Sunday, December 12th, 2010
EUROCITIES – Launched at EUROCITIES 2010 Zaragoza, this new publication addresses a series of related areas including what exactly is a city brand; how a city brand for a city identity can be built; and how cities can manage their brand. Read More
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
GEOINFORMATIKA – Those who describe the data for the whole country would be recommended by the Office of Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre of the Slovak Republic to use the same geographical boundaries created by the Geodetic and Cartographic Institute Bratislava (GCO). Geographic bounding box is the primary coordinate system ETRS89 , because it supports search services and
Sunday, December 12th, 2010
THE HINDU – India is all set to emerge among the top five nations in G-20 group in terms of clean energy investments worldwide and is likely to attract $169 billion in wind, solar, biomass, energy from waste, small hydro, geothermal and marine energy projects in the next decade. Read More
Saturday, December 11th, 2010
BUANEWS – The Water and Energy Summit currently underway in KwaZulu-Natal is bringing into sharp focus the country’s water problems and possible solutions are being tabled on how to best deal with the situation. 2010 has not been a good year for water in South Africa, with drought posing a serious challenge in provinces, including
Saturday, December 11th, 2010
DUTCH NEWS – All Dutch dog breeders will be required by law to register and microchip all puppies from next summer, junior farm minister Henk Bleker told parliament on Friday. ‘It should become completely normal to ask for registration documents when you buy a dog, just like buying a car,’ Bleker said. Read More
Saturday, December 11th, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – The Russian nuclear icebreaker “Rossiya” has sailed to the Bering Strait to meet the Swedish icebreaking tug “Tor Viking”, which is planning to go through the Northeast Passage to Europe. The sailing season on the Northern Sea Route officially ended a month ago. Read More
Friday, December 10th, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – At the UN climate summit, thousands of delegates are under immense pressure to negotiate sensible solutions in a matter of days. It’s no wonder that such meetings often end in failure. But there are alternatives to the large-scale approach. Read More
Friday, December 10th, 2010
DUTCH NEWS – The Dutch government’s strategy of making the Netherlands a gas hub in Europe will provide an economic stimulus of 21.4 billion euros and create up to 13,600 jobs, concludes a study by Brattle Group commissioned by the economic affairs ministry. Read More
Friday, December 10th, 2010
ARAB NEWS – Crown Prince Sultan, deputy premier and minister of defense and aviation, received winners of this year’s Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water at his palace here on Wednesday. Prince Sultan congratulated the winners and urged them to conduct more useful research works in water for the benefit of entire humanity.
Friday, December 10th, 2010
NEW TIMES RWANDA -Rwanda’s huge infrastructure gap particularly in areas of energy and transportation dampens private sector productivity and are a constraint to growth, a senior at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.This is in addition to higher transport, water and power costs that also are a major obstacle to economic development. Read More
