Across Europe, people are getting gifts to celebrate St Nicholas Day – but should we instead be celebrating Sustaina Claus Day? 🎅 #Sustainability #environment pic.twitter.com/Xkn7KOgNNd — DW Environment (@dw_environment) December 6, 2018
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Germany’s Siemens, France’s Alstom merge to create new European rail champion— The Local de
The maker of France’s TGV trains announced on Tuesday a “merger of equals” with German industrial leader Siemens in a giant and politically tricky deal to create a new European rail champion. The state-controlled Alstom, the manufacturer of French high-speed trains, which are a source of national pride, called the tie-up with its German competitor…
Europe’s Largest Pension Funds Heavily Invested in Illegal Israeli Settlements — DanWatch,Denmark |Five largest pension funds have €7.5 billion invested in companies…
Europe’s five largest pension funds have €7.5 billion invested in companies with business activities in and around illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. This is at odds with United Nations guidelines, clear warnings from 18 European countries, and undermines the two-state solution, experts warn. Israeli soldiers stand guard near the Israeli settlement of Beitar…
Europe: DIY networking: the path to a more democratic internet — By Panayotis Antoniadis on The Conversation com| Read how the communities are creating independent networks
DIY antennas are often placed in churches for better visibility, longer distance and better quality connections. Freifunk.net, CC BY-SA The refugee crisis has revealed the limitations of the telecommunications market to offer internet connectivity to people in need. As is often the case when the market fails, citizen organisations have stepped in. Freifunk.net, one of…
‘I am standing with these refugees,’ says UN chief while visiting them in Rome — IINA News org
Pic: UN News Center Rome (IINA) – After meeting with families of refugees at a reception centre in Italy on Saturday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the global community has to “stand with people who do not have any means” and provide basic necessities, such as education and sanitation, UN News Center reported. “Having…
Five practical ways you can help refugees trying to find safety in Europe|More than 350,000 signed petition for Britain to take its fair share of Europe’s refugees — Independent Co UK
As the crisis affecting thousands of people worsens, here’s what you can do More than 350,000 of you have signed our petition for Britain to take its fair share of Europe’s refugees, and it looks like David Cameron has listened. But there is still a huge amount of work to be done before desperate people…
Europe’s Migration Crossing Points Captured in Six Films — Open Society Foundations org
Italy Mediterranean Turkey France Bulgaria “The European border is like a wall—we have to get across, whatever it costs,” said Wassim, a 31-year-old Syrian man I met in Turkey, in the southern port town of Mersin. He had left a wife and a newborn child to flee to Mersin, the new crossing point for migrants…
For Islam and democracy |Manifesto published by Muslim intellectuals — Qantara de
***** Read article in Deutsch: Für Islam und Demokratie|Manifest muslimischer Intellektueller — Qantara de ***** Read in Arabic: ميثاق مفكرين مسلمين لتحديد معالم التفسير التقدمي للإسلام نحو إسلام ديمقراطي يوائم قيم ومتطلبات الحداثة ***** Muslim intellectuals have called on their fellow believers to indentify the failures of Muslim societies and develop an Islam for…
Copenhagen in Denmark is biking heaven for the cyclist with over 390 kilometres of designated bike lanes — watch videos, read and view more / New plans for London, UK
A journey around Copenhagen’s bicycle innovations More Than Green Published on 7 Aug 2014 This tour shows the latest bicycle innovations in Copenhagen: a wonderful new bridge (the Cycle Snake); the Green Wave, where cyclists going 20 Km/hr get the green light and might never have to stop because green LEDs are built…
Deutschland gewinnt durch Zuwanderung — von Ralf Fücks in Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung de (In German language which says Germany profits through immigrants)
1,2 Millionen Menschen wanderten 2013 nach Deutschland ein und machten die Bundesrepublik damit zum zweitbeliebtesten Einwanderungsland weltweit. Ein Kommentar von Ralf Fücks zum Migrationsbericht 2013 der Bundesregierung. Fakten gegen Vorurteile: Deutschland ist ein Einwanderungsland – nach den USA das zweitattraktivste Zielland weltweit. 2013 kamen mehr als 1,2 Millionen Menschen nach Deutschland. Gleichzeitig verließen 800.000 die…
Minarett, Burka, Pegida: Woher kommt die Angst vor einer Bedrohung, die nicht existiert? — Artikel von Khola Maryam Hübsch in MiGAZIN de (In German)
Nur vier Minarette gibt es in der Schweiz, um die Hundert Burkaträgerinnen gibt es in Deutschland und der Ausländeranteil liegt in Dresden bei 2,2 Prozent – und dennoch diskutieren wir darüber. Von Khola Maryam Hübsch. Angst © Frank Bürger @ flickr.com (CC 2.0), bearb. MiG Nur vier Minarette gibt es in der Schweiz – und…
Fantastic Voyage: Europe Prepares First Comet Landing — Text and many Images on Spiegel de
On Wednesday, astronomers with the European Space Agency will attempt a maneuver that has never been tried before. A probe from the spacecraft Rosetta is to land on a comet some 500 million kilometers away. Here, the landing site chosen has been circled. (click Image to read and view at source) 1 of 11 …
