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Mauricio Ruiz is a writer and journalist who has lived in the US, Belgium, Mexico and Norway. His work has appeared in Words Without Borders, CatapultThe CommonThe RumpusElectric LiteratureJMWWRiver TeethLiteral Magazine, among others. He's been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize and Myriad Editions Competition in the UK, as well as the Fish Short Story Prize in Ireland. He has received fellowships from OMI writers (NY), Société des auteurs (Belgium), Jakob Sande (Norway), Can Serrat (Spain), and the Three Seas' Council (Rhodes). His second book, Silencios al sur, was published in early 2017, and his work has partially been translated into Dutch and French. Mauricio Ruiz can be followed on Twitter and Instagram.

14 July 2022

Warnings triggered for summer travelers as heatwave sweeps across Europe

A new heat wave is sweeping across much of Europe as some models predict extreme values never before imagined for the coming days. Between Tuesday and […]
12 July 2022

Is it better to travel by train or airplane in Europe?

Is it better to travel by train or airplane in Europe? It’s common to hear comments like “the plane is faster” or “the train is more […]
11 July 2022

Europe is expected to recover 70% of pre-pandemic travel demand in 2022

Uncertainty brought about by worsening inflation, prolonged war disruption and rising rates of Covid-19 continue to endanger the tourism outlook across Europe. Nonetheless, the European Travel […]
11 July 2022

European Airlines welcome Parliament’s vote on ReFuel EU

On Friday, the European Parliament voted in plenary to adopt a large part of the Committee on Transport and Tourism’s report to increase the uptake of […]
11 July 2022

EU invests €5.4 billion to double high-speed rail use by 2030

The EU plans to double high-speed rail use by 2030 and triple current levels by 2050. The vision was announced in Lyon, France, on June 29th, […]
11 July 2022

European airlines reimburse consumers for over 500,000 vouchers

Sixteen European airlines have reimbursed consumers for over 500,000 vouchers they had imposed at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, the European Commission says. The sixteen […]
7 July 2022

Scandinavian airline SAS files for bankruptcy protection in the US

Scandinavian airline SAS has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States on Tuesday, one day after 1,000 of its pilots carried a strike. The airline’s […]
7 July 2022

Tourism sector calls on EU leaders to include buildings and road transport in the EU ETS

Tourism sector calls for balanced agreement on the final review of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), taking into account the inclusion of buildings and road […]
6 July 2022

The chaos is far from over as European airlines continue to face strikes

The chaos is far from over in European airports. Several strikes by the staff of many airlines are foreseen in the coming weeks. This will most […]
6 July 2022

Top 10 airlines by flight cancellations in Europe

The travel intelligence provider Mabrian has analysed data relating to European airline scheduling over the last few weeks in response to the operational challenges that many […]
4 July 2022

Boeing launches EU Graduate Program to expand operations in Europe

With Boeing’s EU Graduate Program, participants from across the EU will get to learn about and work on a variety of local projects, visit sites across […]
4 July 2022

EU Commissioner Timmermans announces EU “cycling revolution”

EU cities and towns to go through a “cycling revolution” as the European Commissioner Frans Timmermans lays out plans to launch a Cycling Declaration. 1. EU […]
1 July 2022

EU airline sector wary of EU rules under the “Fit for 55”

After the latest Council’s vote on the “Fit for 55”, European airlines fear lack of competition and call on leaders to consider allowances for green fuels. […]
29 June 2022

How the aviation industry plans to achieve net zero by 2050

The European Commission’s Connecting Europe Days 2022 kicked off yesterday at Lyon Saint Exupéry Airport with the Connecting Europe by Air: the Green Transformation event. During […]
29 June 2022

Europe’s soft drinks industry has achieved a 17.7% reduction in average added sugars since 2015

Just one year after releasing ambitious new health and nutrition commitments, UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe announces that the European soft drinks sector has delivered a further […]
28 June 2022

Transport MEPs set ambitious targets for greener aviation fuels

EU aviation should gradually switch to sustainable fuel, such as synthetic fuel, used cooking oil or even hydrogen, to help EU become climate neutral by 2050. […]