European Trends

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Brexit: Endgame - The $20 Trillion Secret, with Stephen Fry.

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(via European trend review 1: What attracts tourists to choosing a destination)

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Unemployment in the Eurozone has fallen to its lowest level since 2009

The number of jobless is at its lowest level since 2008 as Europe regains confidence in the future.

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Forget about foreign conflict, instability and terrorism: cyber security attacks are quickly becoming the biggest threat to European democracies. Over the past ten years, we have witnessed a steady and worrisome increase in online criminal activity, with cases of theft, espionage and data extraction on the rise. What were once merely disruptive threats have now become destructive attacks. Dealing with cyber attacks will require more than legislative proposals and “mainstreaming cybersecurity”. The main targets so far have been businesses, alongside banking, telecom and defence, but with the 2016 US election, the focus of cyber attacks seems to have shifted towards governments and national parties. The state-sponsored cyber attacks against the Democratic Party and the subsequent leak of stolen information reflect a trend towards highly-publicised, overt campaigns designed to destabilize and disrupt organisations and sovereign countries. European countries are no stranger to episodes of

Forget about foreign conflict, instability and terrorism: cyber security attacks are quickly becoming the biggest threat to European democracies. Over the past

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The EU isn’t protectionist – it’s one of the most open economies in the world

US President Donald Trump recently criticised the EU for being protectionist, and several political figures in the UK have suggested that Brexit will allow the country to remove protectionist tarif…

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'A million Euro-babies': EU fetes 30 years of student exchanges

The European Union celebrated 30 years of its Erasmus student exchange scheme on Tuesday, with its chief executive boasting the program had fostered cross-border romances that may have borne a million children.

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Six months into 2017 and investors are looking at Europe differently

The threat of populist governments, Brexit negotiations and a stagnant economy painted a dark picture for Europe going into 2017. However, half way through the year things have changed.

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(via Världsdagen för Pressfrihet och Lars Johan Hiertas självbiografi)

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As neuroscience advances, new human right laws are required to ensure our minds remain our own

Matter over mind.

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How to Model Our Future Cities?

The representation of the city we need is a mystery to us; now, without that vision, we "mutilate" urban value.

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(via Svenskar på europeiska kontinenten och andra betraktelser)

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The Best Revenge for the Scottish Is Living Well

Life in Edinburgh is getting better -- no thanks to anyone down south.

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Smart money is on helping cities find new approaches

DIGITAL projects across Scotland’s seven cities will benefit from £24 million of investment to help turn them into “world-leading”…

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4 sectors vulnerable to IoT attacks in 2017

2017 is set to feature new attacks on internet infrastructure and advancements in Internet of Things security

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How robots can help meet the future challenges of infrastructure

Professor Rob Richardson, Director of the National Facility for Innovative Robotic Systems at the University of Leeds, discusses the role robots can have in maintaining the built environment. When key infrastructure that we rely on every day fails, people get frustrated and businesses’ efficiency is reduced. Innovative robotic engineering can help, but what are the priorities […]