By Kole Casule SKOPJE, March 31 (Reuters) – Macedonia on Monday cancelled a parliamentary debate on changing the country’s name, saying it had no guarantee the proposed change would satisfy Greece and clinch an invitation this week to join NATO. Its decision takes the long-running Macedonia name dispute to the brink on the eve of
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The European Commission has signed a EUR3.5 mln contract with the consortium led by the German company Fichtner GmbH & Co. KG. to carry out design services for priority infrastructure projects in the water and wastewater sector in the northern part of Cyprus. This contract is a critical component of a project to upgrade the
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The Minister of Agriculture has called for an emergency meeting this week of all interested parties to discuss water cuts the government has announced.“I have invited the heads of local water boards in the various districts with a view to explain the measures the government announced earlier this week,†Mihalis Polinikis, Minister of Agriculture, Natural
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Lynn Pascoe, UN Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs, will meet Monday morning President Demetris Christofias at the start of a three-day visit to Cyprus. Pascoe, who arrives late Sunday night, will then see the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community Mehmet Ali Talat. Later on he will host a lunch with representatives of civil society
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By Katerina Nicolaou The election campaign slogan of newly elected President Demitris Christofias for a “just society†passes mainly through his Ministry, given the fact that the majority of the laws which regulate internal administration has to do with issues the Minister of Interior deals with. Neoklis Sylikiotis returns to the “Ministry of the Citizenâ€,
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European stocks fell nearly 2 % early on Monday, heading for their third consecutive quarter of losses, with Swiss bank UBS tumbling on renewed worries over the prospect of more asset writedowns. Vodafone was the biggest faller among Europe‘s blue chips, down 5 % after Morgan Stanley cut its recommendation to “underweight” from “overweight” and
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Ericsson has been chosen as sole supplier by leading Mozambican operator mCel for the expansion and upgrade of its Mobile Packet Backbone Network solution (Mobile-PBN). Ericsson’s Mobile-PBN solution, which includes the Redback SmartEdge routers, delivers operator-proven IP infrastructure optimized to accommodate broadband packet data traffic growth, and transport for mCel’s already-installed Ericsson Mobile Softswitch Solution.
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Motorola Inc. announced that it is extending the reach of its field-proven Canopy wireless broadband system with the introduction of the 400 series of access points and subscriber modules in the 5.4 GHz spectrum. Based on Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology, which provides improved near-line of sight (nLOS) and non-line of sight (NLOS) coverage, the
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Secure Computing Corporation, a leading enterprise gateway security provider, is organising a specialised security seminar this week in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, in collaboration with its partner MCS. The forum aims to familiarise Secure Computing’s key customers in Egypt – comprising government departments and banks – about latest application-layer threats and the need for a
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Ericsson has been selected to expand and upgrade leading Pakistani operator Warid Telecom’s GSM/GPRS network. The move will enable Warid to enhance network capacity and quality for its expanding subscriber base. Under the agreement, Ericsson will supply, install and commission core, radio, microwave and optical-transmission network equipment, and take responsibility for site acquisition and civil works. The
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