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Is biogas the long-term solution to stabilise EU energy markets and make them more sustainable?
Tuesday 28 March 2023 |
Sergio Matalucci | Voxeurop
Biogas and biomethane can reduce the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere and increase energy flexibility. Policy frameworks, technological improvements and increased cooperation between countries are making biogas and biomethane more accessible, with projections for the two energy sources to triple between 2030 and 2050.
Why Europe is running out of medicines, again
Tuesday 28 March 2023 |
Kostas Zafeiropoulos Nikos Morfonios
Janine Louloudi
Corina Petridi
| MIIR
In the past 20 years drug shortages have surged in Europe. Governments have recently used the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis to cover up the real – far more structural – reasons behind them.
Parallel exports and the problem with Greek drug shortage statistics
Tuesday 28 March 2023 |
Kostas Zafeiropoulos Nikos Morfonios
Janine Louloudi
Corina Petridi
| MIIR
In Greece, medicine shortages are severely under-reported by the responsible government body. Meanwhile, the illegal export of medicines is an important part of the problem.
Are we ready for the next pandemic?
Tuesday 28 March 2023 |
Stefano Valentino | Voxeurop
The European Union’s failure to prepare for the Covid-19 pandemic was due to a lack of research funding, argue several prominent researchers. This has resulted in the spending of billions of euros to fight the virus and its consequences.
Slovenia and the EU have a problem with plastic waste
Tuesday 28 March 2023 |
Neja Berger Taja Topolovec
Metod Blejec
Nina Hlebec
Hana Radilovič
| Pod črto
As plastic waste increases in Slovenia, the European Union, and the world, so do the difficulties in disposing of and recycling it.
Slovenia spends millions of taxpayers' money to dispose of uncollected waste
Tuesday 28 March 2023 |
Neja Berger Taja Topolovec
Metod Blejec
Nina Hlebec
Hana Radilovič
| Pod črto
The disorderly system of handling packaging waste in Slovenia is creating high additional costs and causing significant environmental damage.
The undeclared war on women in Europe: Trapped in the maze of domestic violence
Monday 27 March 2023 |
Janine Louloudi Nikos Morfonios
Kostas Zafeiropoulos
Thanasis Troboukis
Korina Petridi
| MIIR
The story of Eleni, who went through a nightmare at the hands of her self-appointed "partner", highlights the institutional gap in support for victims in Greece. What happens to women in Greece when they seek a way out of the abusive environment in which they are trapped?
The undeclared war on women in Europe: A systemic failure to prevent femicides
Monday 27 March 2023 |
Janine Louloudi Nikos Morfonios
Kostas Zafeiropoulos
Thanasis Troboukis
Korina Petridi
| MIIR
Is there anything more that authorities can do to protect women?
Is mass unemployment coming to an end?
Monday 27 March 2023 |
Laurent Jeanneau | Alternatives Economiques
The unemployment rate is low in many European countries, thanks, however, to a decrease in productivity that could become a problem in the near future.
The great disappearance of job applicants
Monday 27 March 2023 |
Laurent Jeanneau | Alternatives Economiques
Employers are desperate to hire. All over Europe, the small ads that flourish in restaurant windows are turning yellow for lack of interested candidates - to the great annoyance of bosses. But the complaints go far beyond the hotel and restaurant sector.
