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Migration crisis update: Greece could probably say goodbye to Schengen really soon

January 29, 2016 by Chris Anyfantis Leave a Comment

It was two days ago when the European Commission’s draft report revealed “serious deficiencies” of the Greek government to comply with its obligations under the Schengen’s Agreement rules regarding the control of the migrant influx. If these suggestions are voted by the majority of the EU member states, then Greece will be given a 90 […]

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Teamgum @ TheNextWeb 2014

May 7, 2014 by TheNextWeb Leave a Comment

Written by Divyesh Kharade, Co_founder of Teamgum Teamgum was amongst the 96 Startups which were selected for the TNW Boost program and as a part of the package we were promised a stand to showcase our product, PR coverage and a star list of people we could meet and network with, thanks to WeTransfer. The real […]

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Bitpay @ TheNextWeb 2014: Innovation’s Best Friend

May 7, 2014 by TheNextWeb Leave a Comment

Written by Moe Levin, Director of European Business Development at BitPay Last week, I attended The Next Web conference in Amsterdam which celebrates the forefront of technology. I couldn’t help but be amazed at all of the ground-breaking innovation that’s changing how we think about the world. The technology being showcased emerged in the recent […]

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CDNIFY @ TheNextWeb 2014

May 6, 2014 by TheNextWeb 1 Comment

Written by James Mulvany, senior entrepreneur and founder of CDNify I arrived in Amsterdam late Wednesday evening with CDNify’s marketing strategist Mike, checked into our rooms at the Citizen M hotel ready for the following days ahead. We were up bright and early on Thursday morning and made our way to the venue. My first time […]

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SoftLayer, an IBM company, @ TheNextWeb 2014: Masters of Failure and Change

May 5, 2014 by TheNextWeb 1 Comment

Written by Michalina Kiera, Senior Marketing Manager EMEA at SoftLayer, an IBM Company If you stand still, you go backwards. We’ve all heard that at least once and a lot of us claim to live by that rule. But do we really? How often does the risk of challenging the status quo hinder our decisions and […]

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The Next Web 2014, the biggest European conference on Internet so far and the Absence of Brussels from Amsterdam

April 28, 2014 by The Sting's Team 14 Comments

The time for Europe’s biggest conference on Internet had come and the European Sting’s team was in Amsterdam on 24 and 25 April 2014, as official media sponsor of The Next Web 2014, “Power to the People”. As every year, the Web’s biggest names came together at Westerpark in Amsterdam to share insights and views […]