The Republic of Georgia parachuted into law a plan mandating plain packaging for all tobacco products. As of now, only Australia, the United Kingdom and France make it compulsory for cigarettes to be sold in neutral packs without colors or branding. Now, the Caucasus region will follow suit.
While the question of CO2-emissions becomes increasingly worrying for most members of society, the answer from many government officials sounds dim. As of now, the reduction of pollution with the greenhouse gas is only dealt with through advocacy of lower consumption: we institute daylight saving times, No Car days or ban plastic bags. Whether or […]
De multiples ONGs s’opposent à l’utilisation du granulé de bois pour la production énergétique: des organisations comme Biofuelwatch font pression sur les responsables de l’Union européenne afin que la RED – Renewable Energy Directive (la directive européenne des énergies renouvelables) de 2020 n’inclue pas la bioénergie à grande échelle. L’ONG BirdLife va encore plus loin: […]
On September 24, Germans headed to the polls to elect a new parliament. Despite Angela Merkel’s Christian-Democrat CDU/CSU losing massively in support, she remains in a position of forming a government in the coming months. Her Social-Democrat rival Martin Schulz however lost his shot at the Chancellor’s office and announced on Sunday evening that his […]
Dëse Beitrag ass de Manuskript vu mengem Fräie Mikro, deen den 10. Oktober um Radio 100,7 iwwerdroe gouf. Nolauschtere kann een den 100,7 Beitrag hei. Virun zwou Wochen ass et op der Uni Bréissel zu enger Kontrovers komm: Een Internetsite dee Relatiounen zwëschen eeleren a jonke Leit promouvéiert, hat virum Uni-Campus fir sech Reklamm gemaach. Bei sougenannte Relatiounen […]
In a recent move by four EU member states, the European Union has brought up the issue of digital taxation, by suggesting that online business services should be taxed on turnover, not on profits. Based on an initiative by the finance ministers of France, Germany, Italy and Spain, these four governments demand action of the […]
In the acronym-filled debate about the European Union’s trade policies, the mood has taken a decidedly anti-free trade turn in recent years. CETA and TTIP both incited large-scale protests in major European cities. The question, then, is: who is fuelling the anti-free trade spirit that has taken hold? The answer might surprise you.
Remember when the first mobile phones came with integrated cameras? A revolutionary concept to many people, which begged many to ask the question why a camera was necessary in a mobile in the first place? Didn’t we have proper cameras for that. And indeed, the first phone cameras didn’t really prove to be very effective. […]
La semaine dernière, la cour constitutionnelle espagnole a décidé de mettre une amende de plus de 10 000 € par jour aux organisateurs du référendum de l’indépendance de la Catalogne tant qu’ils continuent le processus de votation. Avant cette décision, des milliers de bulletins de référendum avaient été saisis par le gouvernement central qui considère […]
When EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker mentioned in his state of the union address to the European Parliament that it is unacceptable that some member states get lower quality products in their supermarket than others, many Central and European citizens must have felt relief.
Bill Wirtz 