Thursday, March 24th, 2011
The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) and the Malta Resources Authority (MRA) have launched the eagerly anticipated Water Catchment Management Plan for the Maltese Islands. Following extensive Public Consultation on the issues at hand, the document is Malta’s first ever integrated plan with clear objectives to manage and protect all waters, including coastal waters,
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
The 50th anniversary of the IOC International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange (IODE) Programme will be celebrated this year. To mark this important milestone, IODE organizes a scientific conference on the exchange of oceanographic data in Liège, on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 March 2011. Between 23 and 26 March, the Member States of IOC
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
The Russian Investigative Committee said on Tuesday it is probing workers at Russia’s Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, for negligence that may have caused the loss of three Glonass-M satellites in December. The satellites, meant to conclude the formation of Russia’s Glonass navigation system, were lost when a Proton-M carrier rocket veered off course and crashed in
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
The Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta has been ranked among the 50 most innovative companies in the world by the US business magazine Fast Company. The ranking is topped by Apple, Twitter, Facebook, Nissan and Groupon. Snøhetta is ranked 35th. Read More
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Chaos Group of Sofia, Bulgaria, leader in the development of software solutions for the computer graphics industry, will travel in full force to New York, Los Angeles, and Canada to showcase the latest news and features for V-Ray 2.0 for 3ds Max, in addition to giving a sneak preview of the forthcoming V-Ray 2.0 for
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
South Africa will have to make use of more groundwater and explore other technologies such as sea water desalination and recycling to avert the looming crisis of water shortages in the country, say experts. In the latest study released on Tuesday, which showed the country’s surface water was being “over used”, the Water Research Commission
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
The water management is the subject of a business with huge financial stakes. The documentary Water Makes Money , directed by Leslie Franke and Herdolor Lorenz, programmed Arte Tuesday, March 22, at 20:40, at a party “Thema” entitled “Merchants of water” (which comes out in theaters Wednesday), takes us to the heart Maneuver multinationals controlling
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
Leader of the company Murmanoblgaz Aleksandr Chernenko in an open letter to President Dmitri Medvedev underlines that the gas situation in the region is “critical” and that as many as 256,000 people in the region soon cold face “an uncontrolled shutdown of gas supplies”. “I am forced to address You in the interests of the 256,000
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
The Copenhagen Business Task Force was launched last week by Mayor Frank Jensen to investigate ways of improving business in the city and stimulating growth in the regional economy. Led by former managing director and editor-in-chief of financial daily Børsen, Leif Beck Fallesen, the Task Force will present their initial findings at the beginning of August.
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
This is the fifth year in which this listing of the 100 biggest regeneration projects in the UK has been produced, first in Regeneration & Renewal and now in Planning. Again this year we have introduced new elements, for instance highlighting how much of planned development has been completed. Read More
