Month: June 2014

EESC’s Stephane Buffetaut: European coordination and cooperation are indispensable for both keeping prices in check and securing our energy supply

The Member States have to work together Brussels, 26-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — "European coordination and cooperation are indispensable for both keeping prices…

11 years ago

EU announces new funding to support education in developing countries through the Global Partnership for Education

Brussels, 26-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — New funding to support education in developing countries over the next seven years, through the Global Partnership…

11 years ago

German member of Die Linke party Gabriele Zimmer re-elected as chair of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left group in the European Parliament

Strasbourg, France / Brussels, Belgium, 26-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Gabriele Zimmer, a German member of Die Linke party, has been re-elected as…

11 years ago

The European Council to adopt the 2014 country-specific recommendations for each EU member state

Strasbourg, France / Brussels, Belgium, 26-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On Friday the European Council will adopt the 2014 country-specific recommendations for each…

11 years ago

The European Patent Office launched the construction of its new main building in Rijswijk the Netherlands

New main building of the European Patent Office (EPO) at Rijswijk site EPO President Battistelli and Dutch Prime Minister Rutte jointly…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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)…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

Airbus: A350 XWB test fleet now complete

Blagnac, 24-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — With the first flight today of A350 MSN005, the five-strong development fleet is now complete. Being the…

11 years ago

University of Aberdeen supports Wild Dolphins fundraising art project to raise funds for the ARCHIE Foundation and to support WDC’s work

The University of Aberdeen is internationally recognised for its groundbreaking research into dolphins. But for the next 10 weeks it's…

11 years ago

Lemminkäinen sells remaining stake in Lemcon Networks to Cygate Oy

Helsinki, Finland, 24-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Lemminkäinen and Cygate Oy, part of TeliaSonera Group, have signed a business purchase agreement covering Lemcon Networks’ IT…

11 years ago

Alma Media Corporation and five other Finnish newspaper publishers to establish Lännen Media

Helsinki, Finland, 24-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Alma Media Corporation and five other Finnish newspaper publishers have signed a partnership agreement to establish…

11 years ago

Vestas to supply Borusan EnBW with 10 V112-3.3 MW turbines for the 33 MW Fuat RES wind power plant in Turkey

Borusan EnBW orders 10 V112-3.3 MW turbines for 33 MW project in Turkey, finalising the 207 MW framework agreement with…

11 years ago