Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Rector of Aleksandras Stulginskis University prof.dr. Antanas Maziliauskas and Dean of Agronomy faculty assoc.prof. Viktoras Pranckietis met with Director General of UAB „Agra Corporation“ Alvydas Rauluškevičius and signed the cooperation agreement. The agreement provides contribution to the improvement of study process and practical training of Agronomy faculty students, possibility to get acquainted with production processes, equipment
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) would like to clarify that it is currently processing two applications related to the Smart City project. Planning application PA5757/09 for the proposed construction of a retail block 3 is in its final stages of consideration. This application although submitted in 2009 was held back at the request of
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
The infrastructure backlog has been hampering South Africa’s development over the past few years. But, in dealing with this challenge, the country also needs to consider ways to build sustainable infra-structure that takes account of the country’s ecosystems and rich biodiversity, the mainte-nance of which could have both job and economic benefits. But speaking at the recent
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Belgian’s political parties have reached a conditional agreement to phase nuclear power by 2025, if they can find an adequate supply of energy from alternative sources by that time. Belgium currently has seven nuclear reactors at two nuclear power stations, at Doel in the north, and Tihange in the south. The three oldest reactors are set
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
In a bid to increase access to electricity among rural population, three micro-hydro power plants were last Thursday inaugurated in Rubavu and Rutsiro districts. The three plants of Keya in Rubavu district, and Cyimbili and Nkora in Rutsiro district, western province, constructed through a Belgian-Rwandese collaboration, have capacity to produce 3.2 Mw which are fed into
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
In parallel with the UK Pavilion at the Taipei World Design Expo, the British Trade & Cultural Office (BTCO) and British Council Taipei co-organised a “UK Creative Design Talk” today, inviting UK experts to share their experience of urban planning, architecture and design, and industrial and product design. Read More
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Russia plans five space launches in November 2011. “The Federal Space Agency intends to launch from Baikonur three Glonass-M satellites , the Phobos Grunt interplanetary research rover , the Soyuz TMA-22 manned spaceship and the AsiaSat-7 satellite ,” says a report posted on the agency website. A
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Norwegian oil and gas supplies to Europe were on the agenda when EU energy commissioner Gunther Oettinger visited the Troll A platform (photo) in the North Sea this weekend. Oettinger was accompanied by Norwegian Oil and Energy minister Ola Borten Moe and Statoil DPN head Øystein Michelsen. Read More
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Telecoms provider BT is accelerating its fibre broadband rollout. It now plans to offer “super-fast” internet speeds to two-thirds of UK premises by the end of 2014. The target is a year ahead of its original plan. The firm says its main product will offer maximum download speeds about 10 times faster than at present, at 70-100Mbps on average.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
The First Minister, Alex Salmond will tomorrow meet with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to discuss potential collaborative working on infrastructure development between the UAE and Scotland. Also attending will be Lena Wilson, CEO Scottish Enterprise; Ian Marchant, Chief Executive, Scottish and Southern Energy; Allan Macaskill, EDP/Repsol; and Ben Thomson, Inverleith Capital. This follows a productive
