In the heart of Kortrijk, Belgium, an imposing tower rises above the rooftops of a historically working-class neighborhood. Once the headquarters of the fire brigade, today this building no longer houses fire engines and sirens, but a social experiment that is redefining the concept of urban economy in the Belgian city. The Sharing Factory project (Deelfabriek in Flemish) is not ...
“In the EU Parliament there is no alternative to a pro-European and centrist alliance” capable of counterbalancing the “intoxication” of the sovereignist and nationalist parties. This is the message that MEP Elisabetta Gualmini and Action secretary Carlo Calenda launched in a press conference at the European Parliament. “The role of moderate and centrist parties is very important after the intoxication, ...
A request for help that sounds like a threat and the allies taking their time because if on the one hand there is the cumbersome figure of Trump, on the other there is the risk of crossing what looks like a point of no return. The American president asks that NATO countries intervene to guarantee the opening of the Strait ...
The European Parliament has definitively approved the update of the package travel directive, the legislation governing “all-inclusive” travel in the European Union. The reform introduces clearer rules on what constitutes a package, strengthens travellers’ right to reimbursement, limits the use of vouchers and establishes precise timeframes for handling complaints and refunds. “These updated rules will protect consumers when something goes ...
The European Parliament has approved a communication containing measures that MEPs consider essential to overcome the housing crisis. The document was drafted by the special commission created specifically to address the issue, and offers recommendations on policies to address the shortage of affordable housing in the EU. “The problem for millions and millions of Europeans is that they cannot find ...
The European Parliament wants to strengthen the protection of copyrighted works in the age of artificial intelligence. The Strasbourg Chamber approved in plenary, with 460 votes in favour, 71 against and 88 abstentions, a series of recommendations which ask, among other things, that European copyright rules apply to all generative AI systems on the EU market, even if trained outside ...
Artificial intelligence systems feed on information from different sources: books, encyclopedias, treatises, research and, especially when it comes to current affairs, newspaper articles. Online newspapers are one of the main sources of information from systems like ChatGpt, Claude or Gemini, but this is bringing a problem to newspapers. This is because users are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence programs which, ...
The cost of rent has grown by almost 29 percent in Europe from 2010 to today and house prices have increased by more than 60 percent. More than a million people sleep on the streets or in emergency facilities, and around 400 thousand of them are minors. These are the numbers of the European housing crisis, a crisis that is ...
Strengthen farmers’ negotiating power, stabilize their incomes and make relationships along the food supply chain more transparent. This is the aim of the revision of the regulatory framework known by the acronym CMO (common market organisation), under discussion in Brussels. The European Parliament and the EU Council have reached an agreement on new provisions that introduce mandatory written contracts between ...
From 100 to 2 boats per day. In the Strait of Hormuz, that sea corridor where Oman and Iran are only 3.7 kilometers apart at their minimum point, the traffic of ships on which approximately 20% of the hydrocarbons consumed on the planet travels has almost disappeared. It is the effect of the new war in the Middle East, in ...