This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. As part of the ‘Stand Up For Ukraine’ campaign, the European Commission has created a new system to channel in-kind donations from the private sector to Ukraine, Moldova and neighbouring EU Member States, to help cater for the needs of internally displaced and refugees. […]Stand Up For Ukraine: private sector can now donate in-kind support via new system
March 29, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. As part of the ‘Stand Up For Ukraine’ campaign, the European Commission has created a new system to channel in-kind donations from the private sector to Ukraine, Moldova and neighbouring EU Member States, to help cater for the needs of internally displaced and refugees. […]Antitrust: Commission seeks feedback on commitments offered by Insurance Ireland concerning access to its data sharing platform
February 25, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission invites comments on commitments offered by Insurance Ireland, an association of Irish insurers, to address competition concerns regarding access to its Insurance Link information exchange system. On 14 May 2019, the Commission opened a formal investigation into Insurance Ireland’s conduct. In […]Energy prices: Commission presents a toolbox of measures to tackle exceptional situation and its impacts*
October 13, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission adopted today a Communication on Energy Prices, to tackle the exceptional rise in global energy prices, which is projected to last through the winter, and help Europe’s people and businesses. The Communication includes a “toolbox” that the EU and its Member States […]Team Europe: €34 billion disbursed so far to tackle COVID-19 in partner countries
September 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020, the EU, EU Member States and European financial institutions, as Team Europe, have disbursed €34 billion in support to partner countries in addressing the pandemic and its consequences, delivering on its promises with concrete results. This […]Same-sex marriages and partnerships should be recognised across the EU
September 14, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. The EU should lift all obstacles facing LGBTIQ people when exercising their basic rights, say MEPs. In a resolution on the rights of LGBTIQ persons in the EU (adopted with 387 votes in favour, 161 against and 123 abstaining), the European Parliament emphasises that […]State aid: Commission approves €3 billion French scheme to provide debt and capital support to companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak
September 14, 2021 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, French plans to set up a €3 billion fund that will invest through debt, hybrid and equity instruments in companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary […]How to build safe, equitable and sustainable transportation systems
September 14, 2021 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Jesse Levinson CTO and Co-Founder, Zoox Transportation systems traditionally favour suburban, upwardly mobile users over those from lower-income groups and neighbourhoods.Emerging technology – AI in particular – can help to address this issue.Safe, equitable transportation is within our […]State aid: Commission concludes Italian loans worth €900 million to Alitalia are illegal aid
September 10, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has concluded that two State loans for an amount of €900 million, granted by Italy to Alitalia in 2017, are illegal under EU State aid rules. Italy must therefore recover the illegal State aid, plus interest, from Alitalia. Executive Vice-President Margrethe […]We need to bridge the education gap for refugees, says new UNHCR report
September 10, 2021 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, (UNHCR) From 2018 to 2020, almost a million children were born as refugees.Since the start of the pandemic, more than 1.6 billion learners have been affected by the closure of […]How can we make careers in corporate social innovation popular among young people?
June 7, 2021 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Noa Gafni, Executive Director, Rutgers Institute for Corporate Social Innovation Millennials are increasing looking for jobs in companies with strong social responsibility initiatives. However, corporations and institutions must lay the ground to make jobs in corporate social innovation […]
