Thursday, June 24th, 2010
DEUTSCHE WELLE – A few very personal words brought the 2010 Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum to a close on Wednesday. The State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, George Schuette, and Deutsche Welle’s Director of Television, Christoph Lanz, closed the conference with a message from their children: that we must continue
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
EU – A survey was conducted in November 2009 to measure the local perceptions of quality of life in 75 cities. It includes 70 cities in the 27 Member States of the European Union and 5 cities in Croatia and Turkey. A number of issues such as employment, environment, housing, transport, culture, city services and
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
EL MUNDO SPAIN – German Interior Minister, Thomas de Maizière, advocated the creation of a “digital eraser” with which may be disposed of Internet data. Each statement public on the Internet is potentially worldwide, argued Democratic politician. This prevents you rehabilitate someone who is harmed by a statement against him in the Network “Therefore it is important to teach Internet
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
ARAB NEWThe was announced on Monday during the IDB board of executive directors’ meeting which began under the chairmanship of IDB President Ahmad Mohamed Ali in Baku, Azerbaijan. The board approved SR905 million ($241.4 million) to be spent on development projects in Chad, Iran, Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Togo, Lebanon, Niger and regional
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
DER SPIEGEL – Rather than an annual road tax for their cars, drivers in the Netherlands will soon pay a few cents for every kilometer on the road, in a plan aimed at eliminating chronic traffic jams and cutting carbon emissions. Read More
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
INDEPENDENT UK – Bees are being fitted with tiny radio ID tags to monitor their movements as part of research into whether pesticides could be giving the insects brain disorders, scientists said today. The study is examining concerns that pesticides could be damaging bees’ abilities to gather food, navigate and even perform their famous
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
CBC – The Alberta government is earmarking $2 billion to promote public transit in cities and towns across the province, with the lion’s share going to Calgary and Edmonton, officials said Tuesday. The Green Transit Incentives Program — or GreenTrip — will make $800 million available to the Calgary area and the same amount for
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
DER TAGESSPIEGEL – Athe the end of the 19th Century Berlin became the world city, but also to those tenements metropolis, which was the verdict of the generation of the 1920s as a haphazard, pretentious and anti-social. The capital has grown to become the largest industrial center of Europe, it flourished most part, that’s right. But alongside the
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
TELEGRAPH UK – Scientists who believe in man-made climate change are more esteemed than those who actively oppose the concept, according to a new paper. Read More
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
ALL AFRICA – Kenya could soon tap more into its huge wind energy potential if ongoing feasibility studies turn out successful. All then seems set fair for a multimillion dollar infrastructure spending spree in wind energy in the region. These prospects are already attracting some of the world’s most powerful corporations as the renewal energy
