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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, Catapult, The Common, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, JMWW, River Teeth, Literal 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.

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6 September 2022
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More than 50,000 people sign petition to regulate polluting cruises in Marseille

More than 50,000 people have signed a petition to ban large polluting cruise ships from Marseille. The mayor launched the campaign in July with a document […]
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6 September 2022
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SpaceX could launch up to 100 missions in 2023

SpaceX aims to complete 100 launch missions by 2023, the company’s CEO Elon Musk announced on Tweeter. SpaceX has already set a previous record in 2022 […]
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6 September 2022
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Ryanair threatens to leave Brussels Airport

Displeased by new fees introduced by Brussels Airport and a Belgian federal boarding tax, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has threatened to leave Brussels Airport in Zaventem, […]
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5 September 2022
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Private jet crashes into Baltic Sea after flying over Europe on autopilot

A private jet crashed into the Baltic Sea yesterday after flying on autopilot over Europe. The plane departed Spain’s Jerez Airport and was headed to Cologne, […]
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5 September 2022
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Brussels becomes the world’s tourism centre for a day

On Tuesday 6 September, the Global Tourism Forum (GTF), one of the most influential organizations in the world, is holding the European Leaders’ Summit for the […]
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5 September 2022
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Ukraine inaugurates ‘Train to Victory’ to honour rail workers

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started on 24 February. At the time, everyone thought, and hoped, it would not last too long. Over 6 months later, it […]
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5 September 2022
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‘Quit sending naked pictures!’ Pilot threatens to pull flight after passenger airdrops nude photos to other fliers

The pilot of a Southwest Airlines flight from Houston, Texas, to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, threatened to deplane after a passenger airdropped a naked picture to […]
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5 September 2022
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Spain launches free rail journeys from September until the end of the year

Spain announced free train tickets from September 1 until the end of the year thanks to a windfall tax. Free tickets are available for short-distance journeys on […]
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5 September 2022
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European Commission may implement price cap on solar and wind power

The European Commission is preparing its plan for the reform of the electricity market, as well as ways to improve energy savings to alleviate the high […]
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5 September 2022
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Airplane business class offers new layer of privacy with doors

It’s not really a new idea but airlines offering business class services are considering the resurgence of doors to enhance passenger’s privacy. 1. Privacy up in […]
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5 September 2022
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Belgian coast sees solid tourism recovery this summer

On Friday August 26th, the Belgian provincial tourism office of West Flanders, Westtoer, reported that the tourism sector on the Belgian coast has had a successful […]
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2 September 2022
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MIT’s new batteries could provide low-cost storage for renewable energy

The problem that still impedes a wider use of renewable energy sources is their dependence on uncontrollable factors. A solar panel does not give energy at […]
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2 September 2022
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Almost all Lufthansa flights cancelled today

Almost all flights operated by Lufthansa to and from Frankfurt and Munich airports are cancelled today, due to a pilots’ strike. About 800 flights are cancelled, […]
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2 September 2022
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Ryanair adds flights for winter while other airlines cancel thousands

For a few good months, the aviation industry has been struggling to keep up with the post pandemic air travel demands. Delays, cancellations, luggage misplacements resulted […]
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1 September 2022
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What is ‘pump tourism’ and why is it becoming a travel trend?

One of the side effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is the rise of fuel prices, which have sky-rocketed in the past few months. Some countries […]
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1 September 2022
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Belgian pilots sue Ryanair in order to get their wages back at pre-Covid level

48 Belgium-based Ryanair pilots have decided to take the airline to court after their summer strikes have left management unhinged over their outcries about low wages […]
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