Daily Archives: 3, June 2013

Airbus to showcase its latest commercial and military product range at the 50th international Paris Air Show at Le Bourget

Innovation at the heart of business Blagnac, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Airbus is showcasing its latest commercial and military product range at the 50th international Paris Air Show at Le Bourget from June 17th to 23rd, 2013. The latest innovations from the … Read the full press release

EIB signs €580 million loan agreement with UniCredit

€400 million for SMEs, €50 million for midcaps, €100 million for the environment and €30 million for Industria 2015 projects Milan, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the UniCredit Group have signed four new agreements in Milan to … Read the full press release

La nouvelle version de la plateforme SAS® Business Analytics offrira une option Cloud pour toutes les solutions de SAS

Les évolutions de la plateforme profiteront à tous les logiciels SAS® dont sa solution phare de visualisation de données Paris, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Lors de la conférence annuelle SAS Global Forum qui s’est récemment tenue à San Francisco, SAS a … Read the full press release

EDPS: Strong data protection can improve EU approach to investigating serious crimes

Brussels, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Robust data protection considerations can strengthen the credibility of investigations into serious crimes in the EU. This is the message the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) sent in his opinion published today on the Commission proposal for a new legal … Read the full press release

EDF Energies Nouvelles et wpd offshore s’associent pour répondre au second appel d’offres français, en partenariat exclusif avec Alstom pour la fourniture des éoliennes

Paris, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — EDF Energies Nouvelles et wpd offshore, acteurs majeurs de l’éolien en mer en Europe, annoncent la signature d’un accord de partenariat. Cet accord officialise la volonté des deux groupes d’associer à nouveau leurs expertises pour répondre … Read the full press release

Ceresit Bautechnik: Universeller Fliesenklebstoff mit innovativer Hybrid-Technologie

Düsseldorf, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Der neue Dünn- und Mittelbettkleber Ceresit CM 120 EcoFlex vereint wichtige Verarbeitungsvorteile. Er bietet sehr gute Einbettungseigenschaften und bindet nahezu temperaturunabhängig und schnell ab. Zudem besitzt er die innovative CO2-reduzierte Hybrid-Technologie, die Ceresit mit dem Anspruch entwickelt … Read the full press release

China Eastern Airlines First in China to benefit from more fuel savings with Sharklets-equipped Airbus A320

Blagnac, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — China’s largest operator of Airbus aircraft, China Eastern Airlines, has taken delivery of its first A320 aircraft equipped with Sharklet fuel saving wing-tip devices, becoming China’s first carrier to do so. The aircraft is also the first … Read the full press release

Historic Automobile Group International MBCI report: Numerous Mercedes-Benz exclusive classic cars amongst the most valuable vehicles in the world

Stuttgart, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Numerous exclusive classics from Mercedes-Benz are amongst the most valuable vehicles in the world. Just how valuable they are is regularly tracked, for example, by the Mercedes-Benz Classic Index (MBCI) of the Historic Automobile Group … Read the full press release

Wood Group PSN signs five-year operations & maintenance contract with Hess Corporation’s Baldpate production platform in the Gulf of Mexico

HOUSTON, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will deliver operations & maintenance services to Hess Corporation’s Baldpate production platform in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, under a new five-year contract. WGPSN will also provide these services to Hess for … Read the full press release

Rapidly growing Azeri construction materials company received €7m loan from EBRD

Matanat will use €7 million loan from the EBRD to expand production of gypsum plaster and dry mixes 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — One of the EBRD’s priorities in Azerbaijan is to support the growth of the non-oil private sector by investing … Read the full press release

EU27, Russia trade reached record levels in 2012

EU-Russia summit An EU27 deficit of 90 bn euro with Russia in 2012 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Following a sharp fall in 2009, EU27 international trade in goods with Russia has grown strongly since then to reach record levels in 2012. After falling from 105 … Read the full press release

SAS Office Analytics to enhance young drivers car insurer ingenie’s pricing and marketing accuracy

3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — SAS, the leader in business analytics, has been selected by ingenie, the car insurer for young drivers, to enhance its use of telematics data and deliver behaviour-based pricing and marketing programmes to its customers. ingenie has selected SAS Office Analytics to analyse … Read the full press release

Maroš Šefčovič Speech at the Launch of the ‘Guide to effective lobbying in Brussels’ survey

Maroš Šefčovič – Vice-President of the European Commission Brussels, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  Ladies and gentlemen, Last week I read an article in the Irish Times by a journalist who had been invited to today’s event in which she expressed surprise about … Read the full press release

Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva on the situation in Al Qusayr

Brussels, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Statement by Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response on the situation in Al Qusayr. I have been following with increasing alarm the rapidly deteriorating situation in recent days in the … Read the full press release

Alstom to supply wind turbines in the partnership between EDF Energies Nouvelles and wpd offshore for the French government’s second call for tenders

EDF Energies Nouvelles and wpd offshore team up to jointly respond to the French government’s second call for tenders, in an exclusive partnership with Alstom for the supply of wind turbines Paris, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — EDF Energies Nouvelles and wpd … Read the full press release

EC ready to help in the wake of floods in Austria, Czech Republic and Germany

Brussels, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Statement by Regional Policy Commissioner Johannes Hahn: EN “We very much regret that number of people have lost their lives because of the floods in Austria, Czech Republic and Germany. I send my condolences to their friends … Read the full press release

Transport group Stagecoach to focus on energy reduction as part of its fifth annual Group-wide Green Week programme on 3 – 7 June, 2013

• Sustainability drive incorporates World Environment Day on 5 June • Transport group planning new phase of environmental strategy 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The company, which has bus and rail operations in the UK and in North America, is planning a … Read the full press release

Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust selects SAS to transform research

NHS Foundation Trust to build single view of patient and deliver more personalised care 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust has chosen SAS, the leader in business analytics, to transform how it manages and delivers research through … Read the full press release

Heidelberg University Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” set up four new junior research groups

Young researchers examine topics such as war crimes tribunals and the Pentecostal movement 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” of Heidelberg University has set up four new junior research groups. The group … Read the full press release

EC provides additional €50M to Jordan for Syrian refugees

Brussels/Amman, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission will provide additional assistance of €50 million to Jordan to alleviate the impact of the high influx of refugees from Syria, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, Štefan Füle, announced today during his … Read the full press release

University of Southampton Researchers: New mathematical model links space-time theories

3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Researchers at the University of Southampton have taken a significant step in a project to unravel the secrets of the structure of our Universe. Professor Kostas Skenderis, Chair in Mathematical Physics at the University, comments: “One of … Read the full press release

EC calls on EU Member States to improve childcare provisions

Brussels, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Member States will need to step up their efforts to improve childcare provisions if the EU is to reach its 75% employment rate target by 2020, said the European Commission in a report released today. The progress … Read the full press release

The EC presents its third Schengen ‘health check’ report

Brussels, 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Schengen area of free movement allows more than 400 million EU citizens from 26 European countries and an increasing number of non-EU citizens, to travel without internal border controls. Today the Commission presented its third Schengen ‘health check’, a … Read the full press release