New research led by the University of Warwick shows newly diagnosed advanced prostate cancer patients who received the chemotherapy drug docetaxel with standard hormone therapy lived ten months longer on average, compared to those who received standard therapy alone. COVENTRY, … Read the full press release
An international study published in the journal Nature Communications points the way toward wider, more effective use of biocompatible materials in repairing human tissues. Focusing on the difficult case of restoring cartilage, which requires both flexibility and mechanical strength, the researchers … Read the full press release
Fully electronic control system heightens green profile of ultra-long-stroke G-type engine Changwon, Korea, 18-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Recently, STX Heavy Industries successfully built the world’s first 45-centimetre-bore, ultra-long-stroke, low-speed engine. The MAN B&W 5G45ME-C9.5 engine passed its TAT (Type Approval … Read the full press release
Leicester criminologist to speak at hate crime event on 21 May LEICESTER, 18-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Nearly eight years after her daughter was kicked to death for being a Goth, Sylvia Lancaster OBE is still campaigning to stamp out prejudice … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Media, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Black Roses, Criminologist, hate crime event, Police and Crime Commissioner, Sophie Lancaster, Sylvia Lancaster
A company, founded by University of Liverpool scientist, Professor Anthony Hollander, has been awarded £2 million to develop stem cell technologies that have shown potential in repairing damaged tissue in the knee. LIVERPOOL, 18-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The team at … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Financial, Healthcare, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Azellon, Innovate UK and Cell Therapy Catapult, meniscal cartilage, NHS Blood and Transplant, Professor Anthony Hollander, stem cell technologies, treatment of damaged fibrous tissues in the knee, University of Liverpool
Rapidité, navigation intuitive et sécurité – tels furent les principaux objectifs poursuivis par la Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat, Luxembourg (BCEE) lors du développement de sa toute nouvelle version de l’application S-net Mobile, lancée en date du 18 mai. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, Technology
Tagged Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat, BCEE, Luxembourg, LuxTrust, S-net Mobile app
The British Safety Council has appointed DOGA HSE Training and Consulting as an exclusive delivery partner for Turkey. LONDON, 18-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Lynda Armstrong, the British Safety Council’s Chair of Trustees and Omer Ayvaci, Vice President of DOGA Group, … Read the full press release
A University of York music graduate has won the National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) Young Composer of the Year Award 2015, presented in partnership with BBC Radio 3 and the Dunedin Consort. YORK, 18-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — John Goldie-Scot, … Read the full press release
ATHENS, 18-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Bundesliga, one of the top European football tournaments, will continue to broadcast on OTE SPORT channels for the next two years, offering OTE TV subscribers great football games from some of the best clubs in … Read the full press release
Posted in Entertainment, Greece, Media, Sports
Tagged Bundesliga, Bundesliga 2, DFL Sports Enterprises, Dimitris Michalakis, German Federal League, Joerg Daubitzer, the Supercup, ΟΤΕ TV
University of Freiburg researchers demonstrate how so-called chaperones collaborate to create barrels for protein folding FREIBURG, 15-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Chaperones are molecular helpers that assist otherproteins with folding. One such chaperone is the so-called heat shock protein 60 (Hsp60). This protein … Read the full press release
BRIGHTON, 15-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Attempts by successive governments to boost entrepreneurship in areas with low rates of self-employment have largely failed, according to a new study by economists at the universities of Sussex and Sheffield. In a review of … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 15-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, has sold 2,000,000 shares in Munksjö Oyj for approximately EUR 20.4 million. Ahlstrom will book a capital gain of approximately EUR 10 million from the transaction in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Finland, Investment, Management
Tagged AC Invest Five B.V., Ahlstrom, Munksjö Oyj, shares, Viknum AB.
Kortrijk, Belgium, 15-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Visitors to the Kazakhstan pavilion at the World Expo 2015, which opened its doors in Milan (Italy) on 1 May, will be taken on a virtual journey through Kazakhstan’s rich and varied landscape. Barco … Read the full press release
AkzoNobel is helping customers in China to make more efficient use of limited land resources by expanding its portfolio of locally produced agrochemical products. AMSTERDAM, 15-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — China has a well-documented shortage of arable land, which means sustainable … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Chemicals, Netherlands
Tagged agrochemical products, AkzoNobel, John Cate, Mr. Yu Dong
Charleston, South Carolina, 15-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — APM Terminals will sell its Charleston, South Carolina stevedoring business to SSA Cooper in a strategic move that boosts the focus on the company’s core business. The amount was not disclosed. APM Terminals long … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Management, Netherlands, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged APM Terminals, Jack Craig, SSA Cooper, stevedoring business
CLICHY, 15-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — L’Oréal is deploying its “Share & Care Program” aimed at guaranteeing the best social practices in welfare, health, parenthood and quality of life at work for its employees in the 68 countries where the Group … Read the full press release
PILSEN, 15-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A unique battery-powered tram is about to appear in the Pilsen streets. It will be supplied to the Turkish city of Konya soon. It is a modern, fully low-floor tram ForCity Classic with a battery-powered engine, which … Read the full press release
Far EasTone in Taiwan makes Ericsson its sole supplier, tasked with expanding and optimizing the telecom operator’s 4G network The collaboration will support Far EasTone’s 4G and 5G network strategy Far EasTone’s customers will benefit from superior network performance and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 4G and 5G network, Ericsson, Far EasTone, Jan Signell, Taiwanese telecom operators, Yvonne Li
Riga, Latvia, 15-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — On 1–2 June 2015, in Moscow, an annual international conference and exhibition — Intax Expo Russia will take place that focuses on corporate finance, estate planning and international tax structuring. ABLV is one of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Latvia, Management, Marketing, Russia
Tagged ABLV, Intax Expo Russia
New strains of the human pathogen responsible for African sleeping sickness can arise by swapping genes between human and animal variants of the parasite, new research from the University of Bristol has found. BRISTOL, 14-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — African sleeping … Read the full press release
Have you ever wondered how plants are classified and named? This question and many more will be answered this Sunday [May 17] when the University of Bristol Botanic Garden celebrates the third international Fascination of Plants Day. BRISTOL, 14-5-2015 — … Read the full press release
Fundación Másfamilia awarded this distinction to Cepsa and Cepsa Chemicals at a ceremony presided by the Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality The certification includes compliance with measures related to employment quality, work and family life balance and equal … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, Spain
Tagged CEPSA, Cepsa Chemicals, Family-Friendly Companies, Fundación MásFamilia, Inés de Jorge
After 18 years with the Group, Rainer Genes embarks on a new career Britta Seeger to become new CEO of Mercedes-Benz Türk Stuttgart, 14-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Change of leadership at Mercedes-Benz in Turkey: after 18 highly successful years at Daimler AG, … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Germany, Management, Turkey
Tagged Britta Seeger, Dimitris Psillakis, Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard, Mercedes-Benz in Turkey, Rainer Genes
Voted top truck once again by VansA2Z, a leading British online portal Plus points included range of hybrid vehicles and “Duonic” dual clutch transmission Stuttgart/London, 14-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The light-duty Fuso Canter commercial vehicles have once again received an award from … Read the full press release
Employee dialogue on company’s digital orientation DigitalLife Day with 500 employees on future topics of digitalisation and networking on May 13, 2015 in Fellbach by Stuttgart Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Head … Read the full press release
TU/e professor Hans Kuipers has been appointed as one of the sixteen new members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), the academy announced today. Membership of the KNAW is regarded as a great honor in a … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Management, Netherlands, Science, Technology
Tagged Hans Kuipers, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, TU/e
MOSCOW, 14-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — LUKOIL has begun production tests of two Gas Treatment Plants (GTPs) at the Northern Shady Site and the Kuvachi-Alat Field in Uzbekistan’s Bukhara Region as part of the Kandym Early Gas Project, which is being implemented … Read the full press release
Cost-effective, easy-to-use solution for online B2B stores LONDON, 14-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Intershop today introduces Commerce Suite Instant, a special offering provided jointly with partners. Commerce Suite Instant is aimed at B2B businesses in the UK with an annual turnover … Read the full press release
BIRMINGHAM, 14-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Birmingham (UK) has signed a cooperation agreement on railway research and education with the Chinese rolling stock manufacturer, CSR Sifang. Reflecting the University of Birmingham’s position as a global leader in railway … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Technology, Transportation & Logistics, United Kingdom
Tagged Birmingham International Railway Academy, CSR Sifang, Mr Sansan Ding, Professor Clive Roberts, Professor Michael Whitby, railway engineering, railway research and education, The University of Birmingham mChinese rolling stock manufacturer
LEIPZIG, 13-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Im Beisein zahlreicher Kunden und Geschäftspartner haben der Leipziger Bürgermeister für Wirtschaft und Arbeit, Uwe Albrecht, und Klaus-Michael Kühne, Honorary Chairman der Kühne + Nagel International AG, den Erweiterungsbau des Logistikcenters im Güterverkehrszentrum (GVZ) Leipzig seiner … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Management, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Klaus-Michael Kühne, Kühne + Nagel, Logistikcenter in Leipzig, Uwe Albrecht
Four service providers (EurotaxGlass, CAP*, DAT and IBS Automotive) confirm the new ŠKODA Superb’s excellent residual value. Mladá Boleslav, 13-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Seven markets, four residual-value studies, one winner: Just two months before its market launch, the new ŠKODA Superb … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Management, Marketing, Technology
Tagged CAP, DAT, EurotaxGlass, excellent residual value, IBS Automotive, ŠKODA, ŠKODA Superb, Werner Eichhorn
The new ŠKODA Fabia R5. Show car ŠKODA Fabia R5 Combi. The ‘Trainee Car’ ŠKODA FUNstar. ŠKODA Fabia with Design package Red & Grey Plus. ŠKODA Octavia Combi RS 230; 247 km/h top speed. Mladá Boleslav, 13-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The GTI … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Czech Republic, Marketing, Sports
Tagged GTI Meeting at Wörthersee, Prof. Dr. h.c. Winfried Vahland, ŠKODA racers
Henkel signs agreement to acquire laundry brands from Colgate-Palmolive Execution of strategy to selectively invest in attractive country categories Establishing leading position in the Australia/New Zealand laundry market Opportunity for further expansion of Laundry & Home Care business Düsseldorf, 13-5-2015 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Management
Tagged Bruno Piacenza, Cold Power, Colgate-Palmolive', Dynamo, Fab, Henkel, laundry detergents, pre-wash brands, Sard brands
Alexis Nielsen, master’s degree student in geoecology at Umeå University, received the 2015 Global Swede Award at a diploma ceremony in Stockholm on 12 May. The special recognition is a joint initiative between the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Science, Sweden, Technology
Tagged 2015 Global Swede Award, Alexis Nielsen, Greg Neely, Umeå University
A researcher at Umeå University has carried out a project to identify messages required for the community in Sierra Leone to stop the spread of Ebola. A report has recently been presented to the country’s government with the results. Umeå, … Read the full press release
Umeå, Sweden, 13-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The historical past is important when we seek to understand environmental conditions as they are today and predict how these might change in the future. This is according to researchers from Umeå University, whose … Read the full press release
ABERDEEN, 13-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Nine lucky groups have been awarded cash donations as part of the first round of Aberdeen International Airport’s Community Fund. The donations, ranging from £300 to £1250, have been awarded to various organisations in the … Read the full press release
Die Sozialanthropologin wird am Institut für Europäische Ethnologie der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin forschen BERLIN, 13-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Sharon Macdonald tritt Anfang Oktober 2015 die Alexander von Humboldt-Professur am Institut für Europäische Ethnologie der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) an. Hauptziel … Read the full press release
Nuremberg, 13-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — MMS (Mediamätning i Skandinavien) has signed up GfK to integrate their multi-source data streams for traditional and online TV consumption into a single ‘total video currency’. MMS, which represents all leading broadcasters and advertising agencies … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Management, Marketing
Tagged GfK, Magnus Anshelm, Mediamätning i Skandinavien, MMS, multi-source data streams, Stefan Raum, video currency
Financial Services Firms to Increase Risk-Management Investment during Next Two Years in Response to Emerging Cyber-Security and Fraud Risks, According to Accenture More than one in four firms will increase investment by more than 20 percent NEW YORK and LONDON, 13-5-2015 … Read the full press release
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