Amidst a lot of controversy and hassles, a city in Italy is going to implement a social credit system that will be implemented through an app. This is going to be deployed in the city of Bologna. The move was announced by Councillor Massimo Bugani and Mayor of Bologna Matteo Lepore. The usage of social ...
Europe is grappling with a record-breaking rise in energy prices that threatens to impede the post-pandemic economic recovery, strain household earnings, and even mar Europe’s green transition. Moreover, the increase in energy prices has caused a re-examination of EU climate policy. Non-renewable energy prices are skyrocketing The EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS), the world’s largest ...
Germany is preparing for gas rationing. France’s power grid operator is asking consumers to use less electricity. In the UK, protests are breaking out over the latest electricity price hike that plunged millions of households into what one local think tank called fuel stress. Europe has a serious energy problem. Like the rest of the ...
Nuctech is a Chinese company that is now facing flak. It is among the world’s leading companies for vehicle and cargo scanners. There is hardly anything new about Chinese-origin companies being accused of resorting to covert surveillance on their customers. This is the reason the U.S. and several other nations have banned Huawei from selling and ...
Have you ever heard the ocean sing? Well, here is your chance. On the coast of Zadar in Croatia, there is a sea organ that will leave you mesmerized. The natural musical instrument gives a sense of unity between the architecture and its environment, leaving nature itself as the performer. The haunting notes are produced ...
Europe has a long history and you can find many European castles from a bygone time. Many of these are open to the public, so why don’t you add them to your travel itinerary? 10 European castles you can visit 1. Neuschwanstein, Germany Neuschwanstein is a fairy-tale retreat that inspired Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle. Enter ...
The recent flash floods in Germany caused a massive disaster in many areas of the country. Many people stood by as their livelihoods washed away and hundreds more fell victim to the unwelcome floods. How I experienced the floods in Germany It was only when I made my way home and had to drive through ...
Pesticide use in European agriculture has been the norm for more than 70 years, so the control and analysis of their presence, levels, and effects on European soils is a task that institutions and scientific teams face when establishing protocols for the use and approval of new phytosanitary products. Furthermore, scientific knowledge about the effects ...
The European Union (EU) gives a thumbs up to COVID-19 vaccines. The recently approved COVID-19 vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is to be used in its 27 member states. The approval was granted just a few hours after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had green-lighted the vaccine stating that it meets the safety ...
The COVID-19 pandemic not only unleashed a virus into the world, but also the extensive propaganda system of the Chinese communist government. In June, the European Commission noted that China was behind a massive COVID-19 disinformation campaign across Europe. This was the first time that the organization publicly named China for spreading disinformation. The disinformation ...