This article is published in association with United Nations. Two senior UN officials appealed to the Security Council on Tuesday for more resources and greater humanitarian access in Sudan, where people are literally dying of hunger as the war between rival militaries rages on. Edem Wosornu of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, and Stephen Omollo, […]Humanitarians urge Security Council to stop ‘freight train of suffering’ in Sudan
August 7, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Two senior UN officials appealed to the Security Council on Tuesday for more resources and greater humanitarian access in Sudan, where people are literally dying of hunger as the war between rival militaries rages on. Edem Wosornu of the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, and Stephen Omollo, […]EBRD lends up to €30 million to Željeznički Prevoz Crne Gore a.d.
July 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a senior loan of up to €30 million to Željeznički Prevoz Crne Gore a.d. (ZPCG), the passenger train operator in Montenegro. The loan, which will be guaranteed by the government of Montenegro, will be used to […]Protecting EU transport in times of crisis: Commission adopts Contingency Plan for Transport
May 23, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission adopted a Contingency Plan for Transport to strengthen the resilience of EU transport in times of crisis. The plan draws lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic as well as taking into account the challenges the EU transport sector has been facing since […]Connecting Europe Express reaches final destination after 20,000km journey
October 7, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today the European Commission has released the results of its sixth evaluation of the Code of Conduct on countering illegal hate speech online. The results show a mixed picture as IT companies reviewed 81% of the notifications within 24 hours and removed an average of 62.5% […]European Year of Rail: Connecting Europe Express now leaving the station
September 1, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The ‘Connecting Europe Express’, a special train put together as part of the European Year of Rail 2021, will pull out of Lisbon train station on 2 September. It will stop in more than 100 towns and cities during its five-week journey, before arriving […]State aid: Commission approves €550 million German support to compensate Deutsche Bahn for damages suffered by its subsidiary DB Fernverkehr due to the coronavirus outbreak
August 12, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has found a €550 million German support measure in favor of Deutsche Bahn AG (“Deutsche Bahn”) to be in line with EU State aid rules. The measure, which will take the form of an equity injection, aims at compensating Deutsche Bahn […]Fall asleep in Vienna, wake up in Paris – Europe’s night trains make a comeback
January 8, 2021 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Alex Thornton, Senior Writer, Formative Content Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria bring back routes for night trains.Traveling by rail emits much less carbon per kilometre than going by air or road.2021 is set to be designated European Year […]Next time you fly, could you be boarding a train instead of a plane?
February 8, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Formative Content Qatar Airways has signed a codeshare agreement with German rail firm Deutsche Bahn. Under the deal, passengers can travel from Frankfurt airport to eight German cities by train. Such schemes could help […]
