First time the company has received the German Service Prize from the German Institute for Service Quality Sixt beat 58 rivals to claim the title Named Germany’s best car rental company for the third time back in August Munich, Germany, 11-2-2014 … Read the full press release
Scientists at the University of York today report the development of hemp plants with a dramatically increased content of oleic acid. York, UK, 11-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The new oil profile results in an attractive cooking oil that is similar to olive … Read the full press release
Berlin, Germany, 11-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — After getting off to an exuberant start with the opening film, Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, the days that followed saw a superb line-up of stars: Bob Balaban, Christian Bale, Moritz Bleibtreu, Hugh Bonneville, Pierce Brosnan, … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Entertainment, Germany, Media, Society
Tagged 64th Berlinale, Aaron Paul, Andrea Kaul, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Bradley Cooper, Brendan Gleeson, Bruno Ganz, Christian Bale, Christian Slater, Diane Kruger, Dieter Kosslick, Edward Norton, European Film Market, Florian Stetter, Forest Whitaker, George Clooney, Hannah Herzsprung, Hugh Bonneville, Hugo Weaving, Jean Dujardin, Jeff Goldblum, John Goodman, Jürgen Vogel, Lars von Trier, Matt Damon, Moritz Bleibtreu, Nick Cave, Nick Hornby, Pierce Brosnan, Ralph Fiennes, Sam Riley, Saoirse Ronan, Shia LaBeouf, Stellan Skarsgård, Tilda Swinton, Toni Collette, Tony Revolori, Uma Thurman
Berlin, Germany, 11-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — As in recent years, the Berlinale has again faced enormous technical and logistical tasks that have arisen from the film industry’s digitisation. Now that the rollout of digital cinema is nearing completion, one of the greatest … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Entertainment, Germany, Media, Society, Technology
Tagged 64th Berlinale, Barco, Colt, digital cinema, Digital Cinema Package (DCP) format, digital screenings, Dolby, Doremi, DVS, EMC, VIDI
The Russian city is well-equipped for the traffic onrush Augsburg, Germany, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — MAN has delivered nine TGS 8×4 chassis for heavy recovery vehicles, which have been put into service in the Russian city of Sochi. With the expansion … Read the full press release
4 × Turbo Compound Systems with Power Turbine and Generator (TCS-PTG) for marine and stationary applications secure important milestones Augsburg, Germany, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — With the recent commissioning of 2 x TCS-PTG22 units at the Miraflores Power Plant in Panama … Read the full press release
National award for new University of Leicester research into preventing heart disease in dialysis patients Leicester, UK, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A podcast recording of Dr James Burton explaining his new research project is available to embed and download at: http://soundcloud.com/university-of-leicester/james-burton … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Healthcare, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged Chronic kidney disease, dialysis patients, Dr James Burton, heart disease, kidney disease patients, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinician Scientist Award, preventing heart disease in dialysis patients, Professor David Wynford-Thomas, University of Leicester, University of Leicester research
University of Leicester academic Dr Ruth Page’s paper published on cultural differences in Wikipedia entries surrounding Meredith Kercher case Leicester, UK, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A University of Leicester academic has encouraged people to look carefully at how articles are constructed on … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Internet & Online, Media, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Amanda Knox, cultural biases, cultural contexts, cultural differences, Dr Ruth Page, English Wikipedia articles, Italian Wikipedia articles, Meredith Kercher case, rarely as ‘neutral’ as it might seem, social media sites, social media ‘neutrality’, University of Leicester, University of Leicester’s School of English, Wikipedia articles
In 2013 the textile industry generated growth in sales revenue of 1 percent in nominal terms, reaching a provisional figure of just under EUR 1.5 billion for the sector as a whole The textile industry should grow somewhat faster in … Read the full press release
Automotive fuels as a whole increased by 3.3% Madrid, Spain, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Deliveries of oil products from CLH Group facilities to the Spanish market during January totalled more 2.9 million cubic metres, 1.0% more than in the same period of the previous … Read the full press release
Three students on the Master’s Program in Logistics are to conduct research on new models for optimising the logistics of additives for hydrocarbons Madrid, Spain, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (5 February 2014), the CLH Group and the Zaragoza Logistics Center (ZLC) signed an … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Science, Spain, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged academic collaboration agreement, additives for hydrocarbons, Alejandro Serrano, CLH Group, David Gonsalvez, Government of Aragón, Iván Saco, Juan Bonilla, logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, supply and logistics of additives for hydrocarbons, University of Zaragoza, Yarí Borbón, Zaragoza Logistics Center
Sochi, Russia, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — EP20 locomotives, developed by Alstom and Transmashholding (TMH) now make 6 services a day between Moscow and Sochi. The number of services was increased from 4 to 6 for the Winter Olympic Games. The journey takes … Read the full press release
Wiener Neudorf, Österreich, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Über einen Monat konnte die BILLA Facebookcommunity die virtuelle Mutperlen-Kette auffädeln. Letzte Woche übergab BILLA Vorstand Josef Siess schließlich eine Spende in Höhe von EUR 15.000. Denn für jeden Meter Länge virtuelle Mutperlen-Kette spendete BILLA EUR 50,- an … Read the full press release
Paris, France, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today reports IFRS unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and year … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, France, Investment, Management, Technology
Tagged 19500 new customers, 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up, 3DEXPERIENCE Release 2014x, Apriso, Dassault Systèmes, IFRS unaudited financial results, molecular chemistry capabilities, Product Lifecycle Management, proposed Accelrys acquisition, SOLIDWORKS
Early Adopters Endorse Powerful Social Collaboration to Connect Marketing to Product Design to Sales Vélizy-Villacoublay, France, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) … Read the full press release
The Supervisory Board of Akzo Nobel N.V. today announced changes to its membership that will be proposed for adoption by the company’s Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on April 29th, 2014. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Current Chairman Karel Vuursteen will … Read the full press release
Kortrijk, Belgium, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Visualization leader Barco is proud to announce that one of its customers, the Dutch Railway Museum, will soon receive a prestigious Thea Award. Presented by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA), this ‘Oscar for the entertainment industry’, … Read the full press release
Kortrijk, Belgium, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Barco, a pioneer in networked visualization systems, introduces a new version of its TransForm N system. The highlight of version 2.6 is the new, high-performance NGS-D200 video-to-data (V2D) encoder/decoder, which provides the best possible content-independent streaming … Read the full press release
Kortrijk, Belgium, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Barco LiveDots, a Barco company, is proud to announce the expansion of its portfolio with a new family of LCD-based advertisement kiosks. Targeted to the retail and advertising market, the brand-new range consists of five displays. … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Entertainment, Marketing, Media, Technology
Tagged Barco, Barco LiveDots, Carl Rijsbrack, LCD-based advertisement kiosks, LCD-based kiosks, LCD55ix, LCD72ix
Helsinki, Finland, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, announces that its underwriting of convertible hybrid bond notes issued by Suominen Corporation has ceased. Suominen’s convertible hybrid bond issue with a nominal value of EUR 17.5 million … Read the full press release
Helsinki, Finland, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, will refine its management structure to accelerate the targeted profitability improvement and rapid implementation of the rightsizing program. The company’s operating model, with five business areas and common … Read the full press release
Draft Framework Regulation sets out how ECB will cooperate with national competent authorities (NCAs) Final version to be published by 4 May 2014 ECB to fully assume its supervisory tasks on 4 November 2014 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Vienna, Austria, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — AGRANA Zucker GmbH has reached agreement with the Romanian sugar producer Lemarco S.A. to acquire the latter’s plants in Urziceni and Liesti. “AGRANA’s intention here is not only to increase its sugar beet production but also … Read the full press release
WIND Hellas invests in core network infrastructure from Ericsson to improve performance and enable innovative mobile broadband offerings to subscribers Turn-key end-to-end system integration project for Ericsson’s Evolved Packet Core solution with latest Evolved Packet Gateway and Policy Control platform … Read the full press release
Ericsson extends leadership position with acquisition of industry-leading technology portfolio in adaptive bitrate (ABR) and content protection Complements Microsoft Mediaroom acquisition, further supporting TV Anywhere services with a comprehensive set of technologies Accelerates Ericsson’s offering of TV Anywhere services through … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Investment, Media, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged acquire Massachusetts, acquisition, Azuki Systems, Cheng Wu, Ericsson, Inc., Per Borgklint, TV Anywhere services
Hørsholm, Denmark, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In this year’s VELUX EHF Champions League, fan passion continues outside the arena. In addition to cheering for their favourite team throughout the matches of the season, fans can now show their support in the VELUX … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Denmark, Sports
Tagged European handball fans, handball, VELUX, VELUX EHF Champions League
Riga, Latvia, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ABLV Private Equity Fund 2010, KS which is a part of ABLV Group, has increased its shareholding in the leading Latvian pharmaceutical company AS Grindeks to 22.66%. In addition to AS Grindeks shares previously owned, ABLV … Read the full press release
Riga, Latvia, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — January in global stock market can be divided into two parts. During the first half of the month, trends of the previous year were continued – decoupling in stock markets of developed and emerging countries. Most … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Investment, Latvia
Tagged ABLV, ABLV open-end mutual funds, Global stock market, mutual funds
Freiburg, Deutschland, 10-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Die neue Ausgabe der Freiburger Universitätszeitung uni’leben ist erschienen Wörter, Witze und ein Waschlappen „Mami, wo ist eigentlich der Waschlappen?“, fragt das kleine Kind in der Badewanne. „Der ist noch mal kurz Zigaretten holen“, antwortet die … Read the full press release
Stockholm, Sweden, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — In collaboration with an international team, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed an antibody, 3F7, which blocks a protein that is active in the coagulation system factor XII. Inhibition of factor XII makes it possible to … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Sweden
Tagged Andrew D. Nash, Anne Jämsä, antibody 3F7, coagulation system factor XII, Con Panousis, Gerhard Dickneite, Ingo Pragst, Jenny Björkqvist, Katrin F. Nickel, Magnus Larsson, Marion Fries, Matthew P. Hardy, Michael Broomé, Michael J. Wilson, Msarc W. Nolte, Patricia Hedenqvist, prevents thrombosis, risk of bleeding, Stefan Schmidbauer, Thomas Renné, Veronika Rayzman
Brussels, Belgium, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Channel Awards are, in a way, the annual ‘Oscars’ for the distribution of ICT products in Belgium. This year, resellers, manufacturers and distributors gave Belgacom four out of sixteen prizes that were distributed. For the … Read the full press release
Houston, TX, US, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — GDF SUEZ Energy Resources NA announced today that it will provide power to Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical Corporation (GCMC). This contract strengthens GCMC’s commitment to environmental responsibility by incorporating Renewable Energy Certificates and peak load … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Pursuant to the Belgian Law of May 2, 2007 relating to the publication of major shareholdings in listed companies, Delhaize Group (Euronext Brussels: DELB – NYSE: DEG), the Belgian international food retailer, has received a notification of … Read the full press release
Verwaltungsrat und Präsidium konkretisieren tiefgreifenden Reformprozess Funktion des Chief Compliance Officers wird eingerichtet Internationale Kanzlei Freshfields überarbeitet Compliance-Strukturen der ADAC-Zentrale und der 18 Regionalclubs Weitere Sofortmaßnahmen: Keine Prämie auf Batterieverkauf und keine Zweckentfremdung von ADAC-Hubschraubern München, Deutschland, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Der … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Awards, Germany, Management, Media, Society
Tagged ADAC, ADAC-Hubschraubern, Chief Compliance Officers, Freshfields, Reformprozess
Berlin, Germany, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Monika Grütters, Germany’s new Minister of State for Culture and the Media, paid the European Film Market (EFM) of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival an official visit this Friday morning. Together with Festival Director Dieter Kosslick, EFM Director Beki … Read the full press release
Stuttgart, Germany, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Mercedes-Benz is pressing ahead with its efficiency drive: seven new versions of the A, B and CLA-Class now offer fuel savings of up to 7 percent compared with their respective predecessors. The A 200 CDI … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Technology
Tagged A 200 CDI 4MATIC, A 220 CDI 4MATIC, lower fuel consumption, Mercedes-Benz
CEPSA has entered into an agreement to distribute its products in China through APSIS, a SAIC Group company The agreement is part of CEPSA Group business area’s internationalisation expansion plan The pact will enable Bergé Automación to strengthen its relationship … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, International Trade, Spain
Tagged APSIS, CEPSA, CHINA, distribution agreement, lubricants, SAIC Group
A new branch of mathematics has been established to create a better drug control system to cure cancer. Bristol, UK, 6-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists, including Professor Tanniemola Liverpool from the University of Bristol’s School of Mathematics, claim that by understanding how an artificial ‘synthetic … Read the full press release
Bristol, UK, 6-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Two University of Bristol projects have received a total of £162,400 funding from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) as part of a £4.6 million investment in 24 projects that will let the UK research … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Financial, Investment, Science, United Kingdom
Tagged 400 funding, Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group (ACRG), David Willetts, Dr Loren Picco, Dr Matthew Rigby, Dr Oliver Payton, Dr Tom Scott, funding, Natural Environment Research Council, NERC funding, The Big Data Capital Call, University of Bristol, £162
In addition to the profit sharing payment of 2,541 euros, employees will receive a one-time special bonus of 500 euros Special bonus rewards efforts and outstanding performance Payment will take place with the April salaries for more than 130,000 eligible … Read the full press release
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