Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
JERUSALEM POST – The goal is to take visitors on tours of the main water sources shared by and its neighbors to highlight the importance of water to regional peace. The program includes eight walking tours, all of which end on one of Israel’s borders, either with the Palestinian Authority or with Jordan. The program shows visitors
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
DUTCH NEWS – Dutch roads are the second safest in the world, with only Britain having marginally fewer traffic-related deaths, the Telegraaf reports on Monday, quoting figures from the International Traffic Forum. the Netherlands and Sweden, 3.9 people out of every 100,000 inhabitants are killed in traffic accidents. In Britain the figure is 3.8. Read
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
ALL AFRICA – The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group Board of Directors has approved a € 236-million loan to the Republic of Tunisia to finance the country’s Roads Upgrading Programme. Given the important role of the transport sector in the economic and social development process, the Tunisian government has embarked on an ambitious programme to develop an
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
BARENTS OBSERVER – Russian and Norwegian interests met in Arkhangelsk last week to discuss a new project aimed at a fast improvement of conditions for logistics and transport in Arctic areas. The project focuses on four transport hubs in the area where the Northern Maritime Corridor meets the Northern Sea Route, says Harald Sørensen, Project Coordinator for
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – World leaders are meeting in New York this week to discuss progress on the UN’s Millennium Development Goals. The world’s nations have failed miserably in addressing one of the main goals, the fight against hunger. Researchers believe that small farmers, not large-scale farms, are the key to feeding the planet. Read More
Monday, September 20th, 2010
COPENHAGEN POST – The government has announced it will head a global green growth initiative in Denmark in June 2011. The initiative is expected to kick-start a process that will bring together international politicians, business leaders, investors, researchers, experts and opinion formers. The government states that the goal is to promote change for a greener global
Monday, September 20th, 2010
TIMES OF INDIA – Oracle Corp, the world’s No. 3 software maker, unveiled a new all-in-one product to help companies manage so-called “cloud” computing. Chief Executive Larry Ellison opened Oracle’s annual technology and user conference by revealing Exalogic, which combines server, storage and networking technology with Oracle’s software, that companies will use to run their
Monday, September 20th, 2010
SEO BLOG – England is now the second most crowded country in the European Union, after Malta. It has, for the first time, inched past the Netherlands, with 402.1 people per square kilometre, compared with the Dutch 398.5. This statistic coincides with a rise in net migration, partly caused by a decline in outward emigration. Some
Monday, September 20th, 2010
EU – The European Commission today adopted a proposal to provide better rail services for passenger and freight users by: increasing competition on the railway market; strengthening the power of national regulators; and improving the framework for investment in rail. The proposal for a Directive establishing a Single Rail Area is an exercise in legislative simplification
Monday, September 20th, 2010
THE GUARDIAN UK – No TV. No internet. No air conditioning. Traffic lights off. Hospitals deprived of electricity. Tens of thousands of household fridges and freezers without power. Milk curdling. Vegetables rotting. The risks of delaying energy-saving measures have been all too apparent in a Chinese region where the authorities initiated draconian rationing last month to achieve
