Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
The Minister for Industry and Energy, Eric Besson , has reported a possible emergency discussion on 10 May at the Assembly, a bill to prohibit the exploration and exploitation Gas and oil shale in France. That while several bills were filed to that effect and that a report on the issue “will be delivered shortly”
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Russian transport infrastructure construction specialist, Mostotrest, has posted a FY 2010 adjusted net profit of 4.4 billion roubles under IFRS. The adjusted net result is up 17.2% year on year, with EBITDA rising 10.4% year on year to 9 billion roubles, as FY 2010 revenues fell 5.2% to 74.9 billion roubles. The company noted that
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Federal law provides for the ratification of the Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Kingdom of Norway on the delimitation of maritime areas and cooperation in the Barents Sea and Arctic Ocean, signed in Murmansk on 15 September 2010. Contract concluded which lasted from 1970 the process of delimitation of the disputed sea area covering
Monday, April 11th, 2011
Supplying the world with sustainable energy stands as a key challenge for business, policy makers and civil society alike. This is why the European Union cannot tackle the global energy crisis, reduce carbon emissions and achieve its sustainable growth objectives by engaging in half measures . Never before has the case for greater energy savings been so strong. The
Monday, April 11th, 2011
The Russian envoy was addressing reporters in Riyadh on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human to travel into space, on April 12, 1961. “We regard Saudi Arabia as one of the major partners in space cooperation, because the Kingdom became the first country to be directly engaged in
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
Dr. Alaaeldin Ali, Information Management Division Manager at ADEC’s Office of Strategic Affairs, said that ADEC is keen to provide school leaders and senior educators with advanced tools ‘&’ applications such as Geographical Information System (GIS) and Statistical Information ‘&’ Reporting Analysis System. These applications come in line with ADEC’s plan to take advantage of
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
DESA’s Statistics Division (UNSD) and the UN Cartographic Section/Department of Field Support organized the “Third Preparatory Meeting on the Proposed UN Committee of Experts on Global Geospatial Information Management (GGIM)” from 4-6 April in New York. 60 leading experts from 20 Member States, six UN entities and 11 regional and international organizations participated actively in the
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
With a land use model to simulate the future development of land use as well as the links between transport infrastructure and spatial development. The ARE has had to examine a concept study different models. Read More
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
There are, in our view, good arguments for nuclear power. They turn on the dangers of the hydrocarbons of burning fossil fuels, the dire scenarios many scientists predict for climate change or global warning and world’s unstoppable appetite for energy. The practical dangers of digging for coal are well established in Turkey, where scores of
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
Norwegian architect firm Snøhetta and their Canadian project partner Zeidler Partnership Architects have been commissioned to design the new Ryerson University Student Learning Centre in Toronto, Canada. The 8-storey Learning Centre will cost NOK 636 million to build, and will provide study space for around 2000 students, as well as a new library for the university. Read
