LONDON, 15-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The voice is shapeless and immaterial, and yet fills up an entire gallery in Wellcome Collection’s major spring exhibition. ‘This is a Voice’ looks inside vocal tracts, restless minds and speech devices to capture the elusive … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Bárbara Rodríguez Muñoz, THIS IS A VOICE exhibition, Wellcome Collection
CAMBRIDGE, 14-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Overweight people make unhealthier food choices than lean people when presented with real food, even though both make similar selections when presented with hypothetical choices, according to research led by the University of Cambridge and published … Read the full press release
CAMBRIDGE, 14-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Data from location-based social networks may be able to predict when a neighbourhood will go through the process of gentrification, by identifying areas with high social diversity and high deprivation. The first network to look at … Read the full press release
Everyone knows about fake handbags at the beach and replica brand-name sunglasses on the internet. But who is behind such goods? Who gains and who loses by them? And who puts themselves at risk? The STOP PIRACY Association is opening … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Government, Law, Society, Switzerland
Tagged counterfeiting exhibition, The STOP PIRACY Association, the Swiss Customs Museum
Deux priorités : Renforcer l’excellence professionnelle et développer l’employabilité de ses salariés PARIS, 12-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Gérard Mestrallet, Président-Directeur Général d’ENGIE, et Isabelle Kocher, Directeur Général Délégué, en charge des Opérations, et les 3 fédérations syndicales européennes IndustriALL, EPSU et … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, France, Society
Tagged ENGIE, EPSU, FETBB, Gérard Mestrallet, IndustriAll, Isabelle Kocher
The EBRD at 25: building private sector-led economies to strengthen economies and societies LONDON, 11-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — “Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come,” is a quote commonly attributed to the French writer Victor Hugo. … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Investment, Society
Tagged EBRD, Sir Suma Chakrabarti
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 11-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Thirty-five young people gathered in Bishkek today for the start of a two-day Model OSCE conference, simulating a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, to discuss challenges to cross-border water management in Central Asia. … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Environment, Society
Tagged Diana Digol, Kyrgyzstan, managing trans-boundary waters, Model OSCE conference
BRUSSELS, 11-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission announces €122.5 million to help Ethiopia deal with a deteriorating humanitarian situation caused by the El Niño extreme weather phenomenon. Today the European Commission has announced €122.5 million for Ethiopia to address the … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 07-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The Political Assembly of the European People’s Party (EPP) has concluded a two-day meeting in Brussels on 4-5 April 2016 discussing policies to combat terrorism and the conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region among other issues. EPP … Read the full press release
BERN, 06-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Great progress has been made in the fight against malaria – since 2000, malaria incidence among populations at risk (the rate of new cases) fell by 37% globally – yet there is so much more to … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Non Profit, Society, Switzerland
Tagged #WorldMalariaDay, Novartis Foundation
New framework contracts established with UK and EU government departments LEICESTER, 01-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Research expertise at the University of Leicester has been selected to support policymaking by government departments across Europe. The University of Leicester has been appointed to … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Government, Law, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Caroline Quest, Professor Julie Coleman, University of Leicester
BRIGHTON, 01-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Future pharmacists are set to learn vital cultural, communication and clinical skills on a new University of Sussex masters course, after the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) accredited the University to take their first students in September … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged New University of Sussex, pharmacists, Pharmacy masters
BRISTOL, 31-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Women in prominent board positions could help organisations improve corporate social performance, new research claims. Professor Sheila Ellwood, from the University of Bristol’s Department of Accounting and Finance, studied the influence of women on the boards of … Read the full press release
Dhaka, Bangladesh, 30-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — АSE Group of Companies, which is in the management circle of State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, held the Children and the Atom event for Bengali pupils which included a children drawing contest with a theme … Read the full press release
GENEVA, 24-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — As first reported by Physics World, CERN had to deal with defaced posters of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) group. CERN considers that these acts are unacceptable. They were strongly and publicly condemned. Homophobic behaviour at CERN is … Read the full press release
Posted in Science, Society, Switzerland
Tagged CERN, defaced LGBT posters, Homophobic behaviour at CERN is not tolerate
However, digitalisation not silver bullet to remove cross-border barriers BRUSSELS, 22-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — While the digitalisation of the European insurance industry will reshape the way insurers innovate, distribute and interact with their customers, it cannot remove all barriers to increasing … Read the full press release
15 to 16 April 2016 in Athens, Greece Sophia Antipolis, 22-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — In line with current events and particularly pertinent to Greece, cardiovascular prevention in refugees and other marginalised groups is on the agenda of EuroHeartCare 2016, which will … Read the full press release
Posted in Greece, Healthcare, Society
Tagged Cardiovascular prevention in refugees, Dr Jeroen Hendriks, EuroHeartCare 2016
AMSTERDAM, 18-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — AfterPay voelt zich sterk verbonden met de Nederlandse samenleving. Wij vinden het belangrijk om natuur toegankelijker te maken, zodat iedereen in Nederland de natuur echt kan beleven. Daarom is AfterPay vanaf 2016 trotse sponsor van ‘It … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, Netherlands, Non Profit, Society
Tagged 'It Fryske Gea', 2016 trotse sponsor, AfterPay
LONDON, 17-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Late at Tate will return to Tate Britain this season with a new series of free events curated by young people. The gallery will open up on the first Friday evenings of April, June, August, October … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged art, Duerckheim Collection, free events, Late at Tate, t Tate Britain for 2016, Tracey Emin
HELVOIRT, 16-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Over 10,000 international private collectors, curators and representatives from the world’s leading museums and public institutions visited TEFAF Maastricht 2016 on the Preview day, Thursday 10th March. The opening day, Friday 11th March, saw over … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Marketing, Netherlands, Society
Tagged Colnaghi, Dansk Møbelkunst, E.H. Ariëns Kappers, Mark Kremer, TEFAF Maastricht 2016
STOCKHOLM, 11-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — On 7 March, the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) presented its overall observations on Sweden’s gender equality work. The Committee’s opinion was generally positive. However, it voiced criticism concerning the … Read the full press release
Posted in Government, Society, Sweden
Tagged Åsa Regnér, CHILDREN, gender equality, Sweden, Sweden’s gender equality, the Elderly, UN CEDAW
WORLD’S MOST LITERATE NATIONS RANKED First analysis of its kind NEW BRITAIN, CT, United States, 08-Mar-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The World’s Most Literate Nations (WMLN) study, the first to analyze large-scale trends in literate behavior and literacy in more than … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, News, Science, Society
Tagged ability to read, Central Connecticut State University, cultural vitality, Janice Palmer, John W. Miller, knowledge-based economics, Literacy, literacy issues, literate behavior, Mark McLaughlin, Michael C. McKenna, most literate nations, Most Literate Nations study, PIRLS, PISA, WMLN
First-of-its-kind service launched in districts in Tanzania where maternal and infant mortality rates believed to be among highest in the world Districts Sengerema and Shinyanga are about the size of Belgium, have a population of at least two million and … Read the full press release
One in five over 55s are considering buying their ideal retirement home now and letting it out until they retire More than half plan to raid their pension savings to fund their ideal retirement home Post-pension freedoms three in ten … Read the full press release
Posted in Insurance, Real Estate, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Prudential, retirement, retirement property
Coventry, UK, 25-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The effects of austerity Britain on Coventry & Warwickshire are to be discussed at a public meeting which will bring together local charities, campaigners and academics. The University of Warwick is organising the event which … Read the full press release
Coventry, UK, 25-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — New health and social care guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) aims to improve support for thousands of young people receiving health or social care as they become adults. Chaired … Read the full press release
University of Leicester researchers examine associations between mortality under 75 years and general practice characteristics LEICESTER, 24-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — General practitioner numbers appear to have a small but important influence on premature mortality rates in England, according to research … Read the full press release
Dundee, Scotland, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — An exhibition celebrating 110 years of education and social work training will open at the University of Dundee this week. ‘Transforming lives through Education and Social Work: More than a Century of Making a … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Education, Society, United Kingdom
Dundee, Scotland, 22-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — What would you do if you only had 48 hours to change the world? That’s a question designers from Dundee will be grappling with when they get together with people from all walks of life … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Dundee Service Jam, Megan McKee, Professor Mike Press, UNESCO, University of Dundee
Holzkirchen, Germany, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Sandoz, together with leading global charity World Child Cancer (WCC), is pleased to announce a new health initiative in the Philippines, aimed at improving the standard of care for children suffering from cancer. Cancer survival … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Healthcare, Society
Tagged Cancer, health initiative in the Philippines, Jon Rosser, Paul Geymayer, Sandoz, World Child Cancer
NOTTINGHAM, 18-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Suicide is the second leading cause of death in young people aged between 15 and 29 worldwide – in the UK alone, 3,156 in this age group died by suicide in 2011-2013. A study led by … Read the full press release
SURREY, 17-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — We need to involve the whole community to bring about a revolution in suicide prevention, and Samaritans welcomes the Mental Health Taskforce report as a step in the right direction. We are pleased to see that … Read the full press release
Posted in Management, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Mental Health Taskforce, Ruth Sutherland, Samaritans, suicide prevention
Chennai, India, 10-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — An increase in smoking and physical inactivity in young adults in India has led to an alarming rise in heart attacks, doctors warned today at the 67th Annual Conference of the Cardiological Society of … Read the full press release
Leicestershire, UK, 09-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — The University has extended the deadline for its Special Projects Fund and will now be accepting bids until Friday 19 February. The Special Projects Fund is one of four rounds offered by the University as … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Financial, Society, United Kingdom
PARIS, 05-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — “Les Elles du Groupe BPCE”, réseau fédérateur des réseaux de femmes du groupe, ont lancé leur blog. Sa vocation : être la vitrine des actions que mènent les femmes pour défendre et promouvoir la mixité au … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Internet & Online, Society
2016 marks 30 years of commitment by the Novartis Foundation to support people affected by leprosy and to end this ancient disease New strategy from the Novartis Foundation to accelerate elimination is focused on interrupting transmission of the disease Last … Read the full press release
Posted in Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Society, Switzerland
Study by DEG and The Boston Consulting Group analyses good practices in developing countries Companies, staff, suppliers and society are benefiting COLOGNE, 25-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — More than 200 million people worldwide are looking for jobs. Companies at the same time … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Germany, Society
Tagged BCG, Bridging the skills gaps in developing countries can create jobs, Bruno Wenn, create jobs, DEG, skills gaps
Henrike Lähnemann tritt Professur für Germanistische Mediävistik an FREIBURG, 22-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Mit einer öffentlichen Vorlesung zu Handschriften aus norddeutschen Frauenklöstern wird Henrike Lähnemann am 21. Januar 2016 offiziell in ihre Professur für Germanistische Mediävistik an der Universität Oxford/ England … Read the full press release
Final increase to the extraordinary promotion for creating refugee accommodation – up to a total of EUR 1.5 billion by means of interest-free loans for municipalities Around 550 loan commitments with a total volume of EUR 1,045 million have been … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, Germany, Government, Society
Tagged interest-free loans, KfW, Peter Altmaier, refugees, refugees' permanent housing and social integration
KASSEL, Germany, 20-Jan-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — K+S Aktiengesellschaft is supporting the Fulda German Red Cross (Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) District Association with a targeted donation in the development of a refugee accommodation. Six office containers have been procured in a company … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Non Profit, Society
Tagged Dr. Andreas Radmacher, Fulda German Red Cross, K+S Aktiengesellschaft, refugee accommodation
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