Sunday, May 29th, 2011
The Swedish Ministry of Transportation will not permit express trains that run more than 250 km/hour, and therefore puts a stop to Norway’s plans of building a 3-hour express train that runs through Gothenburg to Copenhagen- Norwegian Politicians’ plan was to let express trains run from Oslo to Gothenburg and Stockholm, and from there build a
Sunday, May 29th, 2011
With Moscow roads legendary for their congestions and chaos and the costs they impose on business needing to use them, Business RT talked to Erwin Toplak, Chief Operating Officer of global traffic management systems provider KapschTrafficCom Austria.
Sunday, May 29th, 2011
The International Finance Corporation, or IFC, a member of the World Bank, said it might support Turkish companies struggling to pay the amounts promised for the country’s energy privatizations. “We are open to support Turkish firms bidding for energy projects,” said Lars Thunell, executive vice president and chief executive of the IFC, during a Thursday interview
Sunday, May 29th, 2011
The city provides two free transport options for visitors. “The first involves the charming City Circle tram,” says Byrne, “which, as the name suggests, is an iconic, historical tram rattling around the outer limits of the central business district. From Sunday to Wednesday it operates from 10am to 6pm, while from Thursday to Saturday it
Saturday, May 28th, 2011
Going green is a fad that is gaining currency today, with the issue of global warming stirring action. In response, Microsoft has launched an IT pre-assembled components (ITPAC) data centre at the United Nations Offices in Nairobi (Unon). Dubbed as the 4th generation Cloud Data Centre, the innovation will be utilised by the United Nations
Saturday, May 28th, 2011
I further understand that the purpose of the meeting is to gain further momentum in developing CARICOM as an organisation and stimulate through cooperation regional economic and social growth and development. I further understand that Air Transport is seen as a key driver for this development. Read More
Saturday, May 28th, 2011
Installing solar thermal heating, training, developing national quality standards, drawing up strategies to implement these measures with the Brazilian environment ministry. Solar power is still rarely used in Brazil, despite ideal climate conditions and rising gas and electricity costs. But a new residential complex with solar-thermal water heating is under construction in Rio de Janeiro. Read More
Saturday, May 28th, 2011
The management of sea defence systems by the Public Works Ministry has been strengthened with the recent completion of training of personnel in the ministry to carry out the functions of a newly established Geographic Information Systems (GIS) unit. Read More
Saturday, May 28th, 2011
Food prices are expected to hit new highs in the coming weeks, tightening the squeeze on UK households and potentially triggering further unrest in developing countries unless there is heavy rainfall across drought-affected Europe, the United Nations has warned. The average global price of cereals jumped by 71% to a new record in the year
Friday, May 27th, 2011
Great Britain has more woodland than previous estimates indicated, according to provisional results from the National Forest Inventory. The provisional results of analysis of high-tech aerial photography, satellite imagery and other sources were published today as part of a major Forestry Commission project to compile the next National Forest Inventory (NFI). They show that there are 2,982,000
