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Will your fridge be able to detect any product past its use-by date and inform you about it in the near future?
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Icelandic authorities have declared a local state of emergency after this volcanic eruption on the country’s fifth largest glacier.
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The world’s largest house of cards was built only to be torn down. Modelled after the world’s largest casino, the Venetian Macau, the replica made up of 218,792 playing cards took 44 days to build.
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In European sustainable energy week 2010, new EU energy commissioner presents strategy to reduce Europe’s dependence on fossil fuel.
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The economy of the euro-zone will be under the spotlight when MEPs meet in Brussels on 24-25 March.
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Commissioner Andris Piebalgs will host tomorrow a one-day conference to discuss the reconstruction process in Haiti.
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Walking from Lafayette Park near the White House to the Mall of the U.S. Capitol, tens of thousands of demonstrators rallied in Washington, D.C. Sunday for immigration reform.
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On 23-24 March, the European Commission will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the European Capitals of Culture with a conference and exhibition in Brussels attended by more than 400 representatives of past, present and future Capitals and many other cultural operators.
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The sound of these traditional Indonesian bamboo instruments was once in danger of dying out.
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Ideas sought on how to improve train, energy and banking services - a major cause of headaches for consumers in Europe.
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The EBRD is launching a Project Complaint Mechanism, which is expected to enhance the accountability and transparency of the Bank’s operations.
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The EBRD is boosting the availability of local currency financing in Armenia with a synthetic loan in Armenian Drams (AMD) worth $4 million to FINCA UCO CJSC for on-lending to local micro and small enterprises (MSEs).
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On March 19th the Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania (Seimas) hosts the discussion European and Lithuanian Values: Identical or Different?
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This year is the UN year of biodiversity and it brings endangered species into the spotlight.
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Across the WHO European Region, 461 645 tuberculosis (TB) cases were reported in 2008, representing about 6% of the TB cases reported to WHO worldwide.
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Imagine a drifting mass of plastic and rubber 34 times the size of the Netherlands.
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The World Bank Board of Directors today approved a US$65 million project to support the recovery of Haiti’s critical infrastructure as well as the reestablishment of basic State functions following the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010.
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Haiti’s arduous reconstruction and recovery process jolted forward today following fresh commitments to help the Caribbean nation rebuild in the wake of its devastating January 12 earthquake.
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A mission from the African Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Uganda during March 4-17, 2010, to conduct the seventh and final review under Uganda’s Policy Support Instrument (PSI) and reach understandings on a policy framework for a new three-year PSI to cover the period 2010 to 2013.
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International Monetary Fund (IMF) statistical experts are working with officials of the Bank of Botswana (BOB) and of the Nonbank Financial Regulatory Agency (NBFIRA) to improve the breadth and quality of data collected from the financial industry.
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