MANCHESTER, 18-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — National family law provider, Co-op Legal Services has launched a fully comprehensive digital divorce service, enabling people to start their divorce online, supported by phone-based advice provided by experienced solicitors. Each year, more than 100,000 divorces are granted² … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Law, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Co-op Legal Services, digital divorce service, family law, Tracey Moloney
The 48th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting will take place on 23-26 January in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, under the theme, Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World Unprecedented participation expected from global leaders including 70 heads of state or government and 38 heads … Read the full press release
Posted in Economy, Environment, Government, Politics, Society, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Alain Berset, Cyril Ramaphosa, divisions, Donald Trump, economy, Emmanuel Macron, Environment, Jean-Claude Juncker, Justin Trudeau, leaders, Liu He, Mauricio Macri, Michel Temer, multiconceptual, multipolar, Narendra Modi, Paolo Gentiloni, Professor Klaus Schwab, SECURITY, The World Economic Forum, Theresa May
BERN, 16-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — On 15 January 2018, an agreement conferring privileges and immunities on Interpeace in Switzerland was signed on behalf of the Federal Council by Ambassador Roberto Balzaretti, head of the Directorate of International Law of the Federal … Read the full press release
Posted in Government, Politics, Security & Safety, Society, Switzerland
Tagged foreign affairs, Foreign Policy, Geneva, immunities, Interpeace, peacebuilding, privileges, Swiss Federal Council
BERN, 16-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Die UNO schätzt, dass bis 2030 jährlich 2,5 Billionen Dollar zusätzliche Gelder benötigt werden, um ihre nachhaltigen Entwicklungsziele zu erreichen. Am 18. Januar 2018 zeigt eine Konferenz in Zürich neue Finanzierungsmechanismen wie die „Social Impact Bonds“ … Read the full press release
EXETER, 15-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists have produced a series of papers designed to improve research on conservation and the environment. A group of researchers, led by the University of Exeter, have contributed to a special feature of the journal Methods in Ecology … Read the full press release
SWINDON, 12-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — NERC would like to congratulate colleagues and members of the environmental science community who have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year honours list 2018. This year’s recipients were honoured for their vital work across a … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Environment, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged biodiversity, Dr Phil Trathan, floods, geomagnetism, Maureen Smith, meteorology, Natural Environment Research Council, NERC, Paul Hayden, pollution, Professor Helen Roy, Professor Kathryn Whaler, Professor Richard Thompson, Professor Stephen Sparks, Queen's New Year honours list 2018, the British Antarctic Survey, University of Bristol, University of Edinburgh, University of Plymouth, volcanology
PARIS, 11-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — On December 21, 2017, Fromageries Bel signed an addendum to extend the maturity of its € 520 million multi-currency revolving credit facility and, on that occasion, chose to include environmental and social impact criteria. The maturity … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Education, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, France, Investment, Society
Tagged Benoit Rousseau, credit, CSR, dairy, Fromageries Bel, GreenhouseGas, lending, Nutrition, Pierre Palmieri, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE
STUTTGART, 10-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Up until 26 February 2018, sports fans from around the world can choose the Laureus Best Sporting Moment of the Year 2017 in the final round of voting. The competition, initiated by Laureus and supported by … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Germany, Media, Monaco, Society, Sports
Tagged Alan Ruschel, Billy Whizz, Bradley Lowery, Brave Bradley, Chapecoense football team, Dedication, FairPlay, Iowa Hawkeyes, Jermain Defoe, Kimi Raikkonen, Laureus, Laureus Best Sporting Moment of the Year 2017, Laureus World Sports Academy, Mercedes‑Benz, Social Commitment, sports, TeamSpirit, Thomas Danel
Fife, Scotland, 08-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Ground-breaking public engagement programme Cell Block Science, led by researchers at the University of St Andrews to deliver informal science learning to prisoners, receives £150k Wellcome Trust funding to roll-out nationwide. Cell Block Science is a … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Investment, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Cell Block Science programme, funding, learning, prisoners, STEM, University of St Andrews, Wellcome Trust
University of Birmingham academic Professor James Arthur has been awarded an OBE in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to character and values education. BIRMINGHAM, 08-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — University alumni Andrew Ready, a leading surgeon, and Sabrina Francis, a … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged 2018 New Year Honours, Andrew Ready, awarded, OBE, Professor James Arthur, Sabrina Francis, University of Birmingham
Heathrow has restructured environmental charges to incentivise airlines to use cleaner, quieter aircraft Environmental charges set to increase 7% from 1st January 2018 Change is part of Heathrow’s efforts to minimise the airport’s impacts on local communities LONDON, 04-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Society, Transportation & Logistics, Travel, United Kingdom
Tagged environmental charges, Heathrow, John Holland-Kaye, local communities
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
UN Environment and BNP Paribas have today signed a milestone agreement at the One Planet Summit to establish Sustainable Finance Facilities, collaborative partnerships aimed at raising development capital to drive sustainable economic growth in emerging countries. UN Environment and BNP Paribas will … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 13-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has announced today 13 new actions worth €174.4 million under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa to support refugees and host communities in the Horn of Africa region. At this occasion, Commissioner … Read the full press release
LIVERPOOL, 11-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — A new exhibition exploring the troubled lives of eighteenth and nineteenth century convicts, produced in collaboration with the University of Liverpool’s Digital Panopticon Project, opens on Monday. Criminal Lives, 1780-1925: Punishing Old Bailey Convicts, runs at the … Read the full press release
Saint-Ouen, France, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Since its creation in 2007, the Alstom Foundation has carried out more than 150 projects around the world, in order to support sustainability, social development, the access to water and energy, mobility and environmental protection … Read the full press release
BRIGHTON, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Ivor Gaber, Professor of Political Journalism at the University of Sussex, has been re-elected to represent the United Kingdom on an important press freedom body at UNESCO, the United Nation’s body responsible for developing and supporting … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Media, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged press freedom body, Professor Ivor Gaber, UNESCO, University of Sussex
Riga, Latvia, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — For the tenth year in a row, in collaboration with ABLV Bank, the ABLV Charitable Foundation is organising a Christmas Charitable Campaign in which everyone, who cares about the Foundation’s goals and who wants to … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Latvia, Society
Tagged ABLV Charitable Foundation, Christmas Charitable Campaign, “New Riga” programme
Researchers from the University of Bristol studying wild dwarf mongooses have provided insight into what happens when immigrants join a new group. BRISTOL, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers from the University of Bristol studying wild dwarf mongooses have provided insight into … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Julie Kern, Professor Andy Radford, University of Bristol, wild dwarf mongooses
ZURICH, 05-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Two researchers from the University of Zurich have been awarded lucrative Consolidator Grants: The European Research Council has awarded funds to Prof. Daniel Moeckli, whose research focuses on the interplay between people’s sovereignty and the rule … Read the full press release
LONDON, 01-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — On December 5-6, 2017, 200 high-level experts from government, academia, biopharmaceutical developers and patient organisations convene in London (UK) to address the mounting challenge of accessibility and patient access to high-value, high-cost medical therapies. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Government, Healthcare, News, Non Profit, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged academia, Aetna, analytica|LASER, auto-immune diseases, biopharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical developers, Cancer, deadly HIV epidemic, Dr. Harold Paz, Dr. Olivier Brandicourt, Dr. Sarah Garner, drug developers, drug policy, EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe, French HAS, global health systems sustainability, government, health ministries, health systems, Healthcare, high-cost medical therapies, high-value medicines, Julia Corner, life-saving drugs, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, medicine access, medicine accessibility, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, not-for-profit event, patient access, patient organisations, Pharmaceutical, Prof Peter Piot, Prof. Dominique Le Guludec, Prof. Lucien Abenhaim, rare disease, rare diseases, Renaissance St Pancras Hotel, Sanofi, Sir Andrew Dillon, Ulrich Neumann, World Health Organization, Yann Le Cam
The success of integration is largely dependent upon education and training, and therefore within the refugee initiative of the same name, Borealis and the Johannes Kepler University (JKU) in Linz, Austria have instituted the joint “MORE” project, which is intended … Read the full press release
Prime Minister Theresa May will confirm a new £70 million package of recovery and reconstruction support for British islands hit by recent hurricanes. LONDON, 28-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Leaders from 11 British Overseas Territories will meet in Downing Street on Tuesday 28 … Read the full press release
INEOS is facing widespread illegal action by hardcore anti-fracking activists, including dangerous direct action and death threats Shale activists challenged the injunctions, but the judge found overwhelmingly in our favour The injunctions prohibit unlawful actions including trespass, criminal damage and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Government, Law, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged hardcore anti-fracking activists, illegal action, INEOS, INEOS Shale, Tom Pickering
Frankfurt am Main, 23-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Human Rights Campaign recently recognized Deutsche Bank as among the world’s Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality after the bank scored a perfect 100 on HRC’s annual Corporate Equality Index. This is the 15th consecutive year … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Management, Society
Tagged Deutsche Bank, Human Rights Campaign, John Cryan, ‘Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality’
Anna’s Gender Equality Prize for 2017, is awarded Swedbank with the statement that the bank, through its dedicated and long-term commitment, has achieved major concrete successes in the field of gender equality and diversity. STOCKHOLM, 21-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Anna’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Banks, Management, Society, Sweden
Tagged Anna’s Gender Equality Prize, Birgitte Bonnesen, diversity work, gender equality, Swedbank
ABERDEEN, 09-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Actor and presenter Sir Tony Robinson has joined forces with renowned composer Professor Paul Mealor to create a Christmas concert that will raise funds for cancer and dementia research at the University of Aberdeen. The fourth … Read the full press release
Decorative poppies fitted to Stagecoach buses Poppies to be displayed on all megabus.com vehicles across the UK PERTH, Scotland, 07-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Stagecoach Group’s bus and rail companies are helping to support the Royal British Legion’s 2017 Poppy Appeal. During … Read the full press release
Posted in Non Profit, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged 2017 Poppy Appeal, Royal British Legion, Stagecoach Group
Free public event at University of Leicester on 21 November LEICESTER, 06-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Mental health issues and their depiction on film and TV will be discussed at a public event at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 21 November. … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Media, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Marie Nugent, Media, mental health, Public event, University of Leicester
Annual Aubrey Newman Lecture at the University of Leicester to take place on Tuesday 7 November LEICESTER, 06-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Jewish survivors of the Holocaust and their rescuers are the focus of a free public lecture taking place at the … Read the full press release
BRIGHTON, 03-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Experts are gathering at the University of Sussex this week for a two-day conference debating misogyny and gender hate online. María Rún Bjarnadóttir, Doctoral Researcher in Law at the University of Sussex, says: “Misogynistic speech is not a … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged gender hate, María Rún Bjarnadóttir, misogyny, University of Sussex
NOTTINGHAM, 01-Nov-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — From roads and rail to Robin Hood energy, students and graduates are lending a fresh perspective to Nottingham’s public policy. The growth of a partnership with Nottingham City Council has seen more students contributing to … Read the full press release
Aalst, Belgium, 26-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — No less than 100 Jan De Nul NV employees in Aalst donated blood to the Red Cross. This is the third consecutive year Jan De Nul organises the blood donation drive and renews its … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Construction, Management, Society
Tagged Dirk De Nul, donated blood to the Red Cross, Eline Vandenbroeck, Jan De Nul NV
MOSCOW, 25-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered a range of vulnerabilities contained in popular dating apps which have the potential to result in various negative consequences for users: from simply identifying a particular person, to unsecured data transmissions and the … Read the full press release
Posted in Internet & Online, Russia, Security & Safety, Society, Technology
Tagged data protection, dating apps, Kaspersky Lab, Roman Unuchek
Ergebnisse der Evaluierung der QCI-Plattform zur Interpretation klinisch relevanter Genvarianten werden auf der ASHG 2017 von Counsyl vorgestellt Orlando, Florida (USA), Germantown, Maryland (USA), und Hilden (Deutschland), 20-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — QIAGEN (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurter Börse: QIA) gab heute bekannt, … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Society, Technology
Tagged ASHG 2017, Bioinformatik-Lösungen, Counsyl, Frauengesundheit, genetischer Tests, Genvarianten, QCI-Plattform, QIAGEN
Konstanz, Germany, 20-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Was macht Stress mit unserem Gehirn? Welche Rolle spielen Tiere in der Philosophie? Zeigt die Geschichte Muster, die eine Prognose der Zukunft erlauben? Antworten zu diesen und vielen weiteren Fragen gibt das Studium Generale, die … Read the full press release
MANCHESTER, 20-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Co-op Funeralcare in Southport has launched bereavement group, ‘Friends Together’, aimed to support members of the local community through the loss of a loved one. Co-op’s ‘Friends Together’ monthly lunch was introduced by Estate Planning Lead, Debbie … Read the full press release
Posted in Management, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Co-op Funeralcare, Debbie Hall, loss of a loved one, Reverend Marie-Anne Kent
• Over a third (35%) of Brits don’t think modern slavery exists where they live • More than two thirds (68%) of Brits admit they simply wouldn’t know what signs to look for, when looking for evidence of modern slavery … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Management, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Co-op, modern slavery in UK, Paul Gerrard, RESEARCH
Attitudes of the Swiss population: between openness and distance towards certain population groups Neuchâtel, 12-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — In 2016, 36% of the population said they might feel uncomfortable in the presence of people perceived to be different, due to, for … Read the full press release
Posted in Government, Society, Switzerland
Tagged coexistence in Switzerland, Federal Statistical Office, Survey on diversity
EXETER, UK, 10-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Anti-nuclear campaigners, including a University of Exeter academic, have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The work of Richard Moyes and other members of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) was honoured because … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Environment, Science, Society, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Anti-nuclear campaigners, ICAN, Nobel Peace Prize, Richard Moyes, University of Exeter
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