Flash and Facts

9 June 2017

The Economic Cost of Strikes

Repeated strikes may have serious consequences on the economies of the countries concerned. In fact, these strikes often affect the same sectors of the economy such as transport, education and ...

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26 May 2017

Our Infrastructure is still very Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks

The recent global cyber-attacks that crippled services such as hospitals, railways networks or the automobile industry in Europe demonstrated the extreme vulnerability of our infrastructure and ...

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26 May 2017

Relations between Germany and Turkey are under Strain

A crisis is brewing between Berlin and Ankara. Not long ago the Turkish government blocked German parliamentarians who had requested access to the NATO military base at Incilik in Turkey, where ...

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9 May 2017

Do we really Care about our Most Sensitive Data ?

The Internet of Things will of course have a major impact of our daily lives. More than 9 billion connected objects should be active across the world by 2018. Some other experts mention very ...

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9 May 2017

The Exposure to Noise: a real and present Danger

According to the World Health Organisation about 1 Million life years are lost every year across Western Europe as a result of noise from transport. Noise increases cardiovascular and blood ...

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28 April 2017

Sweden feels it is Military threatened

Is it a call to arms? There is, in any case, a growing awareness in Sweden of a possible threat coming from across the eastern borders. In a word, Sweden is worried about Russia's baltic ...

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28 April 2017

A Profitable Business and its Disastrous Effects on Health

Nearly one billion people still smoke daily (Fig.GBD).The recent Global Burden of Disease study showed that despite strong declines in the rate of tobacco smoking over the past 25 years, one out of ...

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12 April 2017

Europe faces both Depopulation and Ageing

It is undeniable that figures about Europe's demography present a concern. The population ageing and declining birth rates started several decades ago. And the share of the population aged 65 ...

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12 April 2017

How can we address the problem of Overcrowding in Prisons?

It can be safely estimated on the basis of the figures provided by the different national penal administrations that in 2016 more than 1.600,000 people were held in penitentiary institutions across ...