Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Planning law rarely quickens the blood of the media. But every day, up and down the land, planning decisions are shaping the country, bringing joy to some and despair to others. Monday’s publication of government plans for a radical overhaul of the UK’s planning regime – tearing up 1000 lawyer-pleasing pages and putting just 52
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
In a phone call to the TV station, the Director of the Customs Agency, Vanyo Tanov confirmed the news, explaining the move means “Lukoil” is stopping operations in Bulgaria, because it can no longer produce fuels. The order stems from the fact the company failed to install devices that send data for the sales to the National Revenue
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government insists that electricity bills will only grow modestly as a result of the nuclear energy phase-out. Experts, however, disagree, with many pointing to Berlin’s massive subsidies for solar power as the culprit. Read More
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) recently reached a new official position on “Combined Mobility”. The document shows how traditional public transport can overcome some of its shortcomings and offer high flexibility and convenience for meet mobility demand of modern fellow citizens: by building up the so-called “sustainable mobility alliance” with car-sharing, cycling and
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Africa’s first specialist rural microfinance fund supporting fair trade and organic small business, FEFISOL, the European Solidarity Financing Fund for Africa, was launched earlier today by the European Investment Bank, Agence Française de Développement and a broad grouping of development bodies, social investors and microfinance service providers. The EUR 15 million FEFISOL fund will provide
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
This study used an affordable ground-based portable LiDAR system to provide an understanding of the structural differences between old-growth and secondary-growth Southeastern pine. It provided insight into the strengths and weaknesses in the structural determination of portable systems in contrast to airborne LiDAR systems. Portable LiDAR height profiles and derived metrics and indices (e.g., canopy
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Mika and Rafel Serrano are not your typical farmers. They own just a small piece of land and no livestock at all, but they are still able to live off their farm. The secret to success for many small growers like the Serranos is the sale of produce directly to consumers, without letting intermediary vendors
Tuesday, July 26th, 2011
Land mafias are once again out to sell plots of land without original title deeds to citizens for amounts as little as SR10,000. The reappearance of land thieves has been reported at a time when the concerned authorities are struggling to tackle encroachments. They are currently concentrated outside the residential areas of Makkah and Jeddah, precisely
Monday, July 25th, 2011
Peru and Germany have signed a financial cooperation agreement thereby the European country agrees to give Peru 5 million euros to finance a biodiversity protection project. The agreement was signed by Peruvian Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde and German Ambassador to Peru, Christoph Müller. The signing of this document shows the willingness of Germany
Monday, July 25th, 2011
China’s leading e-commerce company Alibaba said Friday it will launch a mobile operating system, joining industry giants Google and Apple in providing software for smartphones. The group will also unveil its first smartphone at the launch, to be held next week in Beijing, Alibaba spokeswoman Florence Shih told AFP by telephone from Hong Kong. Read More
