Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
A recent study by Helsinki Region Transport (HSL) seeks to restore the maligned reputation of local trains in a situation in which rail transport has suffered from the recent severe winter weather. Local trains have proven to be the most energy-efficient form of public transport in the Helsinki region. A local train will take a passenger three
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
The Ministers of Education and Research of the Nordic states (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden) and the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) have met to discuss present and future co-operation in the fields of education and research. Read More
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
Britain could save up to £30bn over the next decade on infrastructure spending if it improves project planning, commissioning and procurement, a Government report has found. A study published on Tuesday by Infrastructure UK, an offshoot of the Treasury, estimates that the cost of building power, water and transport schemes could be cut by at
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
The launch of Russia’s new-generation Glonass-K satellite has been postponed until 2011, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. The satellite atop a Soyuz-2.1.b carrier rocket was to blast off from the Plesetsk Space Center on December 28. “Preparations have not been completed for the ground complex to navigate the Glonass-K spacecraft,” the ministry’s statement said. Read More
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
Turkey still lacks a road map or target for increasing energy efficiency in buildings, Orhan Turan, board chairman of the Turkish Building Material Producers Association, or İMSAD, said Monday. A delegation from İMSAD visited Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan in Ankara to present an incentive report about the energy efficiency in buildings. Read More
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the European Investment Bank (EIB), on Tuesday, 14 December 2010, closed the financing agreement to provide € 45 million to design, construct and operate onshore wind farms on four islands in the Cape Verde archipelago. This will be one of the largest wind projects in Africa and first renewable
Tuesday, December 21st, 2010
The opportunity to create up to 50,000 badly needed jobs in the construction sector by building a new generation of “greener” power plants is being thrown away by long delays in the planning process, ministers have been warned. Union leaders have joined the Confederation of British Industry in pressing the government to clear the logjams that
Monday, December 20th, 2010
Cabinet agreed to the development of a national spatial data infrastructure for New Zealand, and directed Government agencies to get involved now – at the development stage. Cabinet also mandated LINZ, through the NZGO, to assume a leadership role in driving the development of this infrastructure. Read More
Monday, December 20th, 2010
“Open Government with its three aspects of transparency, participation and cooperation can strengthen the cohesion of society in Germany and support democracy. Politics, administration, markets and academia will formulate joint Open Government goals for Germany. As next step, in close cooperation with all stakeholders, the building by 2013 of a centrally accessible and unified, easy
Monday, December 20th, 2010
The Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture Mr. Sugri Tia says government’s policies and programmes under the 2011 fiscal year for agriculture will modernize and harness the full potentials from the agriculture sector to create employment opportunities. Mr. Tia indicated that all agencies under the ministry are, therefore, being empowered and strengthened to meet their core
