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The heart of Croatia is its vast lowland of Slavonia and it is in Slavonia, more precisely in Virovitica, the heart of Virovitica-Podravina County, where the “Pannonian wood competence centre” is emerging as the heart of the timber and wood-processing industry in Croatia. When so much heart is intertwined throughout the project it is clear… » read more
Posted by Europe in My Region
The Geonardo Team completed its next Geo3Dscanning mission. This time the journey led up to north to Coventry, West Midlands in the UK. The aim was to conduct a 3D survey of building façades, and through this, provide the basis for further activities on the façades in the frame of the Horizon 2020 IMPRESS project.… » read more
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blogactiv, Energy, EU funding, EU Priorities 2020, EU projects, EU related news, EurActiv.com, geothermal, Sustainable Dev. |
June 8, 2016
Comillas is a Spanish town on the west coast of Cantabria. It is noted both regionally and nationally for having been declared a site of historic and artistic interest in 1985. It is home to buildings in the Classicist mountain style, characteristic of the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as buildings from the late… » read more
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blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Regional Policy, Sustainable Dev. |
May 19, 2016
I have been sailing for 6 days so far. In my opinion, it is right to explain to the taxpayers in the Netherlands (but more generally in Europe) why we are where we are: out at sea. This is a repost of Day 6 – L’ora della spiega, ovvero: Attività minerarie nel profondo del… » read more
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blogactiv, Regional Policy, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev. |
May 9, 2016
Just send in the address of your blog post about any EU-funded project, in any language. The EC will translate, republish and promote the first 40 posts, and invite the three best bloggers to the European Week of Regions and Cities this October as fully accredited journalists. Editorial independence guaranteed. Entering is easy write a… » read more
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Agriculture & Food, Aviation, blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Energy, Health & Consumers, InfoSociety, Innovation & Enterprise, Regional Policy, Social Europe & Jobs, Sustainable Dev., Transport |
(author – Adolfo Costantini) Rome, 2 May 2016. – The recent leak of confidential Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) documents by Greenpeace did not cover the planned Sustainable Chapter and it is worth to reflect upon if increased transparency will help making Trade agreements sustainable. The adoption of Sustainable Development Goals in New York… » read more
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Agriculture, blogactiv, Global Europe, Health & Consumers, medicines, Public Health, Sustainable Dev. |
Guest blog post by Eszter Hidas, WWF European Policy Office. It is not surprising that the world’s largest Seafood Expo takes place in Europe every year – indeed, this reflects the fact that the EU is the world’s number 1 destination for seafood exports. With this position of course comes great responsibility, and the Expo,… » read more
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Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Sustainable Dev. |
March 30, 2016
Genval, 30 March, 2016. – Disclaimer: This is the English translation of an interview made by Mihail Călin and originally published on 25 September 2015. The authentic Romanian version is available at the euro-health.ro News/Media website. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the United States and the EU are surrounded by fierce controversy… » read more
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blogactiv, Civil Society (NGOs), Consumer Protection, EU Priorities 2020, Global Europe, Health & Consumers, medicines, Public Health, Sustainable Dev. |
March 29, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e_P_8dP6EQ Now that 195 nations have promised to signed up to the Paris climate agreement, the hard work begins. The signatories have all committed to ramping up their fight against climate change, but what happens next will prove crucial. The new five-year national plans to reduce global warming will provide the roadmap for action. Continuing… » read more
Posted by Kaj Embren
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blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Energy, English, EurActiv.com, Leadership and sustainability, Political Governence, Sustainable Dev. |
Two studies came out (just in time for Pesticide Action Week) that question the cost to society of pesticides and other chemicals. The logic is simple: Chemicals cost societies billions of dollars, therefore removing them would save money. I am a little troubled by such a simplistic view – like any statistical analysis, you… » read more
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Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Food & Consumers, Health & Consumers, Innovation and Growth, Public Affairs, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev. |
March 22, 2016
This is the third and final instalment of a three-part Pesticide Action Week series on why glyphosate must not be banned. I provided 10 reasons why glyphosate is the herbicide of the century in Part 1 and questioned IARC’s unprofessional, non-transparent behaviour and conflicts of interest in pushing through bad science in their glyphosate monograph.… » read more
Posted by The Risk-Monger
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Agriculture & Food, blogactiv, Health & Consumers, Public Affairs, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev. |
March 18, 2016
The following is the first of a two-part blog looking at how a corrupt unethical campaign against an essential agricultural product is succeeding in the EU. This first part will look at why glyphosate is such a good product for farmers; the second part will demonstrate how environmental NGOs, activist scientists, organic lobbyists and IARC… » read more
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Agriculture & Food, BioTech, blogactiv, Food & Consumers, Health & Consumers, Public Affairs, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev. |
March 9, 2016
Guest blog post by Dr. Monica Verbeek, Director of Seas At Risk. Almost ten months ago, “final negotiations” for a Baltic Multi-Annual fisheries Plan had started. They still haven’t ended. Why? Negotiators have hit an impasse caused by the Council, which seems unwilling to implement the objectives of a recently agreed reform in EU fisheries.… » read more
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Genval, 8th March 2016. – The European Parliament is about to vote tomorrow on a tobacco agreement between the EU and Philipp Morris International (PMI) and it is at least questionable that the EU’s intention is legal, ethical or politically correct. At the same bed with the ennemy? From a legal point of view, according… » read more
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blogactiv, EU news & updates, Health & Consumers, Public Health, Sustainable Dev. |
February 9, 2016
For the last twelve years, I have taught courses on Corporate Communications and Public Relations mostly to university law students. Towards the end of the course, after following a company’s communications activities for around three months, I poll my students on the class forum, asking if they could imagine working for their chosen corporations.… » read more
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Agriculture & Food, BioTech, blogactiv, Climate & Environment, Health & Consumers, Innovation & Enterprise, Innovation and Growth, Public Affairs, Science & Policymaking, Sustainable Dev. |
