Brussels (ots) - At the European Research and Innovation Days today, the European Commission launched a new coronavirus collaboration portal that offers matchmaking opportunities for researchers and research projects worldwide focusing on the socio-economic aspects of the coronavirus pandemic. The initiative supports the ’Global Approach to Research and ...
IEVA (Independent European Vape Alliance)
Brussels (ots) - The European Commission has today missed an opportunity to bolster its Beating Cancer Plan and recognise the importance of vaping in reducing smoking-related diseases among Europeans. A report from the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER)[1] has failed to compare the risks of electronic cigarette use with the risks of smoking. Such an omission renders the report of ...
IEVA (Independent European Vape Alliance)
Bruxelles (ots) - The Independent European Vape Alliance (IEVA) welcomes and supports the “EU Beating Cancer Plan” presented today by the European Commission. The plan is extremely important in order to significantly reduce the number of cancer-related deaths. However, the new EU strategy neglects an important instrument for public health: Harm Reduction. Almost one third of cancer cases in Europe are caused by smoking: “Tobacco consumption continues to be the leading ...
Prof. Dr. Heino Stöver - Sozialwissenschaftliche Suchtforschung
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - Prof. Dr. Heino Stöver has sharply criticized the EU Commission's "Beating Cancer Plan" presented today: "For years, the always same methods have been used trying to attain the ambitious goals of an almost tobacco-free continent. Tax increases, advertising bans and no-smoking zones are too ...
IEVA (Independent European Vape Alliance)
Brussels (ots) - Around 65 percent of adult vapers in Europe use fruit or sweet liquids. [1] The variety of flavours is one of the most important reasons for smokers to switch to e-cigarettes and for vapers not to go back to smoking. Without paying attention to this fact, the Dutch State Secretary Paul Blokhuis has announced to ban all e-cigarette flavours except ...
Western Balkans Ministerial Meeting
Brussels (ots) - On Wednesday 2 December, the Ministerial Meeting of the Western Balkans Platforms on Education and Training & Research and Innovation will bring together key stakeholders from the European Union and Western Balkan region in an online exchange forum. During the meeting, Mariya Gabriel, European ...
BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
Berlin (ots) - - "German industry's expectations from the G20 summit are moderate. Since the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, the G20 has been more concerned with damage control, obstructionism and national egoism than with solving global problems. Opportunities for a vital multilateral restart and ...
Geneva (ots) - The Geneva office of the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung is today publishing the Atlas of the Stateless (French, English). It will be presented in an online conference, in which the authors of the atlas and members of the UN refugee agency will participate. The Atlas of the Stateless, which is now published in three languages (French, English and German), is a unique compilation of information on a subject that has been relatively little researched, namely the ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Hannover/Osnabrück (ots) - German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier recognised the German Federal Environmental Foundation's German Environmental Award as "a particularly important message" for us not to lose sight of "other major challenges facing mankind" in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The award, which ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Hannover/Osnabrück (ots) - Today (25 October 2020), the German Federal Environmental Foundation's German Environmental Award, which has a remuneration of EUR 500,000, is being presented for the 28th time at the HCC Hannover Congress Centrum. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, German President Frank-Walter ...
Vodafone Institut für Gesellschaft und Kommunikation GmbH
Berlin (ots) - - Vodafone Institute's poll "Digitising Europe Pulse": More than half (54%) of the Europeans state that digital technology can play a big role to solve the problems of climate change. - 65% say that tackling climate change is an overarching issue for citizens, politics and businesses. - 72% are willing to bear higher costs if necessary. - Big majority ...
Stuttgart (ots) - - ETSC devoted to reducing accidents in the transport sector - Every effort required in face of nearly 23,000 traffic fatalities in the EU DEKRA is committed to achieving greater road safety as a global market leader with around 27 million vehicle inspections per year and by contributing its ...
BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
Berlin (ots) - With respect to the final debate in parliament on a British Internal Market Bill, BDI Director General Joachim Lang says: "Another piece of bad news for companies on both sides of the English Channel" - "The Internal Market Bill is another piece of bad news for companies on both sides of the English ...
BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
Berlin (ots) - With reference to the parliamentary introduction of the British Internal Market Bill, BDI Director General Joachim Lang says: "The British government is losing credibility on a huge scale." - "With its current course, the British government is losing credibility on a huge scale in the post-Brexit negotiations. There is no getting around the fact that the ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Osnabrück (ots) - The DBU German Environmental Prize awards climate economist Prof Dr Edenhofer and the Trappmanns, entrepreneurs in the field of metal packaging - the Honorary Award goes to entomologist Dr Martin Sorg Climate economist Prof Dr Ottmar Edenhofer (59) and the siblings Annika (28) and Hugo Sebastian (37) Trappmann, Managing Directors of the Blechwarenfabrik Limburg, will receive this year's German ...
Foreign office of Kazakhstani opposition
BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
Berlin (ots) - Following the conclusion of the sixth round of Brexit talks, BDI Director General Joachim Lang said: "A collapse in the negotiations on a partnership agreement is now all but inevitable." - "The sixth round of Brexit negotiations was more than a disappointment for the German economy. On key points, ...
Vodafone Institut für Gesellschaft und Kommunikation GmbH
Berlin (ots) - - Vodafone Institute poll "Digitising Europe Pulse" across 13 EU member states - People across Europe feel that they are well equipped digitally at home to meet current challenges. Best scores in Germany and Portugal - The majority of EU citizens consider measures of the Federal Government on COVID-19 ...
BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
Berlin (ots) - With respect to the resumption of the Brexit negotiations, BDI Director General Joachim Lang says: "Resumption of the talks is a long-expected signal" - "The fact that the EU and the United Kingdom are resuming talks on their future relationship is a long-expected signal. The corona crisis currently demands a great deal of attention and valuable time ...
Vodafone Institut für Gesellschaft und Kommunikation GmbH
Berlin (ots) - More than two-thirds of Europeans (68%) believe that European policy and legislation is having a positive impact on their country's digital development, a new survey of the Vodafone Institute, the European think-tank of the Vodafone Group, has revealed. Citizens in Hungary and Poland (75%) were most convinced that membership of the EU is beneficial to national digital development, compared to people from ...
BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
Berlin (ots) - - Without an extension of the transition period, only a basic agreement is possible - EU must protect businesses from unfair competition - A hard Brexit at the end of the year is not off the table The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU on Friday is the right step on the wrong path, according to the Federation of German Industries (BDI). "The uncertainty surrounding the withdrawal may be over, but ...
BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
Berlin (ots) - In response to the election results in the UK, BDI Director General Joachim Lang comments: "The political fog in London is clearing." "The political fog in London is clearing. The outcome of this election is linked to the mandate to quickly accept the withdrawal agreement. - No company in Germany wants Brexit. Nevertheless, our companies breathe a sigh ...
BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
Berlin (ots) - In light of the investiture of the new European Commission, Director General Managing Director of the German Federation of German Industries (BDI) Joachim Lang calls for Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to present a modern EU industrial strategy without delay. - "German industry appeals to ...
Global Health Centre, The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Mannheim (ots) - Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has called on the citizens to "make bold decisions today" in environmental and climate protection to trigger "positive interactions for tomorrow". "The future is not simply predestined. It's up to us what we make of it," he said today at the presentation of ...
Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)
Mannheim (ots) - The German Environmental Prize was awarded to soil researcher Prof. Dr. Ingrid Kögel-Knabner and entrepreneur Reinhard Schneider The German Environmental Foundation (DBU) has awarded the German Environmental Prize for the 27th time. Today in Mannheim, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the Head of the Board of Trustees of the DBU and ...
