The European Commission and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a private investment arm of the World Bank, had signed a guarantee agreement worth up to 90 million euros ($97 million) to support private sector investments in Ukraine’s reconstr…
AFCON 2023: Bafana Bafana star Mayambela targets final spot
Bafana Bafana striker Mihlali Mayambela says securing a place in the final of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations will be special for him and his family. South Africa started their campaign at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations with a 2-0 defeat against the Eag…
Exploring the planet’s growing number of artificial islands
The Maldives is an archipelago that is constantly expanding, with new human-made islands being constantly added to the area’s 1,192 natural islands. The latest and largest project is the Fari Islands in the North Malé Atoll. Initially a set of small sa…
British Museum to put stolen items on public display
The British Museum is putting 10 of the items that had been stolen from them on display to the public, months after the London museum admitted that hundreds of objects from its collection were missing. The Rediscovering Gems exhibition, beginning this …
Puerto Rico.- Residente lanza su nuevo álbum ‘Las letras ya no importan’ seis años después de su último disco
El rapero puertorriqueño Residente ha anunciado el lanzamiento de su nuevo trabajo, ‘Las letras ya no importan’, el próximo 22 de febrero, seis años después del lanzamiento de su último disco. René Pérez, nombre real del artista, ha publicado en su cue…
Czech cabinet ministers clash over euro adoption again
By Albin Sybera Czech Minister of European Affairs Martin Dvorak’s appointment of economist Petr Zahradnik as envoy for adopting the euro currency has provoked another dispute inside the centre-right cabinet over the timetable for joining the eurozone….
Portaltic.-Esker entra en el primer Cuadrante Mágico de Gartner para Suites Source-to-Pay
Esker, empresa especializada en la digitalización de la relación comercial entre proveedores y clientes, ha anunciado su inclusión en el primer Cuadrante Mágico que elabora la consultora Gartner para suites Source-to-Pay, un proceso que abarca todo el …
Politician’s reference to “130,000” reopens question of how many died in Turkey’s quake disaster
How many people really perished in the “disaster of the century” earthquake catastrophe that struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria exactly one year ago today (February 6)? Officially, the calamity—the huge death toll of which is frequently attr…
Five companies interested in building new reactors at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy NPP
By Denitsa Koseva in Sofia Five companies have shown interest in building two new reactors using Westinghouse Electric’s AP1000 technology at Bulgaria’s state-owned Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP), the special project company Kozloduy NPP-New Build …
FCT Civil Service Commission to begin operations soon – Wike
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has announced that the FCT Civil Service Commission will begin operations soon. Wike announced this on Monday while inaugurating the construction of a five-kilometre dual carriageway …