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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.

2 December 2021

The skiing season in Europe has arrived

Snow lovers are in luck because one of their favorite seasons of the year is starting: many ski resorts in France, Spain and Italy have officially […]
2 December 2021

European Tourism Manifesto Alliance calls on the EU to keep protecting and ensuring the freedom of movement

70 travel and tourism organizations have expressed their support to any effort, based on scientific evidence, to keep protecting and ensuring the freedom of movement and […]
2 December 2021

6 oldest cafés in Lisbon

Lisbon is the capital of Portugal and a city with a very rich history, filled with curiosities. Many of the oldest cafés in the country are […]
2 December 2021

UK tightens its travel rules amid Omicron contagion fears

On Saturday November 27th, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new restrictions to try to combat the new Omicron variant. The new rules include wearing masks […]
1 December 2021

10 Beautiful German castles to visit this winter

Did you know that Germany has more than 20,000 castles? It sounds surreal, doesn’t it? The truth is that the country has one of the largest […]
1 December 2021

Traditional winter drinks around Europe

With the cold wintery days coming and Christmas and New Year just around the corner, there is nothing like enjoying a nice hot beverage to warm […]
1 December 2021

Santarém celebrates Portugal’s National Gastronomy Festival 40th anniversary

Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Santarém’s award-winning Gastronomy Festival is a landmark event in the Portuguese gourmet calendar. Every autumn, restaurants from all over the […]
1 December 2021

Why Asliddin Khasanov is the master of Samarkand bread

Bread is one of the symbols of Samarkand. Uzbek loaves come in different types and sizes, each distinguished by unusual decorative patterns and unique taste. Numerous […]
1 December 2021

The unnecessary images you keep are releasing tonnes of CO2

New research conducted by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has revealed that the amount of storage necessary for all the photos that people in […]
1 December 2021

Brussels Airport handled 750 million vaccines over one year

Since the worldwide first vaccine flight that took off from Brussels Airport on 27 November 2020, more than 750 million vaccines have been shipped through the […]
1 December 2021

Airbus A340 lands in Antarctica for the first time in history

For the first time in history, an Airbus A340 has landed on a runway of Antarctic blue glacial ice. The company behind the landing of this […]
1 December 2021

Portugal to impose a 20,000€ fine for airlines carrying passengers without tests

Portuguese authorities have announced that as of December 1st, airlines that transport passengers without a valid Covid-19 test would incur a fine of up to 20,000 […]
30 November 2021

Scotland’s adoption of Responsible Tourism gathers momentum

Today is St Andrew’s Day, the feast day of Andrew the Apostle. St Andrew officially became the patron saint of Scotland when the country’s independence was […]
30 November 2021

Caviar at Christmas? Why not

A Belgian company is doing its bit to save stocks of sturgeon, one of the world’s rarest but most endangered fish species. Sturgeon fishing in the […]
30 November 2021

Brussels Airport launches ‘Stargate project’ for a greener aviation

Brussels Airport’s Stargate project for greener aviation has been launched officially.Over the next five years the Belgian hub will be working with a consortium of 21 […]
30 November 2021

This is Lufthansa’s new luxury airplane

Lufthansa has presented the Explorer, a new pioneering cabin design for long-haul aircraft. 383 million euros is the amount the company estimates it will need to […]