EBRD and three municipal infrastructure companies in Kazakhstan launch investment programmes to ensure sustainable development LONDON, 19-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is launching an integrated approach to modernise municipal infrastructure facilities in Kyzylorda, … Read the full press release
Brussels, 19-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Member states that have to pay exceptionally high additional contributions to the EU budget as a result of the annual revision of their VAT and GNI data may request to defer their contributions until 1 September of … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, European Union, Financial, France, Government, Italy, Malta, Slovenia, United Kingdom
Tagged additional contributions to the EU budget, EU budget, EU Council
Brussels, 19-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has for the first time approved state aid evaluation plans for two different aid schemes in the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom. It will enable both countries to provide aid of … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Financial, Government, Society
Tagged aid schemes, Czech Republic, state aid evaluation plans, The European Commission, United Kingdom
LONDON, 18-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of its commitment to helping Britain prosper, Lloyds Banking Group is awarding £1m in grants to 17 credit unions in 2014 as part of the Lloyds Banking Group Credit Union Development Fund (Fund) … Read the full press release
PARIS, 18-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BNP Paribas closed today the acquisition of 81.4% stake in DAB Bank AG from Unicredit AG, together with the voluntary offer to minority shareholders. Following this step, BNP Paribas now controls 91.7% of DAB Bank’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, France, Germany, Management
Tagged BNP Paribas c, Camille Fohl, DAB Bank AG, Kai Friedrich, Unicredit AG
ESET researchers have analyzed a broad family of this malware and its modus operandi. Bratislava, Slovakia, 17-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ESET® research team from Canada has analyzed a widespread case of ransomware generally known as TorrentLocker, which started spreading in early … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Internet & Online, Slovakia, Technology
Tagged ESET® Canada, Marc-Etienne M. Léveillé, ransomware, TorrentLocker
Cards, such as identification cards and credit cards, which are impossible to hack. With a system based on quantum physics this will soon be possible. Researchers from the UT research institute MESA+ and the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) have … Read the full press release
Coventry, UK, 15-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The University of Warwick’s Faculty of Science has been awarded €5m in research grants by the European Research Council. The three ERC Starting Grants were awarded to researchers from the University’s Department of Chemistry and … Read the full press release
Groundbreaking ceremony attended by Michael Häupl, Mayor of Vienna, Karlheinz Hora, Head of Leopoldstadt District Authority, René Benko, founder of SIGNA, and Willibald Cernko, Chief Executive Officer of Bank Austria Construction work commencing early in 2015 and scheduled for completion … Read the full press release
A state-of-the-art centre to teach students the latest innovations in engineering and robotics is at the heart of a new £10 million investment at the University of Sussex. BRIGHTON, 12-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Half of the money (£4.9 million) for … Read the full press release
Grant is part of Accenture’s Skills to Succeed corporate citizenship initiative BERLIN, 11-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture and the Accenture Foundations have awarded Social Business Women US$1.3 million to deliver job and entrepreneurial skills training to more than 2,000 women in Germany who experience … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Germany, Management, Society, Technology
Tagged Accenture, Gabriele Moehlke, Jill Huntley, Social Business Women
Increasing number of first-time directors entering market with less capital One in 13 directors lives in social housing Nottingham, UK, 9-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The number of first-time business directors in the UK is at an all-time high, according to Experian … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Management, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Experian, first-time business directors in the UK, Max Firth
KASSEL, 9-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Wintershall is not only dedicated to securing the energy supply; it also supports non-profit organizations in the company’s core regions. This year the beneficiaries of the company’s traditional Christmas donation, which totals 50,000 euros, are social and … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Germany, Management, Society
Tagged Rainer Seele, social and charity projects, Wintershall
Amsterdam, 9-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has provided its Allynis Trusted Services Hub (TSH) to secure NFC payment services launched by Taiwan Mobile Payment Co. (TWMP). TWMP is a mobile-payments joint venture … Read the full press release
Amsterdam, 9-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that its Allynis Trusted Service Hub is enabling the commercial rollout of Valyou, Norway’s first mobile NFC payment service, by Telenor, DNB and SpareBank … Read the full press release
Veolia Environnement announces its decision to request the voluntary delisting of its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the termination of its registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in accordance with … Read the full press release
Winter is upon us, and most of us need an extra dose of vitamins. Metaphorically speaking, this is also the case for large parts of the world economy where the economic performance has again made Nordea revise down the expectations … Read the full press release
Augsburg, 3-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Now that more than 80% of the shares have been tendered in the public tender offer process, KUKA AG is aiming at a complete takeover of Swisslog Holding AG.In case of holding more than 90% of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Management, Switzerland
Tagged KUKA AG, Swisslog Holding AG
KfW IPEX-Bank provides funding for Viking River Cruises Order for the building of river cruise ships placed with Neptun Werft shipyard in Rostock Frankfurt am Main, 3-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — KfW IPEX-Bank is financing the construction of ten river cruise … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Germany, Transportation & Logistics, Travel
Tagged Christian K. Murach, KfW, KfW IPEX-Bank, river cruise ships, Viking River Cruises
Germany: KfW Research cuts growth forecast for 2015 by half to 0.8%; 2014 expectations also lowered once again to 1.4% Eurozone: economic output grows only 1.0% in 2015; 2014 forecast is 0.7% Frankfurt am Main, 3-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Economy, Financial, Germany, Government
Tagged Dr Jörg Zeuner, German economy, KfW, KfW Economic outlook 2015
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