Every new car offered for sale in Ireland by 2020 should be an electric vehicle, a new parliamentary report has recommended. The all-party Oireachtas Committee on Climate Change has also recommended an “aggressive drive” to ensure that all vehicles in Ireland will be electric in 20 years time, and that diesel and petrol vehicles will [...]
Organizers of the country-wide annual spring cleaning campaign Darom 2009 expect the event to contribute to clearing up close to 6,000 tons of trash. more —->
Moscow and Seoul are ready to increase their efforts to restart six-nation talks on the Korean Peninsula’s nuclear problem, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov traveled to Seoul on Friday, following a visit to North Korea, where officials reaffirmed their decision to abandon the six-party talks on nuclear disarmament. [...]
With its captivating scenery, Latvia is a great destination all year round. It is particularly magical during summer, though. During this time, Latvia offers very long days (up to twenty hours) of partying on white sandy beaches, swimming in the Baltic Sea and hiking across lush forests – all reasons to spend your summer holidays [...]
To reach great heights in life, there are many factors that you need to learn and also follow regularly. Similar is the case with the FOREX trading system. FOREX is the short form for foreign exchange, which deals with the changing currency rates of the various countries. On the platform of the FOREX system, the [...]
The events unfolding on the streets of Chisinau may look good on an iPod, but does that lend them legitimacy? The world barely noticed when the ruling Communist Party won the parliamentary elections in Moldova last Sunday. Interest was piqued by the scenes of demonstrators who gathered in downtown Chisinau on Monday, culminating in the [...]
VARADERO, Cuba — Behind the mangroves that skirt the blue waters of Cuba’s Bay of Cardenas, a 1,500-slip marina is taking shape as the island’s tourism industry braces for what could be its biggest challenge yet. The Americans are coming — or they may be, soon. Rock jetties jut out into the bay and beyond [...]
With the aim to expand its global reach into theMiddle East, General Imaging, the worldwide exclusive licensee for GE digital cameras unveiled a range of digital cameras into the Middle East today at Gitex. The cameras range from seven to 12 mega pixels in range of A, G and E. Though these GE cameras had [...]
The central station of Tallinn (population 400 000) adjoins the historic core of the city, Vanalinn or Old Town. It is a terminal station, and it would also become the terminal of the proposed standard-gauge high-speed line to Riga. The tunnel proposed here is intended only for urban-regional services (at present operated by Elektriraudtee), and [...]
Who imagined that in 2009, the world’s governments would be declaring a new War on Pirates? As you read this, the British Royal Navy – backed by the ships of more than two dozen nations, from the U.S. to China – is sailing into Somalian waters to take on men we still picture as parrot-on-the-shoulder [...]
