BILD interview with Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank, conducted by Kai Diekmann, Editor in Chief, and Nikolaus Blome, Deputy Editor in Chief on 19 March 2012, Part I BILD: President Draghi, when it was clear that you were to become head of the European Central Bank, BILD made a photomontage of you [...]

Nokia Corporation Stock exchange release February 8, 2012 at 10:00 (CET +1) Espoo, Finland – Nokia has today announced planned changes at its factories in Komarom, Hungary, Reynosa, Mexico and Salo, Finland. The measures follow a review of smartphone manufacturing operations that Nokia announced last September and aim to increase the company’s competitiveness in the [...]

Espoo, Finland – Nokia announced today that the Nokia Lumia 800 will be available in white, beginning later this month. Image: Nokia Lumia 800 in white With Windows ® Phone 7.5 software on board, the white Nokia Lumia 800 features head-turning design and the best social and Internet performance, with one-touch social network access, easy [...]

England, London, Feb 2012, British Based company Advanced Hygiene (Worldwide) the exclusive worldwide agent for the Unique Genie™ Miracle hygiene products have confirmed they are close to signing a deal with a well known and established hygiene company in Kuwait.The new exclusive distributor in Kuwait for Advanced Hygiene (worldwide) will provide a range of unique, [...]

Sri Lanka’s Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Ravinatha Aryasinha has called on expatriate Sri Lankans, to visit, make available expertise and invest in Sri Lanka. Addressing the celebrations to mark the 64th anniversary of independence of Sri Lanka in Brussels, Ambassador noted that, “Sri Lanka, having overcome long years of terrorism and its [...]

The Government of Sri Lanka has noted the resignation of the President of the Maldives Mr. Mohamed Nasheed and the swearing in of its Vice-President, Dr. Mohamed Waheed as the President of the Maldives. The Government of Sri Lanka is of the view that these developments are internal matters of the Maldives and hopes that [...]

The Board of Investment (BOI) will invest Rs 3 billion to upgrade the twelve BOI zones in the country to be model zones within the next three years. According to BOI Executive Director Technical Services, Sunil De Silva model zones will have all facilities required by the investors to benchmark with any international BOI zone [...]

New figures show that Scotland’s household recycling efforts save local authorities more than £20 million each year. The revelation on how much councils save through recycling comes as Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead launches the latest recycling campaign from the Scottish Government, encouraging the public to recycle more and more often. Mr Lochhead said: “It’s far [...]

Details of how new budget allocations will be spent were unveiled by Finance Secretary John Swinney in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon. The specific transport strand of the announcement represents a package of almost £72 million aimed at improving journey times, relieving congestion and making Scotland’s roads even safer. It also marks a significant step [...]

This February 8 and 9, JETRO will host a business-matching event for 31 SMEs from the disaster-hit Tohoku region at the Tokyo International Gift Show Spring 2012, Japan’s largest trade fair, showcasing giftware and home ware products. The Tohoku companies will be matched with 31 overseas buyers from 16 countries/regions such as Europe, the US [...]