” Γνῶθι σεαυτόν” – Understanding Europe through its people, places and stories.
Tag: Economic Resilience
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Catalonia launched its first NewSpace nanosatellite in 2021, challenging familiar assumptions about where European innovation happens. Its story reveals how outdated perceptions of Mediterranean regions may obstruct precisely the cross-border technological cooperation Europe now needs most urgently to strengthen its sovereignty.
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Berlin is historically regarded as a hub for politics, culture and start-ups – but hardly as an industrial centre. The ‘Berlin2037’ study highlights the economic potential that already exists and explains why outdated narratives can still obscure investment, growth and home-grown prosperity – even today.
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This book was written by Egon Seefehlner (born 1912 in Vienna), who was first a young law student, an aspiring Austrian diplomat and later director of Berlin Deutsche Oper during the wall and the Wiener Staatsoper. He was one of my great-uncles. After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Anschluss of Austria by…