DUBLIN, 28-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Religious education in Irish primary schools should not promote any particular religion over others and should also include the study of non-religious worldviews such as Humanism, according to sociologists at Trinity College Dublin. Growing secularisation of … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Ireland, Religion, Science, Society
Tagged Irish primary schools, Religion, Religious education, Trinity College Dublin
Branson signs Project Literacy petition, raising awareness of the 757m people who can’t read, write or sign their name LONDON, 23-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Richard Branson has signed the largest petition ever committed to raising awareness of the global challenge … Read the full press release
SURREY, 23-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Samaritans’ Press team has won a national public relations award for their work with the media on the reporting of the suicide of Robin Williams last year. The team was highly commended in the Issues … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Media, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Crisis management, PR award, PR Week Awards, Robin Williams, Robin Williams suicide, Samaritans
PARIS, 20-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Terrorist financing is high on the agenda for the FATF Plenary week, which starts on Saturday 17 October. This will be the first Plenary meeting under the Korean presidency of Mr. Je-Yoon Shin. The week of … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, France, Government, Society
Tagged FATF, FATF Plenary week, Terrorist, terrorist financing
PARIS, 20-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG) held a joint Experts Meeting on Corruption in Paris on 17 October 2015. This is the fifth time that the FATF and G20 ACWG … Read the full press release
Posted in Financial, France, Government, Society
Tagged ACWG, Anti-Corruption Working Group, Corruption in Paris, FATF, Financial Action Task Force, G20, Mr. Mete Demirci
Mondelēz International scales up Cocoa Life in Côte d’Ivoire with Barry Callebaut and Solidaridad Will Contribute to Doubling Farmers Reach to 26,000 by 2016 Supplier and Development NGO Work Side by Side on the Ground By 2022, $400 Million Investment … Read the full press release
Popularity of Swish hastens digitalisation of country’s money STOCKHOLM, 16-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Sweden is on track to becoming the world’s first cashless society, thanks to the country’s embrace of IT, as well as a crackdown on organized crime and … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Finland, Society, Sweden
Tagged Danish banks, KTH, Niklas Arvidsson:, world's first cashless society
Gütersloh, Germany, 13-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Jeder Mensch hat ein Recht darauf, in Würde alt zu werden. Dazu gehört ein auskömmliches Einkommen im Alter. Doch viele Deutsche sind bereits heute armutsgefährdet. Wir haben die Altersarmut nach Bundesländern und sozialen Gruppen untersucht und … Read the full press release
BERLIN, 12-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The refugee/migrant crisis, improving the reporting of science stories and the future of journalism in a post-Snowden world are all on the agenda at the 10th News Assembly in Berlin on 26 – 27 October. … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Media, Science, Society
Tagged 10th News Assembly in Berlin, Alan Pearce, Carl Honoré, EBU, Reporting on refugee crisis, Snowden
BRUSSELS, 1-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — It has been a hot summer in the fight against cigarette smuggling: customs administrations in several EU Member States have seized 125 million cigarettes with the support of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) over the … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Law, Society
Tagged cigarettes, Mr Giovanni Kessler, OLAF
In the context of the efforts to help addressing the plight of the refugees in the wider Middle East region, the European Union (EU) announced that it will support Palestine refugees with fresh funding totalling € 30 million. BRUSSELS, 1-10-2015 … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Non Profit, Society
Tagged EU, Johannes Hahn, UNRWA
Eschborn, 28-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Mehr als 360 Läuferinnen und Läufer gingen gestern beim 7. Charity-Lauf der VR Leasing Gruppe in Eschborn zugunsten der Bürgerstiftung Vordertaunus an den Start. Der Lauf musste aufgrund des starken Regens jedoch vorzeitig abgebrochen werden. … Read the full press release
Gesellschaftliches Engagement von Henkel und seinen Mitarbeitern Düsseldorf, 28-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Jeden Tag strömen tausende Flüchtlinge nach Europa und insbesondere nach Deutschland – auf der Suche nach Sicherheit und einem besseren Leben. Allein in Düsseldorf, wo Henkel seinen Firmensitz … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Non Profit, Society
Tagged Hefte, Henkel-Mitarbeiter, Hilfe für Flüchtlinge, Kathrin Menges, Kirsten Sánchez Marín, Schulmaterialien, Stifte, Tornister
BASEL, 25-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Pioneering healthcare models that have a transformational impact on the health of the poorest populations in the world lies at the core of the Novartis Foundation. As world leaders meet in New York to discuss … Read the full press release
A panel of leading historians will discuss Europe’s ‘forgotten union’ at a special event to launch a new book by an Aberdeen academic. ABERDEEN, 25-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor Robert Frost’s work, The Making of the Polish-Lithuanian Union 1385-1569, is the … Read the full press release
Santander International Summer School to be held in Heidelberg 26 September – 4 October 2015 Heidelberg, Germany, 22-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Heidelberg University has invited outstanding doctoral students from Brazil, China, Germany, Greece, Great Britain, India, Austria, Sweden and Spain … Read the full press release
The assumption that rising unemployment, leads to rising crime, is being challenged by new research from the UK universities of Southampton and Sheffield and the French university SciencesPo. Southampton, 22-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Their study has found that the relationship … Read the full press release
In the course of just one week, Ramboll has been trusted with two high-stake projects to help German authorities deal with the rising number of asylum seekers. COPENHAGEN, 22-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — When several hundred thousand refugees are on the … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Germany, Non Profit, Society
Tagged asylum seekers, Rambøll, refugees, rising number of asylum seekers
Espoo, Finland, 21-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Rovio, Earth Day Network and their partners are challenging Angry Birds players of the world to champion the environment and fight climate change in Champions for Earth, a weeklong tournament on Angry Birds Friends. The tournament … Read the full press release
Job preparation foundation course / Leave for volunteering employees / Additional activities by foundations and company clubs Leverkusen, 21-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The Bayer Group is helping refugees in Germany with a large number of measures and activities. Depending on … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Non Profit, Society
Tagged Bayer Group, Georg Müller, Oliver Zühlke, refugees in Germany
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