Daily Archives: 25, June 2014

Slovenia capital Ljubljana won the European Green Capital Award for 2016

BRUSSELS, 25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana, has won the European Green Capital Award for 2016. The award was presented this afternoon by EU Environment Commissioner, Janez Potočnik, at a ceremony in Copenhagen, which holds the 2014 European Green … Read the full press release

EU to cut price caps for data downloads from 45 cents per megabyte to 20c/MB from 1 July 2014

BRUSSELS, 25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — It’s a big summer sale courtesy of the European Commission! From 1 July 2014, the EU will cut the price caps for data downloads by more than half: down from 45 cents per megabyte to 20c/MB. It … Read the full press release

The European Commission allocates additional €500 000 to enhance interventions aimed at curbing the worsening Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

BRUSSELS, 25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission is allocating an additional €500 000 to enhance interventions aimed at curbing the worsening Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. This brings the total of Commission aid to €1.9 million. “This … Read the full press release

ANDRITZ successfully completed start-up of the PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue machine with steel Yankee supplied to Hebei Yihoucheng, China

International technology Group ANDRITZ has successfully completed start-up of the PrimeLineCOMPACT tissue machine – the first of its kind in China – with steel Yankee supplied to Hebei Yihoucheng, China. Graz, Austria, 25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The machine has a design speed … Read the full press release

RenewableUK: Green Investment Bank’s plan to raise £1 billion fund to invest in offshore wind projects will help boost the sector’s rapid growth

LONDON, 25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — RenewableUK says today’s announcement by the Green Investment Bank (GIB) that it plans to raise £1 billion for a fund to invest in offshore wind projects will help to boost the sector’s rapid growth. The bank … Read the full press release

EURORDIS: The International Rare Diseases Research Consortium develops recommendations to guide the policies and funding strategies to establish 200 new rare disease therapies by 2020

The Therapies Scientific Committee recommendations PARIS, 25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The International Rare Diseases Research Consortium (IRDiRC) Therapies Scientific Committee (TSC) is developing recommendations to guide the policies and funding strategies that will foster the IRDiRC goal of developing 200 new … Read the full press release

C.F. Møller appoints new associate partners in Norway and Sweden

C.F. Møller further strengthens its commitment in Norway and Sweden through the ap-pointment of new associate partners in the architectural firm, which is among the largest in Scandinavia. Christian Dahle, general manager of C.F. Møller’s office in Oslo, and Mårten … Read the full press release

SAP AG to increase the portion of electric vehicles in its company car fleet to 20 percent

Walldorf, Germany, 25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that it will increase the portion of electric vehicles in its company car fleet to 20 percent. By 2020, the company aims to have one in five company cars run on electrically … Read the full press release

ESET® launched German edition of its WeLiveSecurity.com site

Global security vendor offers German-speaking countries the benefits of its security news site. Bratislava/Jena,  25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — IT security provider ESET® today announces the launch of the German edition of its WeLiveSecurity.com site, offering German-speakers access to this world-class security news resource. After months of development, … Read the full press release

Gazprom and OMV signed Shareholders Agreement for the South Stream Austria joint project company

VIENNA, 25-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom’s Management Committee and Gerhard Roiss, Chief Executive Officer of OMV inked a Shareholders Agreement for the South Stream Austria joint project company. The document was signed in Vienna today during a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to the … Read the full press release