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Europe gets world’s biggest laser

19/05/2018 DRSC Media

In Czech Republic, the world’s biggest laser is currently being built. 85% of its funding comes from the European Structural and Investment Funds, an EU fund for development. […]

Mark Zuckerberg has accepted the invitation from the European Parliament

19/05/2018 DRSC Media

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, was invited a few months ago to explain the Cambridge Analytica scandal in front of the European Parliament. […]

The EU is looking into blockchain to fight against counterfeit goods

17/04/2018 DRSC Media

The EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) recently launched a competition to use blockchain technology against counterfeited goods. […]

Facebook: the breach now concerns 87 million users

06/04/2018 DRSC Media

Facebook has revealed that the information of up to 87 million people may have been used by Cambridge Analytica. This is 37 million people more than what was originally announced. […]

Belgium’s meat scandal

05/04/2018 DRSC Media

Last month, a sanitary scandal took place on a national scale in Belgium. This scandal concerns Veviba, a Belgian company supplying 30% of the Belgian meat market.
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EU’s new privacy regulation

31/03/2018 DRSC Media

On April 16, 2016, a new privacy regulation was approved by the European Parliament. This new regulation, called GDPR for short, will be enforced in less than 2 months, the 25th May 2018. […]

Facebook and Cambridge Analytica’s Scandal: Misuse of personal information of 50 million Facebook users

29/03/2018 DRSC Media

Over the past few weeks, it has been revealed that Cambridge Analytica, a marketing company, harvested the personal information of 50 million American Facebook users for political purposes. […]

Trouble in Poland due to Białowieża, one of Europe’s oldest untouched forests

31/10/2017 DRSC Media

It is rare to hear about Eastern Europe when one lives in Western Europe, as there are different issues and thus different news coverage. Białowieża is one of those issues that are rarely covered in media. […]

The European Commission delays the vote on glyphosate, substance used in hundreds of herbicides

27/10/2017 DRSC Media

More well known as Roundup’s main ingredient and produced by Monsanto (providers of the “Agent Orange” used during the war of Vietnam), the glyphosate is currently having a rough time: the European Commission has to decide whether they allow its commercialization for the next 10 years or not. […]

Theresa May’s negative reception at the European Summit

23/10/2017 DRSC Media

Last week, Theresa May, UK’s Prime Minister, came uninvited to the European Summit. […]

EU adopts new sanctions on North Korea

21/10/2017 DRSC Media

Due to the escalating situation in North Korea, the EU has recently decided to reinforce and apply new measures to pressure the North Korean Government to comply with its obligations. […]

Tonterías Catalanas

20/10/2017 DRSC Media

Estos últimos días, hemos podido observar en las redes sociales un diluvio de comentarios escritos por catalanes (o eso suponemos) que hablan de cosas… harto creativas, venidas de un mundo imaginario bastante interesante. […]

Catalonians’ bullshit

20/10/2017 DRSC Media

These last couple of days, we’ve been able to see on social networks tons of comments written by Catalonians (or, at least, that’s what we think) that speak of….very creative things, coming from a weird yet interesting imaginary world. […]

Brussels: European Summit

19/10/2017 DRSC Media

From October 18th until the 20th, the European Summit is celebrated in Brussels, with all 27 EU members attending to discuss future policies. […]

EU stands firm behind Iran’s Nuclear Deal

16/10/2017 DRSC Media

Following US President Donald Trump speech from Friday, where he threatened to leave the agreement, the European Union confirmed they still fully support the Iran nuclear deal. […]

Three dead in Galicia due to wildfires

16/10/2017 DRSC Media

For the past few days, fires have affected various parts of Galicia, killing three people this weekend. […]

Tres muertos en Galicia por los incendios

16/10/2017 DRSC Media

Desde hace algunos días, numerosos incendios afectan varias partes de Galicia, matando tres personas este fin de semana. […]

Spanish government to take control of Catalonia depending on Puigdemont’s reply

15/10/2017 DRSC Media

Saturday 14th (yesterday), Spain’s interior minister said the Spanish Government will take control of Catalonia if Carles Puigdemont, the regional leader, doesn’t clarify whether he declared independence on Tuesday or not. […]