Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Getting the IPR framework right now to unleash long-term innovation EU policies adopted in the next five years will be foundational for Europe’s innovative ecosystem to thrive in the long term, improving conditions for the next wave of intellectual property lifecycles that can take over… Continue Reading

2) Which public services are getting a boost …  For all Reeves’ talk of fiscal restraint and tough decisions, the U.K.’s top finance minister has insisted Britain won’t see a fresh round of the austerity in public services that defined the Conservatives’ time in office. Instead,… Continue Reading

Vestager has defended her record, pointing to her subsequent approval of Alstom’s tie-up with another rail rival, Bombardier, and to Siemens’ continued success. “They made it independently, they are competing and they are doing well,” she said at an event hosted by the College of… Continue Reading

Now Kozak infantry mobility vehicles are on the frontlines, and took part in the Ukrainian offensive in Russia’s Kursk region. In the workshop below her office, dozens of men wearing protective gear pour molten metal to be forged into armor plates, while the sound of welding fills the… Continue Reading

“If Iceland and Monaco can be approved countries under the reciprocal U.K. youth mobility scheme, our closest neighbors like Ireland and France should be as well,” said Ian Roome, Liberal Democrat MP for North Devon, during a grilling of Europe Minister Stephen Doughty in the House of… Continue Reading

Just before the interview, as the sun set, a loud boom echoed and bounced off the mountains, prompting his aides and armed guards to glance north in the direction of the Shiite village of Maaysrah. Just days earlier, an Israeli airstrike there killed five people from the same family and… Continue Reading

It was pressure from the Trump administration, after all, that led several European countries to abandon contracts with Chinese telecom giant Huawei amid cybersecurity concerns flagged by the U.S. Germany, in particular, has avoided confrontation with China over Huawei due to fears that… Continue Reading