Every year Bidendum Challenge brings cars of the future together for a series of races. It's a lot of fun, but it's also a chance to compare new technologies.Some of the vehicles doing battle in the French capital, Paris, this year are prototypes equipped with highly sophisticated technology that could save many, many lives.It's drivers like Frédéric Blanc that new safety features will help in particular. The Frenchman's still wounded by a serious accident he had two years ago.
Interviews:
Frederic Blanc,Maxime FlamentMatthias SchlzeAngelos Amditis
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July 3rd 2009University of Cagliari, Monteponi, IglesiasII Session: New frontieres of exploitation of natural resources: tar sands and new extractive projects in the NorthCo-facilitators: Elena Gerebizza (CRBM/Mani Tese, Italy), Christian Mounzeo (Rencontre pour la Paix et les Droits de l'Homme, Republic of Congo)Interviewed: Ben Powless (Indigenous Environmental Network, Canada), Penchom Saetang (Ecological Alert and Recovery, ThailandBrice Makosso (Justice and Peace Commission, Republic of Congo), Andrea Baranes (Cultural Foundation for the Ethical Bank, ... continua

4th World Meeting of Intellectuals and Artists for Humanity Defense Opening Plenary Session Visit the site: http://62.123.84.92/defensa/ingles/

There are between ten and twelve million Roma living in the European Union today– roughly equal to the populationof a medium-sized EU Member State, like Belgium or Greece.
Yet despite the fact that the Roma have played an integral part in European history and culture for over seven centuries, most of us still know very little about them. And what we think we do know is more often than not based on ignorance, prejudice and stereotypes.
This has led to a situation where millions of Roma in the EU today face extreme levels of social deprivation. 
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Swedish marine biologist Toomas Lundalv and Lisbeth Jonsson arrive early at their research boat. Thery are taking advantage of the longer, warmer Scandinavian summer-days to sail off the Tisler Reefm, an area just one hour from the coast, near the maritime border between Sweden and Norway. They are looking for Europe's secret underwater gardens: deep-water coral reefs. They use this Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) to take pictures of the reef. And this is what they find: the largest onshore deep-water coral reefs discovered in Europe to date. The reefs is around 1200 ... continua

In Belgium, women working on the cash desks and stacking the shelves in Delhaize supermarkets were dismayed to find out that they were earning less than their male colleagues. Now the company is using a new analytical classification system to re-evaluate its salary structure. In Spain, a new equality law was introduced in 2007. As well as insisting on equal pay for jobs of equal value, it introduces paternity leave for the first time and also sets targets for companies to include more women in the board room. Interviews: ... continua

El Noticiero Latino Americano - III Edición Semanal latinoamericano desde la región de Liguria, Italia. Escribe a: info@noticieroliguria.com Visita el sitio: www.noticieroliguria.com

Already effective in nine Member States, the liberalisation of gas and electricity markets comes into effect throughout the European Union from July 1, 2007. Consumers of electricity and gas across the whole EU now have the right to freely choose their supplier. Competitive prices, a quality service and consumers’ rights protection should be the benefits of this liberalisation, started more than 10 years ago by the European Commission. The liberalisation of the gas and electricity markets should also reinforce the interconnections between the Member States and ... continua

El Noticiero Latino Americano - III Edición Semanal latinoamericano desde la región de Liguria, Italia. Escribe a: info@noticieroliguria.com Visita el sitio: www.noticieroliguria.com

Terra Futura is a fair-meeting organized in a exhibition area, getting bigger and more articulate every year, and in a very high level program of cultural initiatives, meetings, seminars, workshop; and also laboratories and shows.Inaugurated for the common goal to guarantee a future for our planet – and to achieve it together –, Terra Futura’s cornerstones are the tasks and the "good practices" of social, economic and environmental sustainability, carried out in all fields, from daily life to social relations, from the economic system to the public ... continua