The German government has unveiled its "national strategy" to provide comprehensive assistance and support for common-good-oriented companies. In the future, companies that focus on social and societal goals will find it easier to receive subsidies...
Fighting housing shortage: Airbnb & Co should share more data with authorities to prevent fraud
Scoop Editorial
The business of platforms like Airbnb and Booking is booming: more and more private apartments are being rented out online. While this is good for tourists and hosts, it also leads to significant problems in...
New EU Law oblige Google, TikTok & Co to be transparent about advertising on their Platforms
Ingo Geiger
Google, Facebook, TikTok and Instagram: All major Internet platforms with more than 45 million monthly users are now subject to stricter rules in Europe. For example, they must label advertising more clearly and disclose who...
Swamps as a climate saver: Ireland stores tons of CO₂ through 33,000 hectares of new peatlands
Noah Düker
Ireland is reforesting its swamps and bogs in a bid to fight climate change. Although marshlands cover only three percent of the earth, they store 25 percent of the world's CO2. So far, around 8100...
The EU-Parliament passed a law to regulate cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin more strongly. The new regulation will protect consumers from losses, and it will make money laundering and terrorist financing more difficult. In addition, providers are...
25.5 million passengers arrive at or change planes at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport every year. This makes it the second-largest airport in the EU. Private jets and night flights are now to be banned there from...
Women in the EU continue to be paid less than men. Not only because they tend to work in lower-paid jobs, but also for the same work in the same sector, women are paid less...
Inflation is driving more and more unexpecting people into poverty. The Austrian People's Party (ÖVP) and the Greens nevertheless refuse to take action against the skyrocketing prices. The Portuguese government shows that there is another...
A train collision, a toxic derailment and thousands killed in an earthquake: How cost-cutting led to disaster in Turkey, Greece and Ohio
Harry Markham
A train collision in Greece, a toxic derailment in Ohio, and thousands killed under collapsed buildings in Turkey – February 2023 was a month marked by tragedy across the world. What unites those affected by...
The association Little Homes e. V. builds tiny mobile houses and gives them to homeless people. To date, it has built nearly 248 of these shelters. In the meantime, 148 former residents have found a...