Brussels, Belgium, 4-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Solvay plans to increase its annual production capacity of natural soda ash at its Green River plant in Wyoming by 150,000 metric tons as of early next year, to meet growing demand of its U.S. … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Chemicals
Tagged Christophe Clemente, Green River plant, increase production capacity, natural soda ash, Solvay, Wyoming
Bruxelles, Belgique, 28-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Cette année scolaire encore, Cliquette et Ben sont en route vers les écoles avec leur voiture électrique pour rencontrer les élèves de cinquième et sixième année primaire pour les familiariser d’une manière récréative avec les économies … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment
Tagged Cliquette et Ben, Digitopia, écoles, économies d’énergie, Electrabel, Fais le clic, l’énergie, l’innovation, voiture électrique
MEPs have today reaffirmed their support for an ambitious climate and energy policy and their commitment to renewable energy by supporting three binding 2030 targets for renewables, greenhouse gas reductions and energy efficiency. Brussels, Belgium, 14-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Members of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Government, Law, Politics
Tagged 2030 renewables target, climate policy, Energy Policy, European Parliament, European Wind Energy Association, EWEA, fossil fuel import savings, greenhouse gas target, MEPs, renewable energy, Stephane Bourgeois
Brussels, Belgium, 14-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The President of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev, will visit NATO Headquarters on Wednesday, 15 January 2014. He will meet with the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen and will address the North Atlantic … Read the full press release
The NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, will visit Israel on 15-16 January 2014. Brussels, Belgium, 14-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, will visit Israel on 15-16 January 2014. During his visit, Deputy Secretary … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Defence, Government, Politics
Tagged Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, Israel, military, Moshe Ya’alon, Mr. Yossi Cohen, Mr. Ze’ev Elkin, NATO, NATO Deputy Secretary General
Amsterdam, Netherlands / Brussels, Belgium / Lisbon, Portugal / London, UK / Paris, France, 10-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Euronext N.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of IntercontinentalExchange Group (NYSE: ICE), today announced a series of management changes that will support and strengthen development … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 9-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission welcomes today’s vote by EU governments gathered in the Climate Change Committee to postpone the sale of 900 million carbon allowances in the 3rd phase of the EU’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — On 11 December, the EESC plenary session backed the Commission’s proposals on card-based payments, but wants EU citizens to be able to make basic electronic payments cheaply and easily over the internet, both nationally and across borders. Debit … Read the full press release
Strasbourg, France / Brussels, Belgium, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Parliament passed three separate resolutions on Thursday, asking for an immediate end to the practice of organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China; calling on the Sri Lankan government to implement the … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 16-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The .eu top-level domain (TLD) and its registry EURid saw a variety of developments during the third quarter of 2013, the most significant being the certification for the ISO 27001 security standard following an audit by the British … Read the full press release
Brussels, the capital of the European Union hosted today the opening ceremony of Gazprom’s representative office in the Kingdom of Belgium. Brussels, Belgium, 11-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Taking part in the opening ceremony were Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Anatoly Yanovsky, Deputy Energy Minister of the … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has fined 8 international financial institutions a total of € 1 712 468 000 for participating in illegal cartels in markets for financial derivatives covering the European Economic Area (EEA). Four of these … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Law
Tagged Barclays, cartels, Citigroup, Competition, Deutsche Bank, EURIBOR scandal, European Economic Area, financial derivatives cartels, fines, forward rate agreements, Futures, interest rate derivatives, international banks, Joaquin Almunia, JPMorgan, LIBOR scandal, Options, RBS, RP Martin, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, swaps, The European Commission, transparency, UBS, € 1.71 billion
Brussels, Belgium, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of most of Nokia Corporation’s devices & services business (the “D&S business”) by Microsoft Corporation. The D&S business mainly produces and sells smartphones … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, European Union, Government, Law, Technology, Telecom
Tagged acquisition, Antoine Colombani, Competition, competitors, EU Merger Regulation, European Commission, Marisa Gonzalez Iglesias, Microsoft, mobile apps, mobile device business, mobile operating systems, Nokia, smart mobile devices, smartphones, tablets, Windows OSs
Solution will optimize productivity, improve workflow and offer immediate access to all hospital files, from anywhere HYDMedia will allow the hospital to centralize its documents, whatever their type, source and format. The system will give the hospital better control over … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Electronics & Machinery, France, Healthcare, Science, Technology
Tagged Agfa HealthCare, Agfa HealthCare France, Cahors, CH Jean Rougier, document management, healthcare document system, Hospital, HYDMedia electronic archiving and healthcare document system, Ingrid Merckx, Marc De Fré
Simple & smart design is combined with proven Agfa HealthCare technology CR 15-X is ideal for decentralized general radiography environments, private practices, small clinics, general orthopaedic and chiropractic offices. Highly versatile system thanks to four different cassette sizes: 35×43, 24×30, … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Healthcare, Science, Technology
Tagged Agfa HealthCare, Chicago, CR 15-X, digital radiography system, Johan Jacobs, Louis Kuitenbrouwer, Marc De Fré, RSNA, RSNA 2013
Brussels, Belgium, 29-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has approved under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Invensys of the UK by Schneider Electric of France. Both companies supply, in particular, automation and control systems. The Commission concluded that … Read the full press release
Van Hool confirms strategic importance of the American market. Van Hool and ABC: 25 years on the American market and more than 9,000 coaches sold. Koningshooikt, Belgium / Winter Garden, Fl, USA, 29-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Van Hool NV, an independent manufacturer of … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Belgium, Business, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged ABC Companies, American market, launch, new coach models, North America, Van Hool CX, Van Hool NV, Van Hool TX
Kortrijk, Belgium, 25-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Barco, a leader in professional meeting room visualization and collaboration systems, introduces the new CSM Base Unit for its ClickShare collaboration and presentation system. ClickShare now comes in two flavors – the new CSM Base Unit … Read the full press release
Schellebelle, Wichelen, Belgium, 19-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Van de Velde expects to maintain consolidated turnover at a more or less stable level in 2013 compared with 2012. This includes the retail turnover of Re-tail BV, incorporated in the consolidation since 1 April 2013. A … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Belgium, Internet & Online, Investment, Retail
Tagged EBITDA, fashion, lingerie sector, OUTLOOK 2013, PrimaDonna, Re-tail BV, Rigby & Peller, trading update, Van de Velde NV
Intershop 7 delivers a joint e-commerce platform across all company luxury lingerie retail chains, enabling effortless addition of further brands while lowering administration costs The British reference brand Rigby & Peller, goes live in Germany Jena, Germany, 19-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Belgian … Read the full press release
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