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Bayer Group helps refugees in Germany with a number of measures and activities

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

Alstom to finance energy kiosk project in Zambia

Levallois-Perret, France, 16-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Alstom is financing an energy kiosk project in Zambia to meet the needs of people who are not connected to the network. This project is financed by the savings made through the “We share … Read the full press release

Fondazione Bruno Kessler: Ecco il programma della notte dei ricercatori 2015

Trento, Italy, 15-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Presentato oggi il programma dell’evento che si terrà anche a Trento, come in tante altre città europee, il prossimo 25 settembre nei padiglioni di Trento Fiere in via Briamasco e al Palazzo delle Albere. Circa … Read the full press release

Proximus received MS@Work 2015 Award by National Belgian Multiple Sclerosis League for employing people with Multiple Sclerosis

On 9 September, Proximus received the MS@Work 2015 Award. The Award was presented by the National Belgian Multiple Sclerosis League as recognition for the positive policy Proximus pursues with regard to employing people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). BRUSSELS, 14-9-2015 — … Read the full press release

K+S Aktiengesellschaft Signs Up to the UN Global Compact

Kassel, Germany, 11-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — With its accession to the Global Compact, K+S has underscored its support for the ten principlesin the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption. In the case of K+S, these principles are already reflected … Read the full press release

AF Gruppen nominated by Boligbygg Oslo KF to build and renovate 91 Omsorg flats in Oslo

AF Gruppen (AFG) has been nominated by Boligbygg Oslo KF to build and renovate 91 Omsorg + (assisted living witch caring functions) flats in Trondheimsveien 387 in Oslo. OSLO, 10-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Boligbygg is a municipal undertaking in Oslo … Read the full press release

Corporate Europe Observatory report reveals the dramatic extent of the pharmaceutical industry’s lobbying efforts towards EU decision-makers

BRUSSELS, 4-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A new report released today reveals the dramatic extent of the pharmaceutical industry’s lobbying efforts towards EU decision-makers, with the industry spending an estimated 15 times more than civil society actors working on public health … Read the full press release

Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA): New evidence that Japan Government continues to recklessly expose its citizens to heavily polluted whale and dolphin products

New analysis of toxic whale & dolphin meat shows Japan still gambling with human health LONDON, 2-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — As Japan’s annual coastal whale and dolphin hunting season began today with the aim of killing more than 15,000 marine mammals, the … Read the full press release

Lufthansa’s Ju 52 placed under protection by the Office of Historic Monuments of the Hamburg Cultural Authority

COLOGNE, 24-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — It is one of the oldest passenger planes in the world still flying. Its many admirers at home and abroad lovingly call it “Tante Ju” (Auntie Ju) or more respectfully, the “Grande Dame of the … Read the full press release

Hydro contributes new website industriarven.no to celebrate the addition of Notodden and Rjukan to the UNESCO World Heritage List

OSLO, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today the Telemark region of Norway is celebrating the addition of Notodden and Rjukan to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Hydro’s contribution includes the new website industriarven.no, a popularized account of what this world heritage … Read the full press release

Destatis: 4.8% increase of newborn children in Germany in 2014 vs 2013

WIESBADEN,  21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In 2014, the number of live births in Germany was 715,000. Based on provisional figures, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of 33,000 newborn children, or 4.8%, compared with … Read the full press release

Die Airbus Group trauert um den ehemaligen Vorsitzenden der Geschäftsführung der Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH (MBB), Dr.-Ing. Hanns-Arnt Vogels

Toulouse, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Die Airbus Group trauert um den ehemaligen Vorsitzenden der Geschäftsführung der Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH (MBB), Dr.-Ing. Hanns-Arnt Vogels. Der Ingenieur und Manager starb am 11. August 2015 im Alter von 89 Jahren in Düsseldorf. MBB gehört … Read the full press release

RBS CEO Ross McEwan was a guest of Street Soccer Scotland’s CEO David Duke at training session of the Scottish Homeless World Cup teams in Dundee

Scotland’s squads are banking on success after RBS CEO Ross McEwan dropped in to watch them prepare for their attempts to win the Homeless World Cup. EDINBURGH, 21-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — On Wednesday RBS CEO Ross McEwan was a guest of … Read the full press release

Halifax research: average pocket money given to 8-15 year olds in UK has increased by 448% since 1987

The average amount of pocket money paid to kids is £6.20 per week Only 59% of kids are expected to undertake chores in return for their allowance – down from 65% in 2014 Fewer girls (53%) are being asked to … Read the full press release

Lloyds Bank research: UK household savings grown more than sixfold (452%) over the past 40 years

Average savings per household has increased four-fold from £36,989 in 1975 to £145,566 Over a third of savings held in deposits, but proportion held in shares continues to fall Sixteen fold increase in value of pensions drives growth in household … Read the full press release

University of Southampton: Int’l researchers to trial the use of a combination of nutrients and probiotics before and during pregnancy in a bid to improve the health of mothers and their babies

SOUTHAMPTON, 5-8-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers in the United Kingdom (Southampton), Singapore and New Zealand (Auckland) from the EpiGen Global Research Consortium are to trial the use of a combination of nutrients and probiotics before and during pregnancy in a bid … Read the full press release

UZH national study reveal legal measures for alcohol drinking have preventive effect on young consumers in Switzerland

ZURICH, 31-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Young men are at risk from alcohol consumption. Regulations such as the minimum legal drinking age can protect them. As a national study headed by UZH scientists reveals: The more legal measures for alcohol prevention … Read the full press release

ESRI, Trinity College Dublin study: Two-thirds of people aged over 50 unable to provide basic information on their future pension benefits

The ESRI and Trinity College Dublin have released a new study examining how well-informed people are about their future pension benefits. Two-thirds of people who are aged over 50 and who are members of pension schemes were unable to provide … Read the full press release

Join Jean-Paul Gravel, Leading Expert in Dissolving Limiting Beliefs, on his groundbreaking Emotional Freedom Retreats in Europe

Experience the transformation of a lifetime in just a few days VANCOUVER, Canada, 30-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Renowned personal coach from Canada and leading expert in dissolving limiting beliefs, Jean-Paul Gravel, invites those interested in personal development to join his Emotional … Read the full press release

“The Scientist” – the documentary about the life and work of Raphael Mechoulam

TEL AVIV, Israel, 30-7-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — In 1964 Professor Raphael Mechoulam was on a public bus carrying 5 kilos of premium Lebanese hashish in a plastic bag to his laboratory at the Weitzmann Institute in Rehovot. That noticeably fragrant … Read the full press release