Universities took up the defense

The military operation in Ukraine so far harms the scientific and educational relations of Russian universities with foreign universities less than the foreign economic relations of domestic companies, but the process of destroying academic contacts has begun. As Kommersant found out, a number of European educational institutions – mainly from Germany, Poland and the Czech … Read more

do without Russian gas, the European puzzle

Can we continue to finance a war that we condemn elsewhere? Can we congratulate ourselves on defending Ukraine, while paying for the missiles and tanks that are devastating the country today? However you ask the question, it illustrates how difficult the European position will be to maintain in the coming days, even though the Americans … Read more

European skies close for Russian planes

It is a bit as if, country after country, European leaders were pressing a switch to turn off air traffic between Russia and the Old Continent. In the early afternoon of February 27, the French Minister of Transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, announced on the social network Twitter that France was going to close its airspace “to … Read more

War in Ukraine, the European Union expects an influx of refugees

While tens of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the fighting have already arrived in neighboring countries such as Poland and Romania, the UN is trying to organize itself to provide humanitarian aid to the population who have remained in the country invaded since Thursday by Russia. The UN has put the number of people displaced by … Read more

Madrid, the European Miami

MADRID“Twelve years ago, when I arrived, you didn’t see the rich on the streets, but now you do. You see Ferraris and Lamborghinis, luxury shops, bilingual schools. Today Madrid reminds me of Miami, where my family lives. German “. Alberto Pérez is the secretary of the Venezuelan Civil Association, one of the many entities that … Read more

A European organic label worries sea salt producers

He should be cleaning his ponds with his “boutoué”, a five-meter-long handle that ends in a wooden squeegee, to prepare for the summer salt harvest. But this Wednesday, February 23, Christophe Annaheim, salt worker in Guérande (Loire-Atlantique) and president of the Association of Atlantic Sea Salt Producers, is traveling to the National Assembly in Paris. … Read more