 MetCap and GE Announce Advanced Technology Projects to Boost Turkey’s Energy Supply Including Eurostar and Dervish Extension
 Energy Output License Extension Paves Way for MetCap to Add Second Unit of GE’s New FlexEfficiency* Technology for Dervish Extension
 New Investments will Push MetCap Installed Capacity with GE Technology to more than 2,000 Megawatts by 2016

Water shortages, droughts and floods in a variety of European regions are raising public awareness and increasing demand for effective responses and strategies towards ensuring sustainable water management. Open discussion on the impacts of climate change, the EU policy on “resource efficiency” and Blueprint 2012 are also enhancing public debate on these key issues.

Paris, 17 novembre 2011- Dans le cadre de leurs consultations régulières, Navi Pillay, Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies aux droits de l’homme et Abdou Diouf, Secrétaire général de la Francophonie, ont procédé ce jour, à Paris, à un tour d’horizon de la situation des droits de l’Homme dans le monde et au renouvellement de la Feuille de route visant à renforcer leur collaboration dans le domaine de la promotion et de la protection des droits de l’Homme dans l’espace francopho

The European Parliament today adopted a report outlining its opinion on planned EU nuclear research for the next two years 2012-13. The Greens believe the EU nuclear research programme should be limited to radioprotection (people and environment), decommissioning of nuclear installations and non-proliferation. The Greens also oppose spending more public money on research into nuclear fission and the ITER nuclear fusion project. Commenting on the vote and the proposals, Green nuclear spokesperson Michèle Rivasi said:

The two most common antibiotic-resistant bloodstream infections – methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and resistant Escherichia coli – caused 8215 excess deaths (5503 and 2712, respectively) in 31 European countries in 2007. They also accounted for more than 260 000 bloodstream infections, and over 370 000 extra days in hospital, at a cost of €62 million, according to a recent study (1). Less is known about these and other such infections in other countries the WHO European Region, where data are not reported to international surveillance systems.