With solar panels flooding power grids with more electricity than some utilities companies may know how to handle, telecom giant Vodafone and blockchain nonprofit Energy Web have devised a communications solution. This SIM-based identity system could turn grids’ increasingly distributed capacity into an information and control boon for the utility, […]
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Lorenzo Guerini said he “confirmed that the program would continue,” after calls from Italy’s Five Star party to halt F-35 purchases for a year to pay for a coronavirus rebound. Source link
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy VERSIONE ORIGINALE IN ITALIANO Tripoli can thank the mercenary Jihadists of Turkey if it has managed to repel the siege of the Libyan National Army’s general Khalifa Haftar, now politically rejected in his announced coup also by the government of Tobruk that […]
Billionaire financier George Soros has warned that the preservation of the European Union is dependent upon the economic health of Italy and other states hit hard by coronavirus, adding that the current aid policies favor Germany. The Hungarian-American philanthropist argued that the bloc must issue perpetual bonds in order to […]
The coronavirus pandemic is putting more pressure than ever before on the already structurally weakened European economic and political landscape. The European Union and the euro are part of the most ambitious political and economic experiment of the 21st century. The COVID-19 crisis, however, has exacerbated growing questions of political […]
The coronavirus pandemic is putting more pressure than ever before on the already structurally weakened European economic and political landscape. The European Union and the euro are part of the most ambitious political and economic experiment of the 21st century. The COVID-19 crisis, however, has exacerbated growing questions of political […]
The US Military Continues War Practice In Europe And The Pacific By Ann Wright, Oped News. May 21, 2020 The US Military Continues War Practice In Europe And The Pacific2020-05-212020-05-21https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/stop-us-pacific-war-games.gif200px200px Above Image by Graphic from Hawaii Peace and Justice. And Plans More In 2021. During the COVID-19 pandemic, not only will […]
Shell AGM Targeted Throughout Europe May 20, 2020 Shell AGM Targeted Throughout Europe2020-05-202020-05-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/fotovoorpb-e1589991640609.jpg200px200px Banners, graffiti, blockades and a demo at HQ. The Hague– After a night of autonomous decentralised actions, the group ‘Shell Must Fall!’ protests in front of the Shell Headquarters in the Hague during their annual shareholders meeting. […]
France and Germany have agreed on establishing a joint European recovery fund amounting to €500 billion (US$543 billion) that will be given out as grants to the economic sectors and regions most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have announced a joint […]
The WHO’s top official in Europe, Dr Hans Kluge, has voiced his concerns that a second wave of coronavirus may be inevitable this winter, possibly exacerbated by seasonal flu or a potential measles outbreak. In the absence of a vaccine, countries that have not been hit as hard as the UK, Italy […]
“BAE has also informed the Marine Corps that the MCT-30 version for the Marine Corps will be a lighter weight version of the Stryker system and use the Mk44 gun which is common with US Navy… Source link
The German Bundesliga becomes Europe’s first major league to resume this weekend after a two-month shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. That’s right, football returns for the first time since mid-March and it’s back with a Bundesliga bang as Borussia Dortmund host Schalke in a so-called ghost game which will […]
Visitors to the tiny North Atlantic island nation, which appears to have passed the COVID-19 ordeal with flying colours, will be allowed if tested upon arrival. Having decided to start welcoming tourists starting 15 June, Iceland has become the first European nation to launch a clear plan for resuming tourism. […]
Humans and Neanderthals May Have Overlapped in Europe Longer Than Previously Thought by Alex Fox/Smithsonianmag.com Modern humans overlapped with Neanderthals in Europe for longer than previously thought, according to new research. Remains of Homo sapiens found in a Bulgarian cave are roughly 44,000 to 46,000 years old, making them the oldest directly dated […]
Officials said they will attempt to keep the risk of coronavirus infection low during upcoming events. Source link
U.S. Soldiers with Archer Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, with support from 12th Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 Chinook Helicopter crews took part in air assault training at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. The U.S. Army boosts air assault training using unique techniques, which combine […]
The iconic Champs-Élysées and its Arc de Triomphe stand eerily empty before V-E Day ceremonies Friday in Paris. The 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe, which was expected to be a time for vast parades and celebration, instead unfolded in the shadow of France’s coronavirus […]
The global pandemic has forced people in most of the countries that were involved in the defeat of Nazi Germany to stay home and skip the celebrations. Sadly, the few remaining war veterans are among the most vulnerable to the disease and thus will not be able to gather together […]
The Swiss government will further ease curbs on migration from Europe while considering opening borders with neighbors, the government said on Friday. As migration resumes, initial steps will include processing a backlog of applications from people seeking work in Switzerland. For Swiss citizens as well as for those from the […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán speaking last month in Parliament, when lawmakers granted him the power to rule indefinitely by decree. One aspect of the law ostensibly passed to cope with the coronavirus calls for prison terms of up to five years for those convicted of spreading falsehoods or distorted […]
TokenSoft is bringing its security token issuance platform to Europe through a Switzerland-based counterpart, TokenSoft International AG. The regulated STO platform announced Wednesday that it struck a licensing deal with its eponymous European partner, who now has exclusive continental distribution rights for TokenSoft’s tokenization software. Mason Borda, CEO of TokenSoft […]
