Algerian Stability Could Fall with Oil Price
The low global oil prices being experienced since mid-2014 have had a serious impact on oil-dependent states across the world, many of which have a limited capacity to adjust to the current economic...
Who killed Oetzi the Iceman? Italy reopens coldest of cases
High in a remote area of the Oetztaler Alps in northern Italy, 5,300 years ago, Oetzi the Iceman was shot in the back with an arrow. It hit a main artery and he probably bled to death within...
Sunken WWII Italian warship explored for first time by Microsoft co-founder
A WATERY WWII gravesite has been explored for the first time. An Italian naval ship sunk in WWII was recently discovered and photographed by a team led by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The IT...
Big tobacco leaves huge ecological footprint -WHO
Tobacco growing is causing “massive harm” to the environment through the extensive use of chemicals, energy and water, and pollution from manufacturing and distribution, the World Health...
Charge aims to wean Greeks off plastic bags
Plastic bags will cost up to 8 cents each in supermarkets as of July 2018, as a bill from the Environment Ministry is to be passed that will finally incorporate into Greek law a European Union...
Spain’s Environment Ministry downsizes giant solar project in Extremadura by 170 MW
The Spanish Ministry of Environment has decided to downsize a 394.1 MW PV project planned by Iberia Termosolar, a joint venture between Spanish developer Valsolar and German-based S.A.G. Solarstrom,...
Spain forces banks to refund fees on mortgages
Irish investors in Spanish property who took out a Spanish mortgage and were charged fees while doing so may be due a refund. In its latest purge of the property market the Spanish judiciary has...
Inside the UAE’s tech start-up environment
In the world we live in, technology takes care of even the simplest of tasks. Many of today’s young tech entrepreneurs want to capitalise on this trend to become the next Elon Musk or Mark...
