JTI Japan Tobacco International AG
Geneva, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - The Directive's Aim is to Harmonize Regulations - Not Disrupt the Free Movement of Goods Across the EU Just two weeks before the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD2) comes into force in the 28 EU Member States, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has rejected tobacco manufacturers' claims against TPD2. (Logo: ...
Doha, Qatar (ots/PRNewswire) - Dr. Sakena Yacoobi, Founder and Executive Director of the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) has been named the 2015 WISE Prize for Education Laureate. Popularly known as Afghanistan's mother of education, Dr.Yacoobi, 65, has spent two decades working persistently to rebuild her country's education landscape, devastated by war. The WISE Prize for Education was presented by Her Highness ...
Vaduz (ots) - Aurelia Frick, Liechtenstein's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Pierre Gramegna, Minister of Finance of Luxembourg, as representative of the EU Presidency and Commissioner Pierre Moscovici on behalf of the EU Commission in Strasbourg today signed an Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information. Liechtenstein and the EU Member States ...
The Hague (ots/PRNewswire) - The crash of flight MH17 on 17 July 2014 was caused by the detonation of a 9N314M-type warhead launched from the eastern part of Ukraine using a Buk missile system. So says the investigation report published by the Dutch Safety Board today. Moreover, it is clear that Ukraine already had sufficient reason to close the airspace over the ...
Vaduz (ots) - The Liechtenstein Government and the British Tax Authority Her Majesty'sRevenue and Customs (HMRC) have published another Joint Declaration to the Memorandum of Understanding of 2009 and the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility (LDF). The Fifth Joint Declaration recognises the continuing success of the ...
Vaduz (ots) - Liechtenstein decisively rejects the reproach that it is failing to cooperate with the EU in tax matters, and refers to the already-existing close cooperation with the EU in tax matters as well as its commitment to applicable international standards. In view of the already well-advanced status of the negotiations and discussions with the EU concerning ...
Ponzano, Italy (ots/PRNewswire) - Therefore the Total Contribution to Rana Plaza Victims Amounts to USD 1,600,000 Benetton Commits on Factory Standards by Applying the Principles of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety to Global Suppliers Benetton Group announces that it has contributed USD 1,100,000 to the Rana ...
Bagsværd, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) - Today, Novo Nordisk announced a three-year extension of its Changing Diabetes(R) in Children programme. Since 2009, free insulin and access to diabetes care have been provided to more than 13,000 children in nine countries in Africa and South-East Asia. During the five years, 108 diabetes clinics have been established and 5,479 ...
Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - EFQM and UNGC join forces towards Sustainable Excellence The EFQM Good Practice Competition focuses this year on identifying real and tangible examples of how organisations ensure they comply with the UNGC's 10 principles. EFQM decided to align the theme of this year's competition to support the 15th anniversary of the UN Global Compact. The competition is open to applications from any ...
Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation-ICRICT
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - Inaugural Meeting to drive changes ahead of Post-2015 Ambition Responding to widespread anger about corporate tax avoidance, the impacts of such avoidance on inequality and poverty, and concerns that current tax reform processes are inadequate, a new nonpartisan body-the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT)-has been established to propose reforms ...
Vaduz (ots) - On 1 May 2015, Liechtenstein will look back on 20 years of membership in the European Economic Area (EEA). For this occasion, the Government commissioned a representative survey among Liechtenstein voters for the first time in November 2014. The survey was prepared by the Liechtenstein Institute in cooperation with the EEA Coordination Unit, the Ministry ...
Baku, Azerbaijan (ots/PRNewswire) - Members of Parliament from 24 European nations have signed a motion calling for two men jailed by an internationally unrecognised court in Armenian-occupied Nagorno-Karabakh to be given a fair trial under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The two, Russian citizen Dilgam Asgarov and Azerbaijani citizen Shahbaz ...
International Shugden Community
London (ots/PRNewswire) - Saxo Bank [http://www.saxobank.com ], the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, today releases its annual set of 'Outrageous Predictions' for the year ahead. These are 10 unlikely events, even if their risk is under-appreciated, that would have significant consequences for global markets should they come to pass. This year's predictions include the notion of a UK exit from the EU ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - More than 170 international policymakers, senior business leaders, academics, and patient advocates, are convening in London on November 25th to discuss the urgent need for a global response to the increasing impact of depression. The Conference entitled 'The Global Crisis of Depression - ...
Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - Raising of an Estelada and symbolic muzzling for a referendum in Catalonia One month prior to the consultation on the political future of Catalonia ("9N"), considered illegal by the Spanish State, Québec and Catalan leaders including the President of St. John-Baptist Society (SSJB) of Montreal, Maxime Laporte, held a press conference this morning in Montreal for the raising of a Catalan ...
JTI Japan Tobacco International AG
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - JTI (Japan Tobacco International) today published an Opinion from leading international law expert Sir Franklin Berman QC[1], about the WHO's lack of transparency in tobacco-related meetings. The report was commissioned after the public, including the media, was prevented from observing the ...
Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - Russia is currently experiencing a slowdown in economic growth, and the situation is most likely to deteriorate further as a result of the newly imposed sanctions. Atradius is observing an impact across all sectors in the form of decreasing domestic demand, a weaker rouble exchange rate, a rise in inflation, limited access to external financing and international capital outflow. Exporters to ...
The Hague, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - - Investigation effort in full swing, black boxes currently being read out The Dutch Safety Board took over formal responsibility for the air crash investigation from Ukraine yesterday evening. The two black boxes have since arrived in the United Kingdom, where they are currently being read out and analysed by a team of international specialists. The on-site investigation in ...
European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - As Belgium prepares to become the first country in the world to enact a law permitting euthanasia of children, Jessica Saba, 4, of Lachine, Quebec Canada asks the King of Belgium to refuse to sign the legislation. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140202/667550 ) "For the sake ...
Coalition of Physicians for Social Justice
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - As Belgium prepares to become the first country in the world to enact a law permitting euthanasia for children, Jessica Saba, 4, of Lachine, Quebec, Canada asks the King of Belgium to refuse to sign the legislation. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140202/667550 ) "For the sake ...
Camarillo, California (ots/PRNewswire) - BNK Petroleum Inc. (the "Company" or "BNK") , is providing an update on its Tishomingo Field, Caney oil shale operations in Oklahoma as well as its Polish shale gas project. Oklahoma - Tishomingo Field BNK's strategy for its 2013 Caney drilling program was to prove the productivity of the Caney formation in our Tishomingo field. The Company's efforts were focused on increasing the ...
Berlin (ots/PRNewswire) - Scientists in Europe are stepping up their efforts to bring Golden Rice into production, with its promise to alleviate one of the world's scourges, vitamin A deficiency. They have organized a nine-city European tour led by Dr. Patrick Moore, co-founder and former leader of Greenpeace. ...
Fédération des Barreaux d'Europe (FBE)
Strasbourg, France (ots) - - Mr. Ümit Kocasakal, President of the Istanbul Bar Association and nine Board members are being prosecuted for their fight to guarantee the right of defense in Turkey - The European Bars Federation (FBE), representing 250 European Bars with more than 800.000 European lawyers sees the ...
2014 International Summit of Cooperatives
Quebec City (ots/PRNewswire) - Current topics and vital issues! The 2014 International Summit of Cooperatives just unveiled a diverse and relevant program. From October 6 to 9, presentations, forums, and round tables will allow participants from around the world to discuss subjects that speak to cooperatives and mutuals of the 21st century. "The themes for this second edition of the Summit were selected to promote the ...
European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) welcomes the confirmation by Greece's highest court - the Council of State - that public service broadcasting in Greece must be put back on air. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130613/621657 ) The ruling reinforces the EBU's belief that every day without a public service broadcaster is a day of weakened democracy. The EBU urges all stakeholders to ...
European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - European public service media (PSM) today welcomed a ruling by the top administrative court in Greece ordering the Greek government restore national broadcaster ERT to air immediately. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130613/621657 ) The Council of State suspended the government decree ordering the closure of ERT last Tuesday (11/6). ...
European Broadcasting Union (EBU)
Grand Saconnex, Switzerland (ots) - The Director General of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Ingrid Deltenre, today condemned the threat of legal action made by the Greek government against satellite operators that transmit the ERT signal over Europe and Asia. "We urge the Greek government to withdraw the ...