Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
A Russian Antonov AN-30 observation aircraft will be seen over Estonia today, snapping photographs for aerial cartography purposes. But officials have assured the public that the fly-over is not an illegal spy mission, but actually quite legal under a regional Open Skies agreement. Open Skies is a policy convention by which aviation rules are liberalized between states for
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
The National Museums of Kenya has concluded an underwater excavation and survey for the dredging of the Likoni channel to expand the port. The excavation was conducted in the last one month on the request of the Kenya Ports Authority. It is expected that a final report of the findings will be released this week by
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
China National Petroleum Corp., or CNPC, offered the highest royalty and a refinery to win Afghanistan’s first oilfield auction last month, using a strategy that helped Chinese companies gain access to African resources. CNPC will pay 15 percent royalty on oil from three blocks in northern Afghanistan and 30 percent corporate tax and also build a
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Hands Off Our Land campaign is calling for the Coalition to look again at proposed changes to planning laws which risk undermining the safeguards that have protected the countryside for almost 70 years. Follow the latest developments here. Read More
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
The government and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Sunday signed an agreement for $25 million in soft loan to improve governance and service delivery in tax collection and land record management. Musharraf Hossain Bhuiyan, secretary to the Economic Relations Division (ERD), and Thevakumar Kandiah, Country Director of ADB’s Bangladesh Resident Mission, inked the deal at
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Bridge Marine Science Group (BMSG), an award winning Welsh business is to receive a £265,200 financial boost to assist talented individuals and enterprises in the marine sector. The money will be used to drive forward growth in the marine industry and create 20 new jobs in South West Wales.
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Every day, countless people use Google Maps or other online mapping services to figure out how to walk or drive from one place to another. But for the 185 million people in wheelchairs around the globe, stairs and other uneven surfaces are constant obstacles in their daily lives. One year ago this month, 31-year-old social entrepreneur
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
A prominent lava flow descends the eastern flank of Kizimen Volcano, located in the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia) in this false-color satellite image acquired on September 4, 2011 (top). An image of the peak from September 6, 2009 (lower), shows the extent of the changes that have occurred since Kizimen began erupting in late 2010. Read More
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Rotterdam’s public transport company RET is planning to use facial recognition technology to make sure people who have been banned from using the city’s trams don’t sneak on anyway, local television station RTV Rijnmond reports. RET is planning to install cameras in every compartment on the tram 2 route to test the system. Read More
Monday, September 12th, 2011
Sheffield shines out as the soar-away winner of the solar stakes in the UK, with more solar power generation added in the city per household than in any other British city, according to a league table published on Monday. Northern cities have been the unexpected winners from the boom in renewable energy that has followed
