September 2018 archive

Fondo di garanzia: Comunicazione degli eventi di rischio

Sono disponibili sul sito del Fondo di Garanzia la Guida alla comunicazione dell’evento di rischio sul portale FdG le Specifiche per la compilazione del tracciato relativo alla gestione degli eventi di rischio (i file sono presenti nella specifica sezione della pagina Guide e Manuali). La Guida è comprensiva delle istruzioni per l’invio in formato massivo …

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At the birth of Turkey’s currency crisis

In August the Turkish lira went on an extended down-slide. Today alone it lost nearly 20% of its value. It will likely take the Turkish economy with it and Erdogan need someone to blame for it. But while foreign powers and banks surely use the crisis for their own aims, it is its Erdogan’s economic …

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First World Bioeconomy Forum in Finland

First World Bioeconomy Forum held in Ruka, Finland, 11-13 September 2018, gets a positive start – future EU budget doubles to Euro 10 billion. “This large increase is recognition that we are in an economy that is becoming more and more dependent on biological resources to produce food, energy and material in a way that …

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Third EEA report on bioeconomy

The report The circular economy and the bioeconomy — Partners in sustainability was issued by EEA at the end of August 2018. It addresses circularity aspects of bio-based products and the sustainable use of renewable natural resources, and shows the strong links between the two policy agendas, such as in objectives and areas of intervention, …

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Syria – Israel’s Attack Kills Russian Soldiers

Yesterday Turkey and Russia agreed on a further de-escalation in Idelb province in Syria (see the update here). This agreement takes away the chance of an imminent wider war in which the U.S. and some of its allies would use a fake ‘chemical attack’ as a pretext to launch missiles against a large number of …

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Anti-Vaccine Japan Has World’s Lowest Child Death Rate & Highest Life Expectancy

Interesting data from Amanda-Mary on Japan, its strategy against harmful vaccines and its extraordinary results after the ban on mandatory vaccines. The article is re-launched by Comedonchisciotte and the original can be found at Anti-Vaccine Japan Has World’s Lowest Child Death Rate & Highest Life Expectancy Anti-Vaccine Japan Has World’s Lowest Child Death Rate & …

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Perils of perception. 2017 Survey

The outcomes of the 2017 survey about the distance between reality and its perception have been published by Ipsos MORI. The Perils of Perception The Perils of Perception Ipsos has been running studies on the Perils of Perception, exploring the gap between people’s perceptions and the reality since 2012 across the world. Source: perils.ipsos.com/ South …

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