EU energy ministers have presented their views on the future direction of the EU?s energy policy in contributing to the strategic decisions that will be taken in the European Council meeting next March. The transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council in Brussels on November 23 was chaired by Minister of Trade and Industry Mauri Pekkarinen and focused on energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Six months after having obtained the mandate from EU Member States, the European Commission has succeeded in negotiating an agreement with the Russian Federation on the longstanding issue of Siberian overflight payments. It finally solves a 20 years thorny conflict between the EU Member States and the Russian Federation, costing around € 300 million to EU airlines in 2006. Vice-President Jacques Barrot initialled today the agreement with the Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin in the margins of the EU-Russia summit in Helsinki on 24 November in the presence of the Finnish transport Minister Ms Susanna Huovinen.
Brussels has become Europe’s most competitive location as a result of the unique levels of public sector investment it receives through the activities of the European Commission, alongside an increasingly knowledge-intensive private sector and a transport infrastructure that makes it one of the most accessible cities in Europe.
Faster time to market, rapid vehicle assembly and improved resource management are significant factors driving the outsourcing of cockpit modules. Cost will remain the main driver for outsourcing cockpit assembly, while constraints on production or resource capacity will provide potential reasons for outsourcing cockpit engineering and design. Program management, manufacturing flexibility and logistics are the most evident benefits to vehicle manufacturers, although definite cost savings are still difficult to assess in the modular approach due to certain perceived hidden costs.
The UK energy gap is much larger and closer than currently being reported, according to a new white paper issued by LogicaCMG, a leading provider of business services to the energy sector. Within ten years the gap could cost UK businesses over GBP108 billion a year.
The Conference Board announced today that the leading index for Spain increased 0.7 percent and the coincident index increased 0.3 percent in September.
The Conference Board reports today that the leading index for France increased 0.2 percent and the coincident index decreased 0.1 percent in September.
Russia’s domestic and international long-distance voice services market was finally liberalised in January 2006. Numerous long-distance licences have been awarded.
The Conference Board announced today that the leading index for the U.K increased 0.2 percent, and the coincident index increased 0.2 percent in September.
According to the "European Online Advertising Forecast, 2006 to 2011," released by JupiterResearch, search engine marketing expenditures in Europe are rising, and for the best of all possible reasons — Europeans are buying more online.
