Schleswig-Holstein is the first federal state in Germany to adopt open source software instead of windows
Write to your MEPs and local authorities to follow this good practise.
Such actions create valuable jobs and know-how inside the EU. It's worth a try
Dutch university to start handing out only Fairphones to employees, instead of buying iPhones or Samsung.
Looking to plan your holiday? Book directly with a hotel or use a European Provider.
Other alternatives:
AlohaCamp (Poland) - Mainly useful in Poland and Spain
Interhome (Switzerland): A major player for apartment and villa rentals, especially popular for ski chalets in the Alps and summer villas in France and Italy.
FairBNB (Italy): A social enterprise based in Venice. They aim to combat "over-tourism" by giving 50% of their commission to local community projects
New Year, New Gear? ⌚️✨
If your 2026 resolution is to train harder, you don’t have to look across the Atlantic. Europe has some of the best tech to help you track every step!
Other alternatives includes:
- Oura: strong US capital involved and HQ moved to San Francisco. Production takes place mostly in Estonia
- Suunto (Chinese owner) but the production takes place in Finland
RHEA 1 - Europe's answer to soverign high-efficient processors
From 2026 Europe will be able to produce its own super-processors and be self-sufficient. RHEA will be used for building super computers and support further both AI and Quantum independency of Europe.
This is a good news because this may lead to further knowledge cluster and producing customer-based processor
The reason for this profile to exist.
inb4: Picture is not made with AI
The EU says it will introduce a digital payments infrastructure to replace Visa/Mastercard & Apple/Google Pay. It will have zero fees and be 100% European-only.
European alternatives to US companies that funded Trump
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Airbus to migrate critical apps to a sovereign Euro cloud
"Airbus is preparing to tender a major contract to migrate mission-critical workloads to a digitally sovereign European cloud – but estimates only an 80/20 chance of finding a suitable provider."
Source: https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/19/airbus_sovereign_cloud/
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