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Twenty years ago, the Berlin Wall came down and with it communist rule in Central Europe.

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The leading spatial solutions provider Dotted Eyes is launching Contractor Portal, a web application for local government organizations that simplifies the distribution of Ordnance Survey and other spatial datasets to their contractors.

Planning Portal

Emapsite launches Plans Ahead Online Map Provisioning
Worried about the economic costs of isolation and armed with legal guarantees and an Irish member of the European Commission for all time, Irish voters gave a resounding Yes to the Lisbon treaty on October 2.

Lisbon Treaty

President Vaclav Klaus is Still a Hold Out.
On September 9, the giant data storage hardware and software company EMC announced it would spend $1.5 billion to further develop its R&D capabilities in India.

Protectionism V. Innovation

Another Nail in the Coffin for U.S. Industry and R&D.

Utility companies face fines if their roadworks cause major disruption under tough new powers given to London councils.

London Boroughs

Councils Have New Power to Control Roadworks.
The United States faces the urgent challenge of using the year ahead to limit the risks of nuclear proliferation and to lower the level of nuclear weapons in the world.

Nuclear Proliferation

U.S. and Russia Must Act to Reduce Risks of Nuclear Weapons
Solar energy and carbon capture and storage earmarked for lion’s share of extra technology funding.

UK Politics

David Cameron's Focus on the Failures of 'Big Government'.

A disturbing lack of capacity in EU state building projects risks becoming a key security challenge, while many fragile states threaten to turn into failed states.

EU & Failing States

EU missions Remain Small, Lacking in Ambition and Strategically Irrelevant.
Anyone who thinks that health care reform alone is going to close the massive current—and even larger projected—U.S. budget deficit is deluded.

Health Care Reform

U.S. Budget Deficit will Increase & Taxes Must Go Up
A team of European researchers has demonstrated some of the first commercially viable plasmonic devices, paving the way for a new era of high-speed communications and computing in which electronic and optical signals can be handled simultaneously.

Plasmonic Devices

A New Era of High Speed Communications

EU Human Rights Commissioner says Death Penalty must be abolished

EU Death Penalty

EU Human Rights Commissioner Says Death Penalty Must be Abolished.
Presidents Obama and George H.W. Bush highlight volunteer traditions in America

Volunteerism in America

Presidents Obama and George H.W. Bush highlight volunteer traditions.
The London Plan hopes to make England’s Capital Best Big City on Earth.

The London Plan

Mayor Johnson to make England's Capital Best Big City on Earth

The biggest applause during David Cameron’s speech came when he launched an angry assault on Labour’s record on poverty, asking who made the poorest poorer?

Poverty & Inequality

Conservatives look to tackle poverty and inequality in the UK.
The Government sees offshore wind as a key component for meeting both the EU imposed target of achieving 15% of energy from renewable sources by 2020 and the domestically set carbon budgets.

UK Carbon Budget

Wind Power is Key to England's Green Economy.
New Economic Opportunites in UK Northern Regions Could Help Ease Recession

Recession In The UK

New Economic Opportunites in UK Northern Regions Could Help Ease Recession.

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UK Government To Provide New Fathers A Dad’s Guide

The government recently published its long
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London Council Highlights The Manifesto For Londoners

The Manifesto for Londoners sets out
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UK Celebrities Step Up To The Plate For Global Poverty

Davina McCall, Mariella Frostrup, Annie Lennox,
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A Look At The Antitrust Exemption For Health Insurers

With comprehensive health care legislation foundering
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The Return Of Class To British Political Debate

One of the most striking political
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Europe And The Franco-German Revival

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