Actualités sur Politik

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Heterosexual norms impact same-sex couples

Bern (ots) - Society stigmatises homosexuals. Individuals who internalise this stigma are more critical of their partners when under stress, according to a study funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Couples handle stressful episodes better when partners support and listen to each other. Homosexual couples are no exception. But in contrast to other couples, homosexuals also face the enduring stigma of ...

swissstaffing - Verband der Personaldienstleister der Schweiz

Swiss Staffingindex: Continued growth for the staff leasing sector points to strong recovery in the coming winter months

Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse

Women's session in parliament: SNSF supports motion

Bern (ots) - At the women's session, taking place this week in Bern, research funding will be a topic of debate. A motion proposes to link third-party research funding to gender equality standards. Women are still significantly underrepresented in research: the share of women professors is currently 24 per cent; in research projects funded by the SNSF, women hold a 39 per cent share, spread across different career stages. ...

CDP Cassa Depositi e Prestiti

1 tn in 'green' plans from public banks - CDP / Finance in Common Summit ends with sustainability pledge

Rome (ots) - The Finance in Common Summit (FICS), hosted this year in Rome by Italian public investment bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), in partnership with the UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), ended with the encouraging prospect of an ever 'greener' future for our planet, grappling ...

Raiffeisen Bank International AG

EANS-Adhoc: Raiffeisen Bank International AG / RBI: Extraordinary General Meeting on 10 November 2021 / Proposed dividend of EUR 0.75 per share

issuer: Raiffeisen Bank International AG Am Stadtpark 9 A-1030 Wien phone: +43 1 71707-2089 FAX: +43 1 71707-2138 mail: ir@rbinternational.com WWW: www.rbinternational.com ISIN: AT0000606306 indexes: ATX stockmarkets: Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Wien language: ...

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability

Daring Cities 2021: Urban leaders define their demands in tackling the climate emergency ahead of COP26

Bonn, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - Daring Cities 2021, the virtual forum for urban leaders boldly tackling the climate emergency, has concluded with an action-oriented Call for Transformation by local and regional governments in the run-up to UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow. More than 1500 urban leaders, practitioners and ...

Enlight Renewable Energy

SRP Partners with Solar and Storage Developer, Clenera, to Build One of Arizona's Largest Solar Projects

Boise, Idaho (ots/PRNewswire) - Clenera and SRP today announced a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between SRP and Clenera's affiliate, CO Bar Solar LLC. This PPA represents the utility's largest standalone solar power plant currently under development northwest of Flagstaff, Arizona. CO Bar Solar is scheduled ...

Justice Initiative

Child abuse in Europe: Victims' groups launch initiative to come to terms with European abuse cases

Bern, Switzerland (ots) - At an international meeting in Switzerland, victims' groups from all over Europe launched the large-scale "Justice Initiative". With this political initiative, abuse of children, especially in state and church institutions, is to be comprehensively dealt with for the first time in all European countries. A motion to bring the processing of ...

The Scotia Group

Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan and other members of the Scotia Group declare "diplomatic emergency" and call on COP 26 summit to deliver rapid, permanent emissions reductions to avoid a "climate tragedy"

London (ots/PRNewswire) - The Scotia Group made up of current and former diplomats, judges, lawyers, mediators, policy experts, academics, politicians, businesspeople, and community leaders today published an open letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres declaring a "diplomatic emergency alongside the ...

Juice Technology AG

Press release: Juice obtains international certification for cybersecurity

News Direct

UNFCC Climate Report delivers a message of hope stating 1.5 is within reach if immediate action is taken

China Report

China Report Presents Personal Stories Paying Tribute to Shanghai Spirit and SCO's 20th Anniversary

Beijing, China (ots) - This year marks the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The establishment of the SCO conformed to the trend of the times of peace, development and cooperation, and ushered in a new era in which countries in the region can create security, promote development, and share prosperity jointly. Dong ...

China Matters

China Matters releases an animated video of Yantai: China's Window to East Asia

Beijing (ots) - Yantai, a famous coastal city in East China, is becoming an important window for the country to communicate with its East Asian neighbors. Adjacent to Japan and South Korea as a large port, Yantai is home to investors from these two countries. The Yantai China-South Korea Industrial Park, as a vital sign of the city's goal of attracting foreign ...

SWI swissinfo.ch

In partnership with Europe's public service media, SWI swissinfo.ch offers "A European Perspective"

UNFSS

UN Food Systems Summit releases potential solutions for local, regional and global action

Rome (ots/PRNewswire) - Net-zero emissions from food and land use, reimagining school meals and advancing healthy diets will be on the agenda at the Pre-Summit next month The UN Food Systems Summit has revealed the 15 action areas with more than 50 solution clusters that will inspire discussions at the Pre-Summit in Rome from July 26-28. Each action area, developed by ...

News Direct

Cyvatar Raises an Additional $9 Million in Series A Round

Lenzing AG

EANS-News: Lenzing AG / Lenzing awarded several times for its success as an international player

issuer: Lenzing AG A-4860 Lenzing phone: +43 7672-701-0 FAX: +43 7672-96301 mail: office@lenzing.com WWW: http://www.lenzing.com ISIN: AT0000644505 indexes: ATX, WBI stockmarkets: Wien language: ...

GSMA

GSMA Study Reveals that the Gender Gap in Mobile Internet Use is Shrinking, Despite the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

London (ots/PRNewswire) - South Asia led the global trend, while the gap in mobile ownership persists A record number of women in South Asia now use mobile internet services, helping shrink the gender gap to 15% from 19% last year in low- and middle-income countries despite the onset of COVID-19, according to the ...

CSI Christian Solidarity International

Baroness Cox, Dr. John Eibner, to Biden and Putin: Put Syrians first / The House of Lords Peer and the president of Christian Solidarity International urge the two leaders to end sanctions, enable aid

China-CEEC Expo

The 2nd China-CEEC Expo and International Consumer Goods Fair closed successfully

Citizens Energy Congress

Citizens Energy Congress virtual, Tuesday 15th June - Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Energy Future

London (ots/PRNewswire) - 41 global energy expert speakers. Strategic panel sessions, interviews, keynotes and expert commentary. 2-day agenda to map out a bold new approach to how energy is produced, distributed, and consumed. The Citizens Energy Congress, will take place virtually on Tuesday 15th and Wednesday ...

nccr - on the move

Foreign Residents in Switzerland Report Satisfaction with the Country of Their Choice

World Logistics Passport

The World Logistics Passport (WLP) Welcomes Ten New Countries at Inaugural Global Summit

Dubai, Uae (ots/PRNewswire) - - Malaysia, Kenya, Paraguay and Ecuador are the latest entrants to the World Logistics Passport - New joiners follow Ethiopia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Burkina Faso and Guinea who joined at the beginning of June - Ten new countries bring total number represented in the WLP network to 23; India's Delhi International Airport and South ...

World Logistics Passport

The World Logistics Passport (WLP) Welcomes Ten New Countries at Inaugural Global Summit

Dubai, Uae (ots/PRNewswire) - - Malaysia, Kenya, Paraguay and Ecuador are the latest entrants to the World Logistics Passport - New joiners follow Ethiopia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Burkina Faso and Guinea who joined at the beginning of June - Ten new countries bring total number represented in the WLP network to 23; India's Delhi International Airport and South ...

Lucy Security

LUCY Security presents revolutionary Email Threat Screener and Arabic awareness content at GISEC in Dubai

Zug (ots) - Right in time for GISEC, LUCY presents a milestone in email thread analysis, the new Email Threat Screener. Furthermore, the range of Arabic training content has been expanded significantly: Close to 50 training and phishing simulation templates are now available in Arabic language and Look & Feel. Swiss ...

Swissmem

MEM industries: new orders above pre-crisis level

Zurich (ots) - Figures for the first quarter of 2021 released by the Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering industries (MEM industries) show a significant easing: new orders rose by +4.8% compared to the same period last year. Exports were also up, increasing by +3.3%. The key indicators suggest that most of the past year's pandemic-related declines will have been made up by the end of 2021. Margins in the MEM sector ...

Eurofins Cyber Security

Qbit becomes Eurofins Cyber Security The Netherlands

Haarlem and Groningen, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - Eurofins Cyber Security, a global leader in end-to-end cyber security and testing services, announced today that its operation in the Netherlands 'Qbit' will be known as Eurofins Cyber Security the Netherlands. Qbit has been a part of Eurofins Cyber Security (itself a division of Eurofins Digital Testing) since early 2018, but continued to trade under the Qbit name, ...

DAZN

2021 UEFA Women's Champions League Final To Be Broadcast On DAZN In Over 150 Countries And Territories

London (ots/PRNewswire) - DAZN, the leading global sports streaming platform, will broadcast this weekend's UEFA Women's Champions League final live in over 150 countries and territories worldwide. The highly-anticipated matchup between English champs Chelsea FC and Spanish greats FC Barcelona will kick off at 21:00 CEST this Sunday, 16th May. The final is set to be a ...

Lenzing AG

EANS-News: Lenzing AG / Dominic Köfner appointed new head of Corporate Communications & Public Affairs at Lenzing

issuer: Lenzing AG A-4860 Lenzing phone: +43 7672-701-0 FAX: +43 7672-96301 mail: office@lenzing.com WWW: http://www.lenzing.com ISIN: AT0000644505 indexes: ATX, WBI stockmarkets: Wien language: ...

CSI Christian Solidarity International

CSI Expresses Regret over U.S.’s Renewal of Syria Sanctions / President Biden’s Extension of Draconian Sanctions Regime Threatens Country on Edge of Famine

Zurich (ots) - Christian Solidarity International (CSI) notes with regret President Biden’s decision of May 6, 2021, to extend economic sanctions on Syria for another year. These sanctions are a key driver of the disaster unfolding in Syria today. Over the past year, intensified U.S. sanctions, combined with the ...