at a time of so much change. As a Secretary-General […]

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The ever-growing crises that are displacing migrants from their homes

August 9, 2021 By The Sting's Team

This article was written by one of our guest writers, Mr. Aaron Gates-Lincoln, writer for Immigration News. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not The European Sting’s position on the issue. The ever-growing crises that are displacing migrants from their homes are dominating the headlines in the world of immigration. The act […]

A Continental Political Party

July 1, 2021 By The Sting's Team

This article was written by one of our passionate readers, Mr. Tomasso Merlo. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not The European Sting’s position on the issue. A continental political party is needed for European political unification to proceed. A party that represents all the pro-European citizens spread across the continent. […]

The need for a united Europe

June 7, 2021 By The Sting's Team

This article was written by one of our passionate readers, Mr. Tomasso Merlo. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not The European Sting’s position on the issue. The epochal political challenge of the European peoples is their unification and the birth of a common continental democracy. The European dream, however, is […]

Material and human garbage

May 24, 2021 By The Sting's Team

This article was written by one of our passionate readers, Mr. Tomasso Merlo. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not The European Sting’s position on the issue. We in the rich world export plastic waste and import human waste. We are turning the planet into a huge garbage dump. We produce […]

Cyprus’s last chance to solve the Cyprus issue is threatened by its corrupt political elite

May 22, 2021 By The Sting's Team

This article was written by one of our guest writers, Mr. Michalis Christou, one of the youngest candidates running in the upcoming May 30 parliamentary elections on the island of Cyprus and a philosophy graduate. The opinions expressed within reflect only the writer’s views and not The European Sting’s position on the issue. How can the […]

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