Sunday, February 27th, 2011
Federal cabinet minister Tony Clement says expanding access to the internet in Canada is “critical.” Clement met behind closed doors with a group of information technology firms in Saskatoon. Read More
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
The 2011 Alberta Provincial Budget calls for $4.6 billion over the next three years for the provincial highway network, including $1.7 billion for capital projects in 2011-12. In addition to $199 million in scholarships, grants and debt management tools, a total of $267 million in student loans will be available in 2011-12. This will provide needs-based
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
The Rwandan government plans to boost agricultural production through its Crop Intensification Programme and a range of post-harvest measures to reduce waste from the 2011 season onwards. Read More
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
Russian oil company Bashneft has won the tenders for development of the oil fields Trebs and Titov in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug. Read More
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
The Baltic Sea currently has the most extensive ice cover that it has seen in 24 years. On Thursday, 310,000 square kilometres of the sea were covered in ice, and the area is growing. The ice is at its thickest in coastal areas of the northern reaches of the Gulf of Bothnia, where it has
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
The risk that people will commit fraud with the new public transport smart card is not enough reason to keep the paper ticket system, transport minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen said on Friday. The minister had halted the scrapping of paper tickets in Zuid-Holland province because of revelations about how easy it is to travel for
Saturday, February 26th, 2011
Firms should be forced to pay rent to dig up Glasgow’s roads in a bid to halt the growing pothole crisis. The call was made by the city’s roads boss Robert Booth after it was revealed utility companies could be rewarded for doing their jobs. Read More
Friday, February 25th, 2011
According to international studies, Peru is among the countries hardest hit by climate change. The general population regularly struggles with the fall-out from natural disasters, water shortages and agricultural degradation. But experts believe that there is substantial potential for gaining electricity from hydropower in the South American country – which already depends on hydropower stations for 60
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
The trade corridors are: phase two of the Mozambique Spatial Development Initiative (SDI) programme, phase two of the Tanzania SDI, phase two of Democratic of Congo (DRC) SDI, phase one of the Angola-Namibia-South Africa SDI and phase one of the Zimbabwe SDI. Read More
Thursday, February 24th, 2011
A follow-up performance audit on the progress registered in the exploitation of renewable energy sources in Malta has been presented to Parliament by the Auditor General. The study was requested by the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee during its deliberations of the performance audit report: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency in Malta, published in September 2009. Read
