Flash and Facts

13 January 2017

Big Data, Big Concern !

With the massive use of internet and the proliferation of social applications and websites we fuel consciously or unconsciously the mammoth data centers. It is well known that each person who is ...

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13 December 2016

Hate Speech, Fake News: it is High Time to React

The fight against hate speech and fake news via social media will be an uphill struggle. It is estimated that between 15 and 20% of european citizens obtain their information via social networks. ...

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13 December 2016

Growing Poverty leads to significant increase in Food Bank demand

By the end of 2016, it is projected that food banks across Europe will hit a new sad record number of free meals distributed to poor people. In France, in 2015, the organizations have collected ...

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25 November 2016

The End of 500€ and 500Rs Banknotes: same Combat ?

The fight against tax evasion and laundering requires a long-term strategy and multi faceted approaches.In this context, the high-denomination banknotes are targeted by the authorities across the ...

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25 November 2016

Whistleblower is not a job like the Others

To each age its own heroes! The whistleblowers are the heroes of our generation today. Admittedly, if the world moves forward it is also because of ethical reason. But of course, the budgetary ...

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8 November 2016

Turkey Moves further Away from Europe

Turkey has long stood as an example in the Western World: the country had made some crucial steps towards reform and tried to encourage true democratization in the Middle-East. Today, the ...

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8 November 2016

Deep Concern about Chinese Investments

Since the beginning of this year, Chinese investments abroad are already in excess of $ 200 billion. The crux of the matter is that trade between competitors must be fair trade. To this, we must ...

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25 October 2016

Many European Airports are at Risk of becoming Saturated

The proliferation of low cost airline companies appears to be one of the basic reasons for the steadily increasing air traffic. The growing number of young retirees and active healthy pensioners, ...

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25 October 2016

This is unfortunately a very profitable Business

The drug trade is still very lucrative, no matter what economic turbulence we face. The sad reality is that this "industry" is booming and that more and more criminal groups are involved ...

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10 October 2016

Shame on the Transport of Live Farm Animals

Public opinion in many western European countries is increasingly outraged by the proliferation of scandals which concern farm animals transport. There are regular reports about degrading treatment ...

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