The joint Serbian and Croatian commission for scientific and technological cooperation met on Friday in Zagreb and prepared a list of 32 science projects.
Serbian Assistant Science and Technological Development Minister Viktor Nedović told Tanjug that 73 applications had been received and 32 were selected, mainly in the field of biotechnology.
All of Chi-East’s initial participants — Instinet, Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE), Morgan Stanley (MS.N), Nomura and UBS (UBSN.VX)— have successfully matched trades on the platform, the firm said in a statement.
Lenovo, the worlds fourth-largest PC maker, is in talks to create a joint venture with NEC that would enable both businesses to better compete globally, according to published reports. – Five years
after becoming a player on the global PC scene by buying IBMs personal
computer business, Lenovo reportedly is in talks with NEC about a joint venture
of sorts around their PC units, according to reports.
Quoting an
unnamed source, the Wall Street
Journal reported Jan. 21 that the t…
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Intel-GE Care Innovations, officially launched as of Jan. 3 and received full
regulatory clearance.
The new company will focus on technologies to help the elderly remain in
their homes as well as independently in senior…
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Montenegrin President Filip Vujanović says his Serbian counterpart’s proposal to open joint diplomatic representative offices “should be closely examined”.
Vujanović said that the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs will examine all matters that serve to increase the efficiency of diplomacy and good cooperation.
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The LME and SGX will launch futures contracts in aluminium, copper and zinc, it said in a statement.
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Hewlett-Packard that are also stamping their names on smartphones.
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou stated that Greece had contributed to the shaping up of the Serbia-EU joint resolution. He said that Greece had a big role in paving the way for resolving the issue.
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health care IT field, its also a personal situation for the leaders of
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Temasek Holdings Pte, Singapore’s state-owned investment company, said it formed a joint venture with Impulsora Mexicana de Desarrollos Inmobiliarios to invest in land and real estate in Mexico.
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ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has emphasised the need of joint monitoring on Pak-Afghan border and increased sharing of information on the cross-border movement of militants between Pakistan and NATO-ISAF.
The Prime Minister was talking to Secretary General NATO Anders Fogh Rasmussen who called on him at the Prime MinisterÂ’s Secretariat on Wednesday.
The Prime Minister welcomed the proposal for signing a Framework Agreement between Pakistan and NATO through Joint Political Declaration and hoped that both sides would exchange drafts of the proposed declaration in the near future to finalise it for signing as soon as possible. The Prime Minister also appreciated NATOÂ’s training facilities for PakistanÂ’s military and civilian personnel and hoped that this cooperation would be further expanded to strengthen his countryÂ’s counterterrorism and counterinsurgency capabilities.
The Prime Minister thanked the NATOÂ’s Secretary General for his intersession with the European Union leadership on PakistanÂ’s behalf for granting the GSP Plus facility and greater access to Pakistani products in the European markets. PakistanÂ’s economic development and progress, he added, is a prerequisite for successfully confronting the threat of terrorism and its allies must help it in this regard through greater market access.
The Prime Minister drew the attention of the Secretary General to the need of refurbishment of the road infrastructure for facilitating smooth supplies to ISAF through Pakistan and sought NATOÂ’s assistance in improving the related road network in the country.
The Prime Minister stated that despite immense human and material losses, Pakistan had demonstrated its commitment to combat terrorism, extremism and militancy. The sacrifices made by the people of Pakistan and its Armed Forces remain unparalleled but his Government had been able to retain the domestic consensus and peopleÂ’s ownership of struggle against terrorism. The Government of Pakistan attaches high priority to provide relief and rehabilitation to the returnees to the affected areas and reconstruction of the areas cleared from the militants. The international community should assist Pakistan in these efforts, he added.
Dilating on the role of NATO and ISAF in Afghanistan, the Prime Minister stressed that the international community must stay engaged and facilitate efforts of the Afghan Government to rebuild its state institutions and related capacity. He reiterated PakistanÂ’s offer for the training of the Afghan National Army, National Police and civil bureaucracy.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen commended the Prime Minister, his Government and Pakistani Armed Forces for resolutely pursuing the campaign against terrorism. He expressed his satisfaction over the ongoing cooperation between Pakistan and NATO and vowed to expedite finalisation of Joint Political Declaration between the two sides. The Secretary General said that NATO would like to have a long-term and robust cooperation going beyond resolution of Afghanistan crisis.
He stated that NATO, besides capacity building of PakistanÂ’s military and civil officers in anti-terrorism fields, was willing to provide training to concerned Pakistani agencies personnel in anti-narcotics drive.
He termed the Kabul Conference, held on Tuesday last, as very successful and stated that the participating countries had agreed to President KarzaiÂ’s idea that the Afghan forces should be enabled to take over the law enforcement duties from the NATO and ISAF by the end of 2014. The NATO would accord every possible assistance to Afghan government to achieve that goal.
ISLAMABAD – The three-day conference of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries concluded on Saturday with a resolve to extend cooperation to each other against terrorism.
At the end of the final session, Secretary General SAARC Dr Sheel Kant Sharma and PakistanÂ’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik in a joint press conference termed the moot as the most successful. They said that during the meeting it was felt by the member countries that terrorism was badly afflicting the region, which resulted in extensive loss of precious human lives and properties.
Dr Sheel Kant Sharma said that during the meeting, all the member countries agreed on 12-point agenda. In reply to a question, he said that plan of establishment of Institute of Criminology was underway. He said that paper work for increasing maritime security suggested by Maldives would be finalised soon. He lauded the Home Ministers’ countries and said, “This was another level of comfort among SAARC Ministers evident from the fact that there was no split among them.” He applauded both India and Pakistan for holding talks saying things could be changed through dialogue. The SAARC Secretary General said that during the meeting all members were on the same page against terrorism, drug trafficking and human smuggling. To a query, he said that despite having some differences, all member countries have been supporting the SAARC decisions.
He said the next meeting of SAARC Interior Ministers would be held in Bhutan next year. To a question regarding the SAARC police, he said modalities are being finalised for constitution of regional police. “We need capacity building of law enforcement agencies. We will work to find out deficiencies. The minister said that it was agreed that the SAARC platform would be strengthened and coordination among member states would be enhanced. He said it is time to think above country level and make efforts at regional level to wipe out terrorism.
To a question about terrorism, he said all the countries had been on the same page against terrorists. “If Taliban are here today, tomorrow they will proceed to other countries,” he remarked. To a query, Malik said that Pakistani students in India would be treated like other countries’ students.
He said that terrorism badly affected all countries of the region in general and Pakistan in particular. All the member countries were agreed that it was the real time for intelligence information sharing, and existing Sri Lankan based SAARC Terrorism Offences Monitoring Desk would be strengthened to the real time information sharing,” Malik added.
He said that there should be interfaith harmony among the members as no religion allowed to carry out terrorism activities. He also informed that in this connection a moot on interfaith harmony would be held in Sri Lanka in near future.
The text of the Islamabad SAARC Ministerial Statement on Cooperation against terrorism” passed at the end of the three-day moot says, “Recognising that terrorism poses a serious threat to the peace and security of our region;
Expressing deep concern at the continuing scourge of terrorism afflicting the region, which has caused extensive loss of human life, destruction and damage to property; Taking note of the fact that peace and harmony, friendly and good neighbourly relations, and cooperation and prosperity of the region are being threatened by terrorism; Recognising that sovereign equality, mutual respect and the principles of non-intervention and non-interference in the internal affairs of Member States consistent with the SAARC Charter, shall remain the basis of our cooperation in the war against terror;
1)We the Interior/Home Ministers of SAARC Member States today in Islamabad.
a. Recall and uphold the Colombo Ministerial Declaration on Cooperation in Combating Terrorism adopted by the Thirty-first Session of the Council of Ministers of February 2009.
b. Reiterate our commitment to strengthen the SAARC regime against terrorism.
c. Reaffirm our commitment to further strengthen cooperation to fight and eradicate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
d. Emphasize the importance of a coordinated and concerted response to combat terrorism.
e. Underline our commitment to implement measures against the organisation, instigation, financing and facilitation of a terrorist activity.
f. Reiterate to take appropriate measures, administrative and legal, to ensure that our respective territories are not used for terrorist installations or training camps or for the preparation or organisation of terrorist acts intended to be committed against other States or their citizens.
g. Express our resolve to ensure that our nationals and entities within our territories that commit or attempt to commit, facilitate or participate in the commission of terrorist acts are appropriately punished
h. Underscore our commitment to apprehend and prosecute or extradite persons connected, directly or indirectly, with the commission of acts of terrorism.
i. Reiterate that we shall contribute to the efforts in the UN General Assembly for early adoption of the UN Draft Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism
j. Emphasize that linkages between terrorism, the illegal trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substance, illegal trafficking of persons and firearms and threats to maritime security remain a matter of serious concern and reiterate our commitment to address these problems in a comprehensive manner.
k. Emphasize the need to strengthen regional cooperation to fight terrorism and Transnational organised crime and reaffirm our commitment implement the SAARC Regional Convention on Suppression of Terrorism and its Additional Protocol and SAARC Convention on Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances.
l. Underscore the importance of the SAARC Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters and call for its ratification.
2) Our respective countries shall extended cooperation to each other against terrorism while remaining within the purview of our national laws and procedures and our international commitments and following the principle of non-interference and non-intervention in each otherÂ’s affairs.
