Renault will shut down its F1 operations at Enstone and Viry-Châtillon at the end of this week for a period of three weeks while part of its staff has already been working from home. Renault’s two-headed works management, with its chassis department located in the UK and its engine factory situated in France, means the…
Read moreKroes seeks further cuts to mobile roaming charges
Kroes seeks further cuts to mobile roaming charges Revision to legislation to be presented in July. European Voice By Simon Taylor 6/22/11, 10:17 PM CET Updated 5/21/14, 12:14 PM CET Neelie Kroes, the European Commissioner for the digital agenda, is planning to force further reductions in mobile- phone roaming charges by encouraging more competition on…
Read moreFiddling while Europe burns
Fiddling while Europe burns Economic models and projections are incapable of capturing the scale of the threat to Europe’s and the world’s economy. European Voice By Stewart Fleming 9/14/11, 9:40 PM CET Updated 4/12/14, 9:53 PM CET Economic forecasts are sophisticated, computer- generated mathematical constructs. They are only as good as the data and assumptions…
Read moreEnergy emissions rise
Energy emissions rise European Voice 6/22/11, 10:05 PM CET Updated 4/12/14, 9:33 PM CET Global emissions of carbon dioxide from energy use rose last year at the fastest rate since 1969, according to the 2011 edition of BP’s statistical review of world energy. The rise was driven by an increase in energy consumption, especially in…
Read moreAnyone fancy a trip to Greece?
Anyone fancy a trip to Greece? From European Voice's Entre-Nous column 9/28/11, 9:08 PM CET Updated 4/23/14, 9:12 PM CET Greek taskforce takes its toll on the internal market and services directorate-general. The European Commission’s taskforce to provide technical assistance to Greece is having a knock-on effect on the Commission’s internal market and services directorate-general….
Read moreEU ‘flexible’ on ETS if global deal is reached
EU ‘flexible’ on ETS if global deal is reached Commission’s director-general for climate says ETS aviation legislation could be changed if there is an international agreement on reducing emissions. European Voice By Dave Keating 2/8/12, 3:24 AM CET Updated 4/12/14, 10:42 PM CET Aviation could be spared inclusion in the EU’s emissions trading scheme (ETS),…
Read moreRegulator concerned over mobile-phone roaming plan
Regulator concerned over mobile-phone roaming plan Commission seeks to cut roaming charges. European Voice By Ian Wishart 8/31/11, 10:18 PM CET Updated 5/21/14, 12:14 PM CET The EU’s telecoms regulator has said that one of the main proposals in the European Commission’s plan to overhaul regulation of mobile-phone roaming services may be “insufficient to justify…
Read moreCrimes contre l’humanité au Tchad et au Soudan : trois personnes, dont le chef rebelle tchadien, arrêtées en France
Le chef rebelle tchadien, le général Mahamat Nouri, et deux autres suspects ont été interpellés en France lundi 17 juin, dans une enquête ouverte depuis 2017 sur des soupçons de crimes contre l’humanité commis au Tchad et au Soudan entre 2005 et 2010. Ils ont été arrêtés dans le Val-de-Marne, en Mayenne et en Indre-et-Loire…
Read moreMozambique : un investissement de 22,3 milliards d’euros dans le gaz naturel
La compagnie pétrolière américaine Anadarko va investir 25 milliards de dollars (22,3 milliards d’euros) dans l’exploitation de gisements offshore de gaz naturel liquéfié (GNL). Ceux-ci, dont les réserves sont estimées à 500 milliards de m³, ont été découverts il y a une dizaine d’années, au large de la province du Cabo Delgado, dans le nord du…
Read moreJoyeux anniversaire madame Sophia Loren!
Sophia Loren, la brune Italienne aux yeux de biche qui a incarné l’archétype du sex-symbol de l’après-guerre, célèbre, ce dimanche 20 septembre, son 75e anniversaire. C’est peu dire que cette icône a fait rêver la planète entière. Woody Allen, dans son film Anything Else (La Vie et Tout le Reste, 2003), raconte – via le…
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