Saturday, June 25th, 2011
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov and Economy and Energy Minister,Traicho Traikov, are opening Saturday the first stage of the building of a newelectric power substation on the Black Sea coast. The “Helios” substation is being built at the largest Bulgarian summer resort at Sunny Beach. The new facility is owned by the National Electric Company, NEK, and its CEO, Mihail Andonov, will also take part in
Saturday, June 25th, 2011
Water is the lifeblood of health, livelihood and culture, particularly in indigenous communities where water provides not only sustenance, but often serves as a vital link to people’s ethnic heritage. Read More
Saturday, June 25th, 2011
Stora Enso wants to take activities similar to what it is doing in Laos to tropical areas of Brazil, China, and Uruguay. In these countries pulp is the common denominator, whose raw materials are harvested from fields of trees. Land is coveted by millions of poor people who need to grow crops to feed
Saturday, June 25th, 2011
Turkey’s leading private wheat producer, Doruk Group, which ended last year with a total of 700 million Turkish Liras in turnover, targets to expand abroad and total $1 billion this year. The company aims to reap $5 billion in annual turnover by 2020, according to Hasip Gençer, board chairman of Doruk Group, which embodies 12 subsidiaries
Friday, June 24th, 2011
For a managing director of an award winning company, it is unusual that Antony Ng’eno does not like wearing suits or formal clothes, unless he really has to. “I am a die- hard casual wearer,” he confesses. After all, Ng’eno notes, in business it is not just about appearance but the work you put in
Friday, June 24th, 2011
All is now set for the launch of Nigeria’s second earth observation satellite, NigeriaSat-2 and one other satellite, NigeriaSat-X, the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has said. Seidu Mohammed, director general of NASRDA told journalists on Thursday in Abuja that the two spacecrafts will be launched using the Dneper launch vehicle, which has
Friday, June 24th, 2011
The 21st century has brought new challenges for forest management at a time when global climate change is becoming increasingly apparent. Additional to various goods and services being provided to human beings, forest ecosystems are a large store of terrestrial carbon and account for a major part of the carbon exchange between the atmosphere and
Friday, June 24th, 2011
Modernity is often the enemy of conservation, as our 21st-Century lifestyles put ever greater pressure on the natural world. But some modern inventions may also hold the key to saving species in the future. Read More
Friday, June 24th, 2011
Norwegians finally dragged themselves off their sofas on Wednesday as the country’s latest reality television craze came to a close. Viewers were glued to their screens for nearly six days, but it wasn’t typical reality-show antics that held their gaze — it was a cruise ship gliding through the fjords. Read More
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
The two Soyuz launchers that will fly the first four satellites of Europe’s Galileo navigation system into orbit have arrived at Kourou harbour in French Guiana, completing a journey that took them halfway round the world. The first two Galileo In Orbit Validation satellites are set to be launched from Europe’s Spaceport on 20 October, with
