EU funding has supported advocacy activities by NGOs for over 60 years. Yet as Rosa Sanchez Salgado explains, there is now a fierce debate taking place in Brussels over whether this funding should continue. There is currently a full-fledged fight over whether the European Commission should provide European NGOs with funding for advocacy activities. The … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Toyota has warned operating profits will fall 21 per cent this fiscal year due to the fallout from President Donald Trump’s trade war, increasing the pressure on Japan to reach a deal on tariffs with … Read more
Netflix, Disney, and other entertainment companies saw their stock prices tumble Monday morning, following President Donald Trump’s latest tariff pronouncement. Trump has floated a 100 percent tariff on foreign-produced movies, which could mean a major shift in how studios do business. As of around 10 a.m. ET, Netflix was down about 2 percent. Disney had … Read more
Catastrophe bond market issuance has already set a new record for the first-four months of the year in 2025, even with half the month of April still to run and billions more in issuance scheduled to settle before May, which has the potential to make this the busiest four-month stretch ever for the sector.The stunning … Read more
Renowned cybersecurity expert Troy Hunt falls victim to a phishing attack, resulting in the exposure of thousands of subscriber details, and don’t lose your life savings in a whisky scam… All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the “Smashing Security” podcast by cybersecurity veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault. Plus! Don’t … Read more