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Climate
Can Europe survive without Russian gas and oil?
The numbers Oil and petroleum products 34.5% Natural gas 23.7% Renewables 17.4% Nuclear 12.7% Solid fossil fuels (mostly coal) 10.5% Other 1.2% EU Energy Mix (Source: Eurostat, beginning 2020) What’s striking is the strong presence […]
European Culture
European Culture: Aranjuez
What’s special about Europe and Aranjuez? I would say that culture is the most distinguishing aspect of Europe. And Aranjuez certainly has pride of place among the cultural highlights of Europe. A royal summer palace […]
Poland
Polish parliament targets TVN with media law
On Friday 17th December, the Polish ruling party PiS unexpectedly passed legislation restricting press freedom, targeting the independent TV channel TVN, owned by the US company Discovery. The law is designed to compel Discovery to […]
Belarus
Human Rights Day 2021
The Human Rights day is an opportunity to celebrate achievements in the field, as we’ve made considerable progress since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 10th […]
Europe
World TV day 2021
There is much to celebrate, as we look at TV’s achievements in terms of nearly universal reach, the huge diversification in number of organisations and channels […]
Health
The LOUD killer
Loud music in a bar or restaurant? A car driving around with loud, thumping music? A neighbour’s all-night party, ignoring the other people’s need to rest? Yes all of them, and lots more.
Noise impacts people’s health, and has social, environmental and economic consequences. […]