HORIZON 2020: €70 BILLION FOR SMALL FIRMS AND NEW PLAYERS
Horizon 2020, the EU’s €70.2 billion framework programme for research and innovation in 2014-20202, was approved by MEP’s on Thursday. Parliament amended it to [...]
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RIO DE JANEIRO, BEST SMART CITY 2013
The third edition of Smart City Expo World Congress, held in Barcelona on Nov. 19th till Nov. 21st has closed choosing Rio de Janeiro as the winner of the World Smart City [...]
EU INVESTIGATES CONTAINER LINER SHIPPING COMPANIES
Brussels has started an investigation against several companies active in the container shipping industry . The European Commission suspects prohibited price fixing. The [...]
SWF WORKSHOP ON SPACE TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC BENEFITS
On November 11-15 SWF partnered with the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs and the Belarusian State University to organize a Workshop on Space technology Applications for [...]
FAMILY FARMING: A KEY ISSUE FOR COPA-COGECA
In a major declaration adopted at the launch of the International Year of Family Farming 2014, European farm leaders highlighted the crucial role of family farms in ensuring [...]
IRAN HAS THE RIGHT TO ENRICH URANIUM, SAYS HIS LEADER
As world powers in the so-called P5+1 (US, Russia, China, UK, France and Germany) have resumed talks with Iran in Geneva on Thursday about a six-month draft interim deal that [...]
NEW CAP REFORM: AN AGREEMENT ENDORSED
A deal with the Council on five legislative acts reforming EU farm policy was endorsed by parliament today. The post 2013 Common agricultural policy (CAP) will put more [...]
MEPs VOTE FOR A SINGLE EP SEAT
ALDE Party welcomes landmark vote for a single seat for the European Parliament The ALDE Party has welcomed today’s landmark vote in the European Parliament where MEPs [...]
NUCLEAR: BULGARIA, LITHUNIA AND SLOVAKIA TO GET MORE AID TO DISMISSION
Eu financial aid to Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slovakia to complete the decommissioning of the Kuzloduy, Ignalina and Bohunice nuclear power plants in the next EU budget period [...]
IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM: IS THE GENEVA DEAL A BAD DEAL ?
As negotiations between the P5+1 world powers (the 5 permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany) are set to resume Wednesday in Geneva, with an interim [...]
POTOCNIK OPENED THE PHOTO EXHIBITION “NICE TO SEA”
During the European Week of Waste Reduction, a nice awareness to keep the ocean clean… The Commissioner in charge of environment opened the photo exhibition: [...]
DO YOU KNOW PEFC ?
PEFC is a label that guarantees that the products of wood come from sustainably managed forests. PEFC is a non-governmental environmental organization and means [...]
WINE: COMBATTING COUNTERFEIT WINES AND PROTECTING QUALITY WITH IDCORK
The Brentapack Company has created an app that ensures maximum traceability From the research entitled “IDCORK” comes a real cork and an app that puts a stop to [...]
B-FAST COMES BACK TO BELGIUM
B- Fast returns to Belgium after a successful mission The interdepartmental coordination council of B -FAST ( Foreign Affairs, Defence, Interior , Health and Development) [...]
IDF RESCUE AND MEDICAL TEAM TRAVELS TO TACLOBAN
A 148 member delegation of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) left Wednesday for the Philippines in order to provide search, rescue, and medical services in the typhoon-struck [...]
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