Lowering the Voting Age Does Not Help against the Rise of Right-Wing Populist Parties Lowering the voting age to 16 is only an option but not a guarantee of support for democracy and democratic parties. This is the finding of a new study by political scientist Thomas König and his co-author Stefan Eschenwecker from the University of Mannheim. Can a lower voting age ...
Obrist HyperHybrid: Concept for electric cars that are refueled, not charged, is ready for production - HyperHybrid: Drive with an electric motor, but refuel like a combustion engine - Inventor and CEO Frank Obrist: "HyperHybrid provides European car manufacturers with a unique selling point compared to competitors ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - nShift urges retailers to start tracking emissions data now Companies are still under-prepared for the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which will come into effect later this year. According to a survey conducted in December, 88% of companies do not yet feel ready to meet the expectations of CSRD and 57% feel they have little or no knowledge of the new reporting obligations ...
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - - COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber addressed world leaders at the UN Climate Ambition Summit as part of the UN General Assembly, issuing a rallying cry to the international community to move from agreements to action on global climate change. - His intervention follows the ...
Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS)
Press Release Data Analysis Digital-Intensive Industries Not Always More Resilient It is widely assumed that digitalisation improves the capacity of companies and sectors to cope with crises. But is it the case that digital intensive sectors proved more resilient during the Covid-19 crisis? Researchers from the Research Institute for Sustainability (RIFS) investigated this by analysing data relating to various ...
Munich (ots) - ● Instant payments are becoming more popular in Europe, but at the same time attract fraudsters ● In future, according to draft EU legislation, banks should therefore check before every payment whether the IBAN and account-holder name match ● Banks and payment service providers take a nuanced ...
Hamburg (ots) - Former US-Secretary Henry Kissinger advocated in an interview with stern magazine for continuing the dialogue with Russa and with President Wladimir Putin. Kissinger said: “The war will end someday. After the war the relationship of ...
issuer: Lenzing AG A-4860 Lenzing phone: +43 7672-701-0 FAX: +43 7672-96301 mail: office@lenzing.com WWW: http://www.lenzing.com ISIN: AT0000644505 indexes: WBI, ATX stockmarkets: Wien language: ...
Dollarisation Does Not Go Hand In Hand With Heightened Financial Market Risks, Study Says Financial Dollarisation in emerging market economies does not necessarily lead to more vulnerability in the respective financial system, according to a recently published study with the participation of the University of Mannheim. “The common view that financial dollarisation ...
Prof. Dr. Heino Stöver - Sozialwissenschaftliche Suchtforschung
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - Prof. Dr. Heino Stöver has sharply criticized the EU Commission's "Beating Cancer Plan" presented today: "For years, the always same methods have been used trying to attain the ambitious goals of an almost tobacco-free continent. Tax increases, advertising bans and no-smoking zones are too ...
EUROEXPO Messe- und Kongress GmbH
Kirchberg an der Jagst (ots) - German university degrees enjoy an excellent global reputation, particularly in technical and natural science subjects. In addition: German universities charge little or no tuition fees. The country is also considered the epitome of international stability. Despite this, many ...
Technische Universität München
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center Phone: +49 89 289 10510 - e-mail: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de This text on the web: https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/36360/ High resolution images: https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1584740 NEWS RELEASE The video referee in ...
Technische Universität München
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH Corporate Communications Center phone: +49 89 289 22798 - email: presse@tum.de - web: www.tum.de NEWS RELEASE Successful instruction is digital – but not exclusively Major meta-study on the effectiveness of digital tools in schools Secondary school students perform better in natural sciences and mathematics and are more motivated when ...
Berlin (ots) - - Video including original graffiti art gets the message of the Wall across - Online generator tool to create individual freedom messages on social media - "Die kulturellen Erben" and its founder Ibo Omari call for more humanity and a peaceful togetherness Berlin Wall fights for freedom It`s been 30 ...
Berlin (ots) - Non-profit organisation "Die kulturellen Erben e.V." makes the Wall talk and mobilises people to participate - Video including original graffiti art gets the message of the Wall across - Online generator tool to create individual freedom messages on social media - "Die kulturellen Erben" and its founder Ibo Omari call for more humanity and a peaceful ...
issuer: ams AG Tobelbader Strasse 30 A-8141 Premstaetten phone: +43 3136 500-0 FAX: +43 3136 500-931211 mail: investor@ams.com WWW: www.ams.com ISIN: AT0000A18XM4 indexes: stockmarkets: SIX Swiss Exchange language: English ...
Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker e.V. (GfbV)
Radovan Karad?ic was found guilty of genocide at Srebrenica, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia sentenced him to 40 years imprisonment. The (successor) Court is due to deliver its decision on his appeal at The Hague on 20 March 2019. Right-wing extremists like the Christchurch terrorist Brenton Tarrant continue to this day to praise Karad?ic and his ...
BDI Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie
Berlin (ots) - - London should stop the Brexit process, if no majority can be found - Companies are preparing for no-deal Brexit - EU needs to keep on track "British politicians should not postpone decisions anymore. All the options are on the table. It would be absurd for the United Kingdom to slide into a hard Brexit in four weeks' time, one that even the majority in ...
Hamburg (ots) - At an event hosted by the German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT and CMS on 24th January, Joe Kaeser commented on the downsizing of Siemens in the energy sector: "We are not going to let Görlitz down. We are not going to let those people down." Siemens has a social responsibility, CEO Kaeser said, but "if nothing happens 3.000 are gone, because life ...
Köln (ots) - The Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel rejects the idea of threatening to cut EU subsidies to member states should they fail to comply with EU decisions or violate the principle of the rule of law. In an exclusive interview (WDR) for the ARD-Europamagazin (German Television/Das Erste, 26.03.2017, 12.45 Uhr) held at the sidelines of the Rome Summit, she ...
issuer: Palfinger AG Lamprechtshausener Bundesstraße 8 A-5020 Salzburg phone: 0662/2281-81101 FAX: 0662/2281-81070 mail: ir@palfinger.com WWW: www.palfinger.ag sector: Machine Manufacturing ISIN: AT0000758305 indexes: Prime Market stockmarkets: official market: Wien language: English ...
Earnings Forecast/Traffic Results 2014 /Outlook 2015 Flughafen Wien in 2014: Passenger record of 22.5 million (+2.2%) despite a difficult market environment - outlook for 2015: Further growth if crises in trouble spots do not escalate * 22.5 million passengers (+2.2%) at Vienna Airport in 2014 * Forecast for 2015: ...
Berlin (ots) - In an interview for the launch of the Axel Springer Akademie's English-language digital magazine "GENERATION SEPARATION", the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz (SPD), voiced strong criticism of European politics and its representatives. More and more young people perceive Europe as "undemocratic , boring and aloof." Schulz verbatim: ...
Berlin (ots) - Up to 10 percent compostable plastics mixing with conventional plastics in post-consumer recycling streams show no or negligible impact on the mechanical performance of the recyclates. This is the key finding of a meta-study published by European Bioplastics. Bioplastics are biobased, compostable, or both. Biobased plastics films are chemically identical ...
