For centuries, Southwest Bulgaria has served as a natural crossroads. Located in the heart of the Balkans, it has connected cultures, trade, and ideas between East and West. Thriving along historic trade routes, the region
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What if the solution to complex, urgent problems could be built layer by layer? Imagine a new-born struggling for breath in a hospital, where a simple but vital medical device, a suction tube, has run
Janet Cairns, aged 62, from Portadown in Northern Ireland, was diagnosed with wet age-related macular degeneration in September 2021, a condition which can cause rapid deterioration in central vision. On a family holiday she realised she couldn’t see where her grandchildren were in the water and realised she needed to get help.
In the natural world everything is made of the same components: proteins, sugars, fats, and minerals. These nutrients are rearranged in multiple ways to create the variety and richness we see on Earth. So, nothing
Who would have thought the Balkans and the Indian Ocean have at least one thing in common? In those two regions, researchers are using technology and digital systems to help fight natural catastrophes induced by climate change.
The circular economy is an approach to minimize the use of our resources. By 29 July 2021, humanity had already used up all natural resources that earth can regenerate in one year.
In the Adriatic-Ionian region, urban and suburban areas are suffering from heavy traffic congestion and a very high percentage of CO2 emissions due to weak urban planning and transport systems. People living in these areas are subject to various negative impacts on their daily lives.
From flash floods in China and Europe to wildfires in Greece and Italy, and the drought in North America, summer 2021 provided worrying evidence of the disruptive consequences of global warming, with scientists warning that climate change is advancing faster than expected.
In April 2006, a devastating spring flood occurred in the Danube River Basin. In Dolj County of Romania on the border with Bulgaria, a dam collapsed due to the rising waters of the Danube, causing widespread damage with hundreds of households destroyed.
“Interreg Volunteer Youth” (IVY) is an action to offer the possibility to young people aged 18-30 to serve as volunteers in cross-border, transnational or interregional Interreg programmes and related projects. In this interview we get to know the experience of IVY Anna Kalaitsidi.
Initiatives aimed at increasing energy efficiency often go hand-in-hand with the promotion of renewable energy, which tends to stand centre stage. Using resources more efficiently is, however, key to meet Europe’s climate objectives.
The tourism industry has been hit with a number of hurdles: from the COVID-19 pandemic to environmental threats and mass tourism impacting local communities and threatening fragile entire ecosystems, especially in coastal and mountain zones.
Climate change is changing the environment as much as the lifestyle of people living in coastal areas. With a combination of community, resourcefulness, and innovation two Interreg projects put creative solutions forward.
The famous notion “think global – act local” has been used in various contexts but nowhere it is more accurate than when it comes to tackling climate change. But what can be actually done locally,
