Friday, January 14th, 2011
Carlo des Dorides of Italy will head the Galileo Supervisory Authority (GSA) that will be based in Prague, the European Commission and the Czech Transport Ministry told CTK Thursday. GSA is also referred to as the European GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) Agency. “The election of the Italian candidate is unambiguously good news for both
Friday, January 14th, 2011
The primary objective of this Forests and Climate Change Working Paper is to provide an overview of the actual and potential impact of climate change on forests and forest dependent people in the Near East region, of climate change mitigation opportunities in the forestry sector, and of needs for effective national and regional responses. Read
Friday, January 14th, 2011
Haiti currently has a cluster of problems as it struggles to recover from a devastating earthquake a year ago, and bad roads and transportation are partly to blame, a UN official said. In addition to the 7.3-magnitude tremor that left more than 300,000 people dead and more than one million others homeless, there is an ongoing
Friday, January 14th, 2011
Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb says when Russians can buy land in Finland; Finns should be allowed to buy land on the Russian side of the border. Russia’s President Dmitri Medvedev signed a decree last Sunday defining areas where foreign citizens are not allowed to own lands. Among other border areas, the list includes near all
Friday, January 14th, 2011
The programme has contributed to better growth prospects but not to better employment possibilities. The outcome is more favourable in case of environmental objectives, which is not surprising taking into account that Axis 2 spending dominates the programme. Read More
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Business Secretary Vince Cable and Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang visited BRE Innovation Park in Watford today, a development of low carbon homes that showcases the UK’s excellence in sustainable building. China, the world’s second biggest economy, is the biggest spender on clean energy in the world. In 2009, China spent $34.6 billion on clean energy –
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
The number and impacts of disasters have increased in Europe in the period 1998-2009, a new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) concludes. The report assesses the frequency of disasters and their impacts on humans, the economy and ecosystems and calls for better integrated risk disaster management across Europe. Read More
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
New Geomatics degree provides more rounded education for future surveyors. A new four-year degree is coming to the university and some students may have never even heard of it. This is because Geomatics, a degree being offered beginning in the fall, is a fairly new development in the world of engineering and land surveying. Read
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
“With the capacity to train at the last reserves is approached, this is how any further. We need to invest appropriately and to rebuild reserves,” Ramsauer told the Rheinische Post “before a special meeting of transport ministers on Monday. Read More
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Mikael Aro, the head of Finnish Railways (VR), was quoted as saying by national daily Helsingin Sanomat on Monday that rolling stock investment planning was hampered by uncertainty about the future of the country’s railway network. “The level of predictability as to what sort of railway network the country will have in 20 to 50 years’
