NMP – REG Project
Have you ever heard about the NMP-REG project? NMP does not stand for “not my problem” but for nanotechnology advanced materials and production to regional manufacturing. Sounds like rocket science? Indeed. However, I believe I
Cleaning up our oceans – one video game at a time
We’ve all read stories about how plastic waste is choking our oceans. But how do you get people to do something about it? Two projects show how using new communication tools can help tackle the
The North Sea Region prepares for climate change
As Sir David Attenborough pointed out at the opening of the ongoing Climate COP24 in Katowice, there is no time to lose when it comes to halting global warming. Climate change is here and its
Individual people behind big things
Back in 2016 the ship M/S Transpaper transporting cargo in the Gulf of Osthrobotnia between Finland and Sweden received for the first time route information from a nearby icebreaker Frej. While it doesn’t sound like
How to stop the Rhine-Alpine transport corridor from collapsing again
On 12 August 2017 Europe’s busiest railway collapsed at one of its busiest points. Ground water broke into a high-speed tunnel under construction near Rastatt (Germany), on the main line between Karlsruhe and Basel, in
Medicine knows no borders
The EGTC-Hospital of Cerdanya is perched on a 1300-meter high plateau in the heart of the Eastern Pyrenees, straddling the border between Spain and France. Based in Puigcerdà, Spain, it is managed by both the
European cultural heritage in the centre of attention
A comforting sea breeze with birds squeaking in the sky – a tranquil moment on a day hike on the new route along the Baltic Sea coast in Latvia. In the meantime, a bunch of
