Forest fires are becoming an ever greater challenge and are no longer a rarity – even in Central Europe. Many countries are overwhelmed and EU civil protection reaches its limits. What is the best way to counter the growing threat?
By Timo Landenberger
Who pays for the Internet? The EU Commission is currently looking into whether changes need to be made to the current model: Should particularly large providers of Internet services bear a larger share and pay more for the data traffic for which they are jointly responsible, in other words, a kind of content toll? This is controversial – and the EU Commission is causing uncertainty.
By Falk Steiner
The Baltic exit from China's Cooperation Initiative in Eastern and Central Europe became a reality last week. Latvia and Estonia followed Lithuania and announced their withdrawal from the 16+1 format. Is this the beginning of the end for the remaining 14+1 format?
By Amelie Richter
The German government plans to use energy-saving measures to secure the heat supply in the coming winter. So far, it has focused primarily on gas storage, but this is likely insufficient. An international comparison shows that others are already making much faster progress.
By Lukas Knigge
In a recently published paper, scientists warn against expecting too much from Open RAN: As things stand, this initiative will not reduce dependence on China in mobile communications technology.
By Falk Steiner
