Shedding some light on baffling bills
When it comes to electric bills, the components that determine how much you pay are changing significantly. And according to standards, this spells major disruptions for classifications.
Year: 2018
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For Katowice’s youth coal is still the future
Katowice is hosting the COP24 climate conference, but the coal mines of the Silesia capital are still the stronghold of Poland’s energy security. Guaranteed employment, early retirement and family tradition attract young people who plan on spending their lives here, despite the sector’s decline.
Europe faces a shortage of doctors
A surge in retirements, lack of new doctors in training, emigration to countries with better working conditions… by 2020, Europe could be facing a shortage of 230,000 doctors.
Combating poverty is an increasingly uphill battle
The European Social model is pretty much on its last leg. Over the last few years, social transfers granted by the member states of the European Union are increasingly losing their ability to reduce poverty.
Europe takes centre stage in Subsonica’s current tour
Facing the rise of populist and authoritarian movements, the Italian alternative rock group are taking a stand by holding their next concerts under a banner defending European ideals and values.
Electric pulse fishing, symbol of a decomposing Europe
Bloom, an NGO fighting for the preservation of the oceans and their resources, argue in this op-ed that the influence of lobbies on the decisions of European institutions, made glaringly clear in the case of electric pulse fishing, only serves to stoke citizens' mistrust towards the European Union.
Putting to the test a democratic and Green Europe
French NGO Bloom has just revealed that the European Commission has allocated at least 21.5 million euro in subsidies to Dutch trawlers. The revelations throw a spotlight on what is at stake, both democratically and ecologically, for Europe.
Better data can prevent violence against women
Lack of standardisation in reporting and cultural differences between Northern and Eastern European countries complicate efforts towards an effective response against gender-based violence.
Four proposals for the Europe of the future
The nationalists' challenge to the EU requires a credible response: Strenghten the institutions and those policies which support the European construction's efficiency and democratic legitimacy. The federalist ideal no longer suffices, say Olivier Dupuis and Carmelo Palma.
Appealing asylum seekers may be asked to cooperate to own return
People refused asylum in Europe may be asked to get their own travel documents at embassies even during appeal, posing risks to themselves and their families.