BRUSSELS, 28-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has found that Scania broke EU antitrust rules. It colluded for 14 years with five other truck manufacturers on truck pricing and on passing on the costs of new technologies to meet stricter … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Industrial, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged EU antitrust rules, European Commission, Margrethe Vestager, Scania
LIVERPOOL, 28-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Construction has started on the new £35 million facility for Liverpool International College with a ground-breaking ceremony on site. The facility, due to open in September 2019, will be the first under construction in Knowledge Quarter … Read the full press release
Nicosia, Cyprus, 27-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Cyprus Peer Review reveals excellent approach to sustainability and calls for a more coherent approach to Global Education GENE – Global Education Network Europe – is launching the Peer Review Report of Global Education … Read the full press release
Posted in Cyprus, Education, Government
Tagged Development Education, ESD, formal education, GENE, Global Education, Report Launch, sustainable development
LIVERPOOL, 27-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — On average overweight dogs lose an average of 11% of their bodyweight when enrolled on a weight loss trial according to researchers who have conducted the largest international multi-centre weight study. Obesity is the most common … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science
Tagged Professor Alex German, Royal Canin, University of Liverpool, weight loss trial in dogs
Not intended for U.S. and UK Media – GFK Healthcare study on ‘Youth and Contraception’ marks World Contraception Day 2017 Number of unplanned pregnancies remains high globally / Study supported by Bayer shows that adolescents want to be addressed as … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Society
Tagged adolescents, Bayer, contraception, Dr Michael Devoy, GfK, Healthcare study, sexuality
LIVERPOOL, 27-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Amendments to the Government’s EU Withdrawal Bill that aim to protect children post Brexit have been tabled by a Labour MP, following lobbying by the University’s European Children’s Rights Unit (ECRU) in collaboration with leading children’s charities, The Children’s … Read the full press release
MUNICH, 27-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — If wine is cultivated in an area where forest fires occur more often, such as in Australia or Southern Italy, aromas that make the alcoholic drink unpalatable can develop in the finished product. Until now, it … Read the full press release
COVENTRY, 27-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — A new report launched today by researchers at WMG at the University of Warwick, and Reshoring UK, finds that UK companies that consider both direct and indirect reshoring of manufacturing gain best performance boosts and urges … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Education, United Kingdom
Tagged Baroness Burt, overseas production, Professor Janet Godsell, WMG
COVENTRY, 27-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Times/Sunday Times’ Good University Guide 2018 has ranked 22 subjects at the University of Warwick in the UK’s top 10 for their field, including nine in the top 5 – with the Warwick Writing Programme ranked … Read the full press release
Nelson, Wales, 27-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Glas Cymru, which owns Welsh Water, has today confirmed that Professor Tom Crick is to join its Board as a Non-Executive Director, succeeding Professor Stephen Palmer who is retiring from the Board at the end of … Read the full press release
Heerlen, Netherlands, 27-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — APG appoints Wim Henk Steenpoorte as a member of the Executive Board responsible for Pension Fund Services The Supervisory Board of APG Group NV (APG) announces that Wim Henk Steenpoorte has been appointed member of … Read the full press release
Posted in Insurance, Management, Netherlands
Tagged APG Group NV, Bart Le Blanc, Gerard van Olphen, Pension Fund Services, Wim Henk Steenpoorte a
VIENNA, 27-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Philipp Bardas will take over as Head of the Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) General Secretariat on 1 October 2017. In his role as General Secretary, he and his team will be responsible for international and interdepartmental … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Insurance, Management
Tagged Elisabeth Stadler, Philipp Bardas, Sabine Stiller, Vienna Insurance Group, VIG
Arla Organic Milk is now available in leading retailers across the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Viby J, Denmark, 27-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Arla Foods, the world’s largest producer of organic dairy products, has launched its first branded organic milk in … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Food & Beverage, Retail
Tagged Arla Foods, Arla Organic Milk, Rasmus Malmbak Kjeldsen
A University of York professor has made a film recreating the dramatic events of the Oaks Colliery explosions in Barnsley in December 1866. YORK, 26-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Stephen Linstead, a filmmaker and professor at the York Management School, has brought … Read the full press release
Research at the University of York has revealed that genes are controlled by ‘nano footballs’ – structures that look like footballs but 10 million times smaller than the average ball. YORK, 26-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — By placing tiny glowing probes … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
ESA astronaut Tim Peake will reveal the highs and lows of life aboard the International Space Station at a talk at the University of York. YORK, 26-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — On Tuesday 26 September, a thousand-strong audience will learn about … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged ESA astronaut, Tim Peake, University of York
COPENHAGEN, 26-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S [A.P. Moller – Maersk] has today signed an agreement to sell Maersk Tankers A/S [Maersk Tankers] to APMH Invest A/S, a subsidiary of A.P. Moller Holding A/S [A.P. Moller Holding] for … Read the full press release
ZEISS and KIT make plans for shared innovation building KIT carve-outs offer long-term prospects at site More modern growth environment for successful Karlsruhe-based company Nanoscribe GmbH ZEISS and KIT promote strategic partnership OBERKOCHEN, 26-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ZEISS plans to … Read the full press release
VIENNA, 26-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Chief Financial Officer of Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG, Gotthard Mayringer, informed the Supervisory Board that he will not extend his current contract which runs until May 2018. The Supervisory Board expressed Mr. Mayringer its appreciation for his … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Industrial, Management
Tagged Franz Hiesinger, Gotthard Mayringe, Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG
RIGA, 26-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ELKO Grupa AS informs that as of September 20, 2017 the Management Board has been expanded by appointing Maxim Stomakhin (pictured) as the Member of the Board. Prior to his employment at ELKO, Maxim Stomakhin … Read the full press release
Posted in Latvia, Technology
Tagged ELKO Grupa AS, Maxim Stomakhin
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