Friday, January 14th, 2011
The programme has contributed to better growth prospects but not to better employment possibilities. The outcome is more favourable in case of environmental objectives, which is not surprising taking into account that Axis 2 spending dominates the programme. Read More
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Business Secretary Vince Cable and Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang visited BRE Innovation Park in Watford today, a development of low carbon homes that showcases the UK’s excellence in sustainable building. China, the world’s second biggest economy, is the biggest spender on clean energy in the world. In 2009, China spent $34.6 billion on clean energy –
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
The number and impacts of disasters have increased in Europe in the period 1998-2009, a new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) concludes. The report assesses the frequency of disasters and their impacts on humans, the economy and ecosystems and calls for better integrated risk disaster management across Europe. Read More
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
New Geomatics degree provides more rounded education for future surveyors. A new four-year degree is coming to the university and some students may have never even heard of it. This is because Geomatics, a degree being offered beginning in the fall, is a fairly new development in the world of engineering and land surveying. Read
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
“With the capacity to train at the last reserves is approached, this is how any further. We need to invest appropriately and to rebuild reserves,” Ramsauer told the Rheinische Post “before a special meeting of transport ministers on Monday. Read More
Wednesday, January 12th, 2011
Mikael Aro, the head of Finnish Railways (VR), was quoted as saying by national daily Helsingin Sanomat on Monday that rolling stock investment planning was hampered by uncertainty about the future of the country’s railway network. “The level of predictability as to what sort of railway network the country will have in 20 to 50 years’
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Last year at a conference in London I was told by someone that Google Maps’ John Hanke was changing roles and that Marissa Mayer had taken over Local. The latter was obviously proven out by very public announcements. An article in Forbes now confirms Hanke’s role as the head of a new Google “entrepreneurial lab”
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
The Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade has granted 133 million euros in aid to 73 projects to deploy broadband infrastructure within the 2010 edition of the program to foster new telecommunications networks in 2011 will offer up to 200 million . In a statement , the department headed by Miguel Sebastian said that the aid
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
Communications giant BT is to install £3m worth of equipment to make Londonderry the first city in Ireland and one of the first in the UK to be totally connected via fibre-optic broadband. The move comes as BT was yesterday unveiled as the first major partner for Derry in the run-up to its inaugural year as
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
The Bulgarian Executive Agency for Exploration and Maintenance of the Danube River has raised a warning for the sector of the the city of Svishtov due to the think fog which hampers navigation. The fog, which has formed just above the water surface, is a result of the combination of positive water temperatures and negative air
