News and reports from Europe.
Mads Brandt Rasmussen, an associate project and market director with COWI in Denmark, has been unveiled by international engineering federation FIDIC (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers) as the winner of its 2024 Future Leaders Award at an awards ceremony held in Geneva on 10 September 2024. The FIDIC Future Leaders Awards acknowledge and promote […]
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FIDIC has announced the winners of the 2024 FIDIC Member Association Excellence Awards at a glittering gala dinner event held in Geneva on 10 September 2024. The awards, now in their fifth year, highlight the achievements and successes of FIDIC’s international member associations and their work representing the global engineering consulting industry. This year the […]
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As new research finds 1 in 4 Brits are now considering booking a holiday focussed primarily on sleep, KAYAK, the world’s leading travel search engine, has launched its new Sleep Tourism Guide for tired Brits in need of a restful escape, with Sligo, Ireland coming out on top as the ultimate ‘sleepcation’ destination. KAYAK launches Sleep Tourism Guide […]
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FIDIC has announced the overall winners of its prestigious Project Awards for 2024 at a glittering gala dinner event held in Geneva on 10 September 2024. Winners of the awards, which showcase and highlight the achievements and successes of consulting engineering member firms and their clients across the globe and the important impact their construction […]
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Google must pay the €2.42bn fine issued by the European Commission in 2017 for abusing its dominant position by self-preferencing. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) announced its final decision on the Google Shopping Case today. Google cannot re-appeal. GOOGLE LOSES FINAL APPEAL AGAINST €2.42BN SHOPPING FINE: KELKOO GROUP CEO AVAILABLE FOR INTERVIEW […]
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International engineering federation FIDIC (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers) has announced the election of Italian engineer Alfredo Ingletti as its new president-elect and the arrival of a new board member in Cosmin Tobolcea, general manager of Romanian consultancy firm PROTOBY. The announcements were made, following decisions of the FIDIC board and elections by the […]
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Dr. Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian anesthesiologist and emergency medicine specialist, has been a vocal critic of Israeli aggression, particularly regarding its actions in Gaza. In a recent interview, he shared alarming insights into the dire state of Gaza’s healthcare system, emphasizing that Israel’s ongoing attacks are deliberately designed to decimate the region’s healthcare infrastructure and, […]
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The National Union of Journalists and the International Federation of Journalists have written a joint letter to the UK Head of Counter Terrorism expressing their profound concerns over the recent detentions of British journalists for their reporting of the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. Matthew Jonathan Jukes QPM is a senior British police officer who […]
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NWP Publishing has released The Mole Vol XIII: In the Olive Grove—Book I—and The Mole Vol XIV: In the Olive Grove—Book II, authored by Ron Raye. “The Mole Vol XIII: In the Olive Grove (Book I)” sets the stage with narratives that lay bare the consequences of historical conflicts and the personal losses that followed. […]
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The UK is stepping up its use of counter-terrorism laws to arrest, detain and gag accredited members of the press in a suspected effort to cease their reporting of Israel’s ‘plausible genocide’ in Gaza. Last Thursday, the home of 61-year-old Sarah Wilkinson was stormed in a dawn raid by 16 officers, many in plain clothes […]
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