This article is published in association with United Nations. The United Kingdom must take action to curb racist hate speech and xenophobic rhetoric, a UN human rights body said on Friday, following recent riots that rocked the country. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racism (CERD) voiced concern over persistent hate crimes, hate speech and […]Rights experts urge United Kingdom to curb hate speech
August 26, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The United Kingdom must take action to curb racist hate speech and xenophobic rhetoric, a UN human rights body said on Friday, following recent riots that rocked the country. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racism (CERD) voiced concern over persistent hate crimes, hate speech and […]United Kingdom joins Horizon Europe programme
December 5, 2023 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. As of 1 January 2024, the United Kingdom becomes an associated country to Horizon Europe. Its researchers will be able to participate in this research and innovation programme of the EU on the same terms as researchers from other associated countries and will have […]The United Kingdom is set to join the trans-Pacific free trade pact. Here’s what you need to know
April 4, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Charlotte Edmond, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda Three years after leaving the European Union, the United Kingdom has negotiated a trade pact with a band of Indo-Pacific countries. The UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership […]What are warm banks, and why are so many opening in the UK?
November 23, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ian Shine, Senior Writer, Formative Content “I hate the cold. I can handle being hungry but not being cold. I just hate the thought of people sitting freezing.” Those are the words of Kenneth Gibson, who recently told […]Here’s how England plans to end taboos about women’s health
July 14, 2022 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content The newly appointed Women’s Health Ambassador for England is on a mission to close the gender health gap.Dame Lesley Regan says she wants to end taboos on topics like periods and the […]Data protection: Commission adopts adequacy decisions for the UK
June 28, 2021 by 2 Comments
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission has today adopted two adequacy decisions for the United Kingdom – one under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the other for the Law Enforcement Directive. Personal data can now flow freely from the European Union to the United Kingdom where […]State aid: Commission refers United Kingdom to European Court for failure to fully recover illegal tax exemption aid of up to around €100 million in Gibraltar
March 22, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has decided to refer the United Kingdom to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to fully recover illegal State aid of up to around €100 million, granted as a tax exemption for passive interest and royalties in […]EU, Norway and the United Kingdom conclude key fisheries arrangements on North Sea
March 17, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The trilateral arrangement on jointly managed fisheries stocks in the North Sea for 2021 establishes the total allowable catches (TAC) and quota sharing covering over 636,000 tonnes of fish. In parallel, the EU and Norway have concluded bilateral consultations for the shared stocks in […]Withdrawal Agreement: Commission sends letter of formal notice to the United Kingdom for breach of its obligations under the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland
March 16, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has sent today a letter of formal notice to the United Kingdom for breaching the substantive provisions of the Protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland, as well as the good faith obligation under the Withdrawal Agreement. This marks the beginning of […]Why the UK government must do more to boost green revolution
March 2, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: John Cridland, Chairman, Transport for the North and the Home Group & Paul Ekins, Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy, UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources UK government must develop a policy framework and supporting infrastructure for green innovation, […]High-tech or ‘high-touch’: UK survey gives clues to the jobs of the future
February 14, 2020 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emma Charlton, Senior Writer, Formative Content A UK report shows the 20 roles likely to be in high demand in the new decade. Routine-based roles will shrink as automation takes hold. Coders and carers among the fastest-growing occupations. […]High-tech or ‘high-touch’: UK survey gives clues to the jobs of the future
February 12, 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: Natalie Pierce, Interactions and Programming Lead, Global Shapers Community, Foundations, World Economic Forum A UK report shows the 20 roles likely to be in high demand in the new decade. Routine-based roles will shrink as automation takes hold. […]Future EU-UK Partnership: European Commission takes first step to launch negotiations with the United Kingdom
February 3, 2020 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has today issued a recommendation to the Council to open negotiations on a new partnership with the United Kingdom. This recommendation is based on the existing European Council guidelines and conclusions, as well as on the Political Declaration agreed between the […]These are the UK’s biggest trading partners
November 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content Last year, nearly half the UK’s exports went to EU countries. The top five export destinations in 2017 were the US, Germany, France, Netherlands and Ireland, China was the sixth most-important export market […]This study wants every child in the UK to spend a night under the stars
October 1, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Katharine Rooney, Senior Writer, Formative Content Imagine if every schoolchild could spend a night under the stars. That’s the vision of a new report on England’s national landscapes, which suggests a need to reconnect with nature and inspire future […]These campaigners want to give a quarter of the UK back to nature
May 30, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content Environmentalists in the UK want to return a quarter of the country to the wild, in a bid to absorb carbon dioxide to help combat climate change. The proposal is in is […]The first new university in the UK for 40 years is taking a very different approach to education
May 22, 2019 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content What role should universities play in equipping the workers of the future to solve the world’s most pressing problems? And, as we approach the 2020s, should we rethink the way education puts […]Why the UN is investigating poverty in the United Kingdom
November 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Authors: John McKenna, Formative Content For the past 12 days Philip Alston, the United Nation’s special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, has been investigating the poverty of a nation in 2018. But the country he is investigating […]Commission hardens its stance against carmakers ensuring emissions reductions targets
August 8, 2018 by 1 Comment
The car industry will be under tighter surveillance by the European Commission after 2020 when the next phase of the EU’s emission regulation will take place. All car manufacturers who do not meet the 2021 fleet CO2 emissions compliance for new passenger vehicles sold in the Old Continent will face fines of more than €14 […]G7 summit: Trump Vs. G6 leaders on trade and climate change
June 13, 2018 by 1 Comment
US President Donald Trump continued yesterday his fierceful critic to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the aftermath of last weekend’s G7 summit which took place in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada with the seven largest advanced economies in the world to discuss about gender equality, women’s empowerment, clean energy, and economic growth that works for […]The EU stops being soft with 10 Downing Street about Brexit
September 14, 2017 by Leave a Comment
After the failed successive meetings about Brexit between the European Union and the British negotiation teams, the European Commission decided to stiffen its position. Last week EU’s executive arm issued a Press Release saying, “As it was a UK’s decision to leave the EU, it’s a UK’s responsibility to propose solutions…”. One of the most […]Trump ‘used’ G20 to side with Putin and split climate and trade packs
July 10, 2017 by Leave a Comment
While protesters were dynamically trying to reach the part of Hamburg where the G20 leaders of the largest economies of the world were gathered, the most powerful politicians of the globe were reduced to the status of viewers, in the Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin spectacle of rapprochement. Trump also ‘used’ the G20 to tell […]
