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Transport Ministers, international organisations and financial institutions join forces with IRU to revitalise the Ancient Silk Road

IRU - International Road Transport Union

Transport Ministers, representatives of International Organisations and financial institutions, as well as 350 delegates attending the 6th IRU Euro-Asian Road Transport Conference call upon governments to effectively support the revitalisation of the Ancient Silk Road by implementing key UN multilateral trade and international road transport facilitation instruments, and developing roadside auxiliary services to promote and further facilitate trade and international road transport operations across the Eurasian landmass.

 

 

HONEYWELL GREEN JET FUELTM POWERS FIRST-EVER TRANSATLANTIC BIOFUEL FLIGHT

Honeywell

-Use of Honeywell Green Jet Fuel saves 5.5 metric tons of net carbon dioxide emissions

-Green Jet Fuel now one step closer to commercial use with initial ASTM approval

-Honeywell biofuel and aviation technologies drive down flight costs,
increasing profits and reducing carbon footprints

PARIS, June 18, 2011 – Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced today that its Green Jet Fuel has successfully powered the first transatlantic biofuel flight, which landed today at Paris-Le Bourget Airport.

Chief Executive of ACCA awarded OBE

ACCA

Helen Brand, chief executive of global accountancy body ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has been awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen’s Official Birthday Honours list today (11 June 2011).

Speaking of the honour, Helen Brand says: “I am delighted to be honoured in this way. It came as a complete surprise, a very pleasant one, but a surprise nonetheless.

The Groupe Consultatif Actuariel Europeen

MCI Deutschland

MCI is an independent, global association, communications and event management company. Our combined expertise enables us to offer strategy, creativity and execution in the field of association management (AMC), Congress and Exhibition (PCO), live communication, meetings, events and incentives and performance improvement programmes.

Phase 2 of IRU’s NELTI confirms strong potential of Euro-Asian trade by road

IRU - International Road Transport Union

Final results of the second phase of the IRU’s New Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (NELTI) confirm promising prospects to further expand trade and international road transport between Europe and Asia. Top priority must now be given by governments and financial institutions to removing procedural impediments by implementing existing UN multilateral facilitation instruments and developing roadside auxiliary services to drive trade by international road transport between Asia and Europe.

 

 

VODAFONE FOUNDATION LAUNCHES EU SMART ACCESSIBILITY AWARDS

Vodafone Institute

€200k competition for developers to help improve the lives of older people and persons with disabilities across the European Union

June 2011.  In the week of the first EU Digital Assembly in Brussels, Vodafone Foundation is launching the Smart Accessibility Awards. This is a new competition to promote the development of IT applications designed to improve the lives of people with disabilities and older people to help them become more actively involved in society.

State aid rules: CEEP gives Vice President Almunia concrete proposals

CEEP - European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing public services

CEEP welcomed today the Commission Vice President, Mr Almunia, at the conference “The public services contribution to smart sustainable and inclusive growth”. “We highly appreciate the possibility to make concrete proposals on the revision of the package”, stated Carl Cederschiöld, President of CEEP. As Mr Almunia declared, his “round of consultation would not have been complete without hearing from the representatives of those who actually carry out activities of general economic interest across Europe”.

Socialist and Conservative MEPs try to down play violent attacks against gay pride in Split

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

Croatia - Gay Rights

Following the incidents that occurred during the gay pride in Split last Saturday, Ulrike Lunacek, co-spokesperson of the Greens for the Foreign Affairs Committee and Co-President of the LGBT Intergroup and Marije Cornelissen,  member of the delegation for relations with South East Europe, condemn as harmful the assessment of MEPs Doris Pack (EPP) and Hannes Swoboda (S&D) in the Croatian press regarding the Split Pride. Pack and Swoboda played the events in Split down as an "isolated incident that could happen in any EU member state".

Road transport: Interconnecting every Business and every Transport Mode between Europe and Asia

IRU - International Road Transport Union

The 6th IRU Euro-Asian Road Transport Conference and Ministerial Meeting opened today in Tbilisi, Georgia, bringing together more than 350 leading political and business representatives to identify political and operational measures to promote and further facilitate international road transport to allow it to interconnect every business and every transport mode between Europe and Asia, including through the Caucasus region as a major shortcut and logistics hub for Eurasian trade.

 

 

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