Where to now - the Caribbean! Wädenswil/Santiago, Chile (ots) - As the 12th meeting of the Parties of the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species draws to a close today, one thing that has stood out is that the voting patterns of the East Caribbean island states of Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Dominica and Grenada remain closely linked to those of Japan. The self ...
Exchange for Nature: Africa and the Caribbean Youth Programme launched at the UN CITES 12th Conference of the Parties Wädenswil/Santiago, Chile (ots) - The "exchange for nature" programme designed to unite youth from around the world who are working for a better environment and the survival of the planet"s rich biodiversity was launched in Santiago during the CITES 12th meeting of the parties with sponsorship from ...
Crèche for the children of employees of Orange Lausanne (ots) - Having managed the project to set up a crèche for the children of employees in Lausanne, Orange Communications SA opened its doors on 19th August to take in some 44 small children. To celebrate the event and to see the place for themselves, the canton and municipal authorities, as well as the parents and children, have been invited this Saturday 9th ...
London (ots) - This week's issue of TIME (Europe edition) features an investigation into the tragic events surrounding Moscow's theater siege. As early as Day One of the siege, diggers had been tunneling underneath the theater TIME Moscow bureau chief Paul Quinn-Judge reports. Spetsnaz or special commando troops, of the elite Alfa and Vympel anti-terror units of the Federal Security Bureau's military arm, manned ...
The Business Humanitarian Forum
Geneva (ots) - Under the aegis of The Business Humanitarian Forum, representatives from businesses, United Nations system agencies, and foundations gathered this afternoon for a workshop entitled "Combating the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Africa: Mother to Child Transmission Prevention". The participants discussed ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt
Osnabrueck, Germany (ots) - DBU honours international commitment and development of biological products - Awarding ceremony on 27 October in Magdeburg The new prizewinners of the German Environmental Award have been nominated. Presented by Federal President Johannes Rau the Executive Director of the ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - From next January, the European Union requires all European airports - including Frankfurt Airport - to screen all hold baggage before loading, as part of tighter security. This requires installation of additional baggage X-ray machines and may result in longer waiting times. As of January 1, 2003, passengers are, therefore, ...
Nat. Council of State Boards Nursing
CHICAGO, IL (ots) - The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) (www.ncsbn.org) recently approved a recommendation from its Examination Committee to proceed with negotiations for a contract amendment with its test service vendor (Pearson, plc.) for purposes of international administration of the NCLEX(R) examinations. At its 2002 Delegate Assembly (held ...
Berne (ots) - Three years after its initial launch, swissinfo's website (http://www.swissinfo.org) is getting a new look. The updated design will make swissinfo/Swiss Radio International's online platform even more user friendly. www.swissinfo.org provides online information and services, designed especially for the Swiss abroad. In addition, the multimedia section is now available in nine languages, including English. Launched in 1999, www.swissinfo.org is a Swiss ...
Cary (ots) - Partnership Will Enable Retailers To Reduce Inventory, Improve Customer Service And Streamline The Creation Of A Global Supplier/Trading Partner Network BridgePoint, Inc. (www.bridge-point.com), the leading provider of global, multimode supply chain visibility announced today that it has been ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - New Line Provides Fast Link Between Rhine-Ruhr and Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Regions With the inauguration of more InterCity Express (ICE) train services and a new high-speed rail line to Germany's most populated region, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) continues to strengthen its ...
Heerbrugg (ots) -In the Rhine Valley of Switzerland, there momentarily blooms the largest flower word in the world. Violet-blue Phacelia plants form the 235 metre-long word RHEINHOF with letters reaching 40 metres in size in a grain field. In addition, corn plants have also been planted and their growth already shows an even larger recognisable number 25. This represents the 25-year celebration of the existence of both ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Fraport AG believes that the statements of Hesse's minister of economics, transport, and state development, Dieter Posch, and the president of the Darmstadt administrative district, Gerold Dieke, confirm the company's plan for a new landing runway northwest of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - to expand airport capacity in keeping with demand. ...
St. Gallen (ots) - On Saturday, May 25, in St. Gallen, Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, was presented with the Max Schmidheiny Foundation's Freedom Prize for the year 2002. The presentation took place at the 32nd ISC-Symposiums in the great hall of the University of St. Gallen. An audience of more than 800 guests from all over the world ...
International Students' Committee
St. Gallen (ots) - For the 24th time the Max Schmidheiny Foundation will award its Freedom Prize on Saturday, May 25, on the occasion of the 32nd ISC-Symposium, taking place at the University of St. Gallen, from May 23-25, 2002. Every year, the Max Schmidheiny Foundation promotes outstanding scientific, political and entrepreneurial initiatives and achievements that safeguard individual freedom and responsibility. ...
Berne (ots) - On 15 April swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI) is launching the new Swiss political platform swisspolitics.org (www.swisspolitics.org). With its slogan "stay in the loop, stay connected, have your say", swisspolitics.org combines up-to-date news with a comprehensive database, plus sophisticated community applications. swisspolitics.org will be ...
Frankfurt/M., Germany (ots) - From March 16 to 20, Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide will again be exhibiting at the International Tourism Exchange 2002 (ITB) in Berlin, the world's largest trade fair for the travel and tourism industry. Fraport will again be exhibiting in Hall 9b, at Stand 14. Under the motto "In touch. In motion. For your travel ...
Palo Alto, USA (ots) - ALPS Information Technology Fund, LP, a core company of the Alps Electric North America, Inc affiliated group and Ridgewood Capital today announced the formation of a venture partnership. As part of the agreement, ALPS Information Technology Fund, LP has made an investment in Ridgewood Capital's Venture Fund III. The two firms will also collaborate to identify disruptive technologies in the ...
Palo Alto, USA (ots) - Neale-May & Partners, a leader in technology public relations and marketing, today announced the appointment of former CNN journalist and senior news executive Charles A. Caudill as Managing Director of GlobalFluency, a worldwide network of 38 independent technology marketing and public relations firms in 26 countries. An award-winning ...
Bern (ots) - Nearly half of Switzerland's population has toyed with the idea of emigrating. Men dream slightly more often of moving to warmer climes than women, and the German and French-speaking Swiss do so a little more than their Italian-speaking counterparts. These are some of the most significant findings of a survey commissioned by swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI), which also revealed that Australia is ...
Basel (ots) - Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger, Head of the Federal Department for Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, has become the patron of the International REACH Environment Prize 2002. The "Pro Aqua-Pro Vita" foundation is announcing this award, which is worth 50,000 Swiss francs, for the fourth time and will award it in October 2002 in ...
Bundesamt f. Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft
Bern (ots) - The Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the University of Geneva are continuing to support the GRID-Geneva centre (Global Resource Information Database). The three partners signed an agreement on Friday which will renew their support for a period of four years. GRID's ...
Cologne, Germany (ots) - Eurotunnel operators are going to attach still more importance to safety. The first part of the freight trains carrying "piggyback" lorries between Great Britain and France is being provided with water mist fire extinguishing technology from Fogtec Brandschutz. The eight trains, each 800 ...
Brussels (ots) - On Friday 7 December at 14.30, HRH Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium will open the event marking the end of the European Year of Languages, in the presence of Ministers Vanderpoorten, Hazette and Gentges, Lord Russell-Johnston, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and Mr Van der Pas, representing the European Union. The event will be attended by representatives of the 45 ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - The Hessian Ministry of Economics, Transportation, Urban and Regional Development has approved Fraport AG's request to increase airport charges at Frankfurt by an average of 3.2 percent effective January 1, 2002. An increase of 2.1 percent on the 2001 volume of charges was needed to cover current operating costs. The balance of 1.1 ...
Bern (ots) - From December 3 to 11, the long-awaited trial of eight members of the now defunct company, Adventure World, will take place in Interlaken, Switzerland. They are charged with manslaughter in connection with the deaths of 21 people in a canyoning accident near Interlaken in 1999. www.swissinfo.org will provide daily reports of the trial on its English language website www.swissinfo.org/sen The defendants ...
Basel (ots) - An ecumenical memorial service will be held in Basel Cathedral on Thursday, November 29 for those who died in the loss of Crossair flight LX 3597 last Saturday. The service will begin at 14:00, and will be open to the public. Swiss Deputy President Kaspar Villiger will attend, as will representatives from government, diplomatic emissaries from various countries and representatives of the churches, Crossair and Swissair. The service will be transmitted ...
Graz, Austria (ots) - AVL, the high-tech company based in Graz, Austria, has reached an agreement (subject to anti-trust regulatory approval) to acquire the majority interest in Pierburg Instruments GmbH based in Neuss, Germany (with facilities in Fürth and Neuss), and to acquire Pierburg Instruments Inc. in the USA, by the end of 2001. Prof. Helmut List, CEO AVL, ...
Greifswald, Germany (ots) - Life science is the key technology of the 21st century, first innovative products and production processes revolutionise medicine, agriculture and releaf the environment. More than 120 representatives from science and industry from all the states of the Baltic sea region meet from ...
Giessen, Germany (ots) - Diabetes mellitus and cancer are among the diseases of greatest clinical focus. At the ScheBo Biotech AG Symposium during MEDICA on the occasion of the World Congress of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (WASPaLM) 2001 two specific diagnostic tools with unique clinical approaches will be ...