Daily Archives: 8, March 2013

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Exim Bank signed a EUR 150 million loan to mitigate climate change in India

8-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Exim Bank signed a EUR 150 million loan for financing investments that will contribute to the mitigation of climate change. The EIB loan will make long term financing available for investments … Read the full press release

Norwegian web newspaper Nettavisen, which is owned by Egmont and Amedia, has achieved its best result ever

8-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — In Norway, Nettavisen, which is an exclusively internet-based newspaper, came out of 2012 with a profit of 8.5 million Norwegian Kroner before taxes. The turnover was approximately 85 million NOK and even though the exact numbers are … Read the full press release

The European Union and its Member States move to improve conservation measures for Polar Bears

8-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Union and its Member States announced today (Thursday 7th March), at the 16th meeting of the Parties to the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) that it was tabling a new proposal … Read the full press release

Icelandic and EU local authorities join forces for Iceland’s road to Europe

Brussels, 8-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The newly-established Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) between the Committee of the Regions (CoR) and Icelandic local authorities held its inaugural meeting today in Reykjavík, Iceland. The JCC, which brings together local and regional representatives from the EU Member States … Read the full press release

Sir Peter Mansfield autobiography tells his story of MRI

8-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — At the age of 15 he was told he didn’t have the qualifications to become a scientist. Today Sir Peter Mansfield, from The University of Nottingham, holds a Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine for his role … Read the full press release

Karel De Gucht: EU-Vietnam Trade Negotiations: Renovation and Openness

Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administration / Hanoi, Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam,  8-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Professors, Students, Ladies and gentlemen, More open economies and more open societies are the reality of today’s world. Faster and radically innovative communications … Read the full press release

New Composition of the Board of Directors of Sanofi

Paris, France, 8-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — At its meeting held on March 5, 2013, the Board of Directors of Sanofi decided to propose the appointment of a new independent Director, Mrs. Fabienne Lecorvaisier, during the General Shareholders’ meeting of May 3, 2013. … Read the full press release

Štefan Füle welcomed the deal on Ljubljanska Banka (Slovenia-Croatia)

Brussels,  8-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Štefan Füle welcomed the news from Ljubljana and Zagreb that a mutually acceptable solution to the Ljubljanska Banka issue has been found. “I consider this to be a good … Read the full press release