Daily Archives: 19, December 2017

Seven life scientists in Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Portugal and Turkey announced recipients of EMBO Installation Grants

HEIDELBERG, 19-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — EMBO announces today seven life scientists as recipients of EMBO Installation Grants. These grants will support the early-career researchers in establishing their independent laboratories in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, Portugal and Turkey. EMBO Installation … Read the full press release

FMO and IFC launched e-course on Related Party Transactions Governance for commercial banks in Viet Nam

The HAGUE, 19-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — FMO and IFC launched an online course on Related Party Transactions Governance for Vietnamese commercial banks. Related party transactions (RPTs) are viewed as situations, which are open to a possible conflict of interest and can harm … Read the full press release

Kapsch CarrierCom and MVM OVIT Zrt. equipped the Hungarian railway network with the GSM-R technology

VIENNA/BUDAPEST, 19-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The network stability tests of the first section of the GSM-R network installed for Hungarian State Railways and GYSEV Zrt. have been closed successfully. The implementation of the state-of-the-art GSM-R technology increases the operability of … Read the full press release

Hapag-Lloyd: THE Alliance to deploy fleet of more than 250 modern ships in the Asia/Europe, North Atlantic and Trans-Pacific trade lanes

HAMBURG, 19-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — 33 services covering all East West trade lanes with 250 modern and most efficient ships / Short transit times / Fast shuttle services / Dedicated Middle East loops / New Indian Sub-Continent PSW pendulum service / … Read the full press release

CERN: new edition of the Collide International award in partnership with UK’s leading media arts centre Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT)

GENEVA/LIVERPOOL, 19-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (18 Dec 2017), Arts at CERN has announced a new edition of the Collide International award, in partnership with the UK’s leading media arts centre, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology). The competition is … Read the full press release

EUROGATE: Cargotec Group’s Kalmar wins the tender for the supply of the automated straddle carrier system

BREMEN, 19-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The “STRADegy” pilot project that EUROGATE has planned at its container terminal Wilhelms­haven is entering the next phase. The tender for the supply of the automated straddle carrier system was won by Kalmar, a member … Read the full press release

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and The Alan Turing Institute awarded two joint fellowships for collaboration between the social sciences and data science

LONDON, 19-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and The Alan Turing Institute have awarded two joint fellowships which aim to build collaboration between the social sciences and data science. Professor Alison Heppenstall and Professor Ganna Pogrebna have each … Read the full press release

GKN Aerospace signs three year support, maintenance and parts supply contract extension for the Gripen RM12 Engines of the South African Air Force

  Three year contract extension with ARMSCOR for technical product support, maintenance and parts supply agreement for Gripen RM12 engine Redditch, United Kingdom, 19-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — GKN Aerospace has signed a three year contract extension worth over USD 8 M … Read the full press release

Solar power: BP to acquire 43% stake in Lightsource for $200m

  BP to invest $200m in Lightsource over three years for a 43% stake in the business Lightsource is Europe’s largest solar development company, focused on the acquisition, development and long-term management of large-scale solar projects Lightsource to rebrand as … Read the full press release

BP: We are disappointed by the news today from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)

LONDON, 19-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — BP acknowledges today’s announcement by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that it intends to oppose its proposed acquisition of Woolworths’ retail fuel business. “We are disappointed by the news today from the ACCC. We … Read the full press release

Volvo Group donates three Renault trucks, foodstuffs and other essential supplies to support French association “Les Restos du Cœur”

Renault Trucks in France, part of the Volvo Group, and its employees are committed to the French association “Les Restos du Cœur”. The initiative is part of the annual charity gift of the Volvo Group. This year, the Group has … Read the full press release