The New European Lifestyle: Digital Nomads at Work
How remote work, freedom of movement, and a new mindset are reshaping careers, borders, and identity across Europe.
Empty Seats: A New Battleground for European Cinema
The bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery’s back catalogue between two streaming giants, Paramount and Netflix, raised antitrust alarm bells in the US and Europe. This merger also been criticised for the threat it poses to the traditional way of viewing movies - cinemas themselves. In a world where convenience rules all, can cinema as an experience survive?
Are we overprotecting the authentic human experience today?
Preparedness doesn’t come from comfort.
Why conspiracies never feel new
Umberto Eco’s The Prague Cemetery is a deliberately difficult novel. It is dense, repetitive, often uncomfortable, and at times actively unpleasant. This is not a failure of craft. It is the core of Eco’s argument.
China presses EU states over visas for Taiwanese politicians
China has stepped up diplomatic pressure on EU countries to deny visas and entry to Taiwanese officials, invoking the Schengen Borders Code and warning against crossing Beijing’s political “red line”. The move follows a series of high-level visits by Taiwanese politicians to Europe and highlights growing tensions between the EU and China.
EU and China close to an agreement in the electric vehicle dispute
The EU and China are edging closer to a compromise in their trade dispute over electric vehicles, with talks focusing on price undertakings as a possible alternative to countervailing duties. New guidance from the European Commission outlines strict conditions for such offers, signalling that any deal must deliver the same level of protection as existing tariffs.
Debate Kit – Airplane transportation
The advent of the airplane completely changed our perception of the world: it is now possible to travel everywhere, even to the other side of the world. Must we do without airplanes to travel?
Historian Adrian Cioflâncă, on “Blooded Photos” documentary: “It’s a film about a painful chapter that is still talked about far too little”
Historian Adrian Cioflâncă, Director of the Center for the Study of Jewish History in Romania, commented the film "Blooded Photos" ("Fotografii însângerate")
