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MINE WASTE MANAGEMENT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE DISASTERS caused by the tailings pond disasters at Baia Mare, Romania, and Aznalcóllar, Spain, have generated a major rethink in Brussels about the suitability of regulating potentially toxic mining waste under general European Union (EU) waste and landfill legislation.…
HIV RESEARCH
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EURO 11.7 million grant has been awarded by the European Commission to a European Union (EU) research project that will try to identify novel approaches for preventing HIV-1 transmission. The European Microbicides Project (EMPRO) involves 29 institutions from Europe and developing countries and is coordinate by King’s College, London.…
GERMANY PACKAGING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMANY has been formally asked by the European Commission to reform its ‘one-way’ drinks packaging deposit system. Brussels claims breaches of European Union freedom of trade rules through Berlin not introducing an effective collection system for non-reusable bottles and cans on which mandatory deposits of between Euro 0.25 and 0.50 are charged and which retailers are bound to return.…
INTERIOR
BY ALAN OSBORN
ELECTRICAL engineering is by Bevilacqua et Associes, of Luxembourg, which is supplying escalators and information and emergency systems, and Felgen et Associes (lighting). Total cost is about euro 34 millions. The wiring and supply of electrical equipment is not out of the ordinary for a project of this type in Luxembourg, according to the contractor.…
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS
BY ALAN OSBORN
(note to subs – Associes has acute accent over the “e” throughout.)
THE COURT project is under the contracting authority of the Administration
des Batiments Publics of Luxembourg and is being implemented under the supervision of the Public Works Ministry of Luxembourg, in collaboration with the Court of Justice.…
ARCHITECT
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE LATEST expansion project has been designed by the French architect Dominique Perrault and the design has been developed in association with Luxembourg architects Paczowski et Fritsch. M Perrault is internationally known for his large-scale projects, including the much-discussed (and controversial) National Library of France.…
ECJ BUILDING
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ), created in 1951, is a central institution of the European Union (EU) with its permanent seat (the Palais) on the Kirschberg plateau above the city of Luxembourg, capital of the Grand Duchy of the same name.…
HEALTH MONITOR
BY MONICA DOBIE
A SATELLITE based monitor used to track the health of climbers on an expedition to Mount Everest will soon help British nurses better serve their patients.
The Health Monitoring Kit, developed by Canadian company March Networks, allows nurses to monitor their patients externally through a camera and a Internet broadband connection.…
EU HEALTH PAPER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is drawing up an action plan on encouraging Internet technologies in hospitals and health administrations, including the development of interoperable health care information systems, on-line and digital patient records, plus services such as teleconsultation and e-prescribing.…
TORONTO ROW
BY MONICA DOBIE
AIR Canada has won a court battle giving it preferential use of all 14 covered gates in Toronto Pearson International Airport’s new terminal. The airline complained at Ontario Superior Court that Greater Toronto Airports Authority reneged on a commitment regarding these gates, by forcing it to share claims to eight with Calgary-based WestJet.…