With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), world leaders are meeting at a summit in New York (20-22 September)

115 years ago Alfred Nobel signed his last will in Paris. When it was opened and read after his death, the will caused a lot of controversy both in Sweden

On 13th September, 2010 Oslo was the scene of a remarkable event that brought together global leaders from government, business, trade unions, and academia to discuss what many of them said is the biggest issue facing the world today: the jobs crisis.

Times Higher Education (THE) is a weekly British magazine based in London reporting specifically on news and other issues related to higher education. Times Higher Education has been known for publishing the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings, which first appeared in November 2004.

Comparative table «The Global Competitiveness Index 2009-2010»

Exports and imports by countries and territories

Doing business in different countries, comparison table

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Eugene Eteris, Baltic Course, European Studies Faculty
Commission has launched a ? 35 mln tender for projects that „unite“ environmental challenges with the business opportunities to be funded under the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (Brussels, 13 April 2010). Under the 2010 CIP Eco-innovation call for proposals, funds are available for new projects in the area of materials recycling, sustainable building products, the food and drink sector and green business practices.

Eugene Eteris, BC Scandinavian Office
Ways and means to strengthen tourism sector in Europe were discussed at the European Tourism Stakeholders Conference in Madrid recently. Main efforts seem to be devoted to verify the optimal actions to promote competitiveness and sustainable growth of European tourism.

Eugene Eteris, European Studies Faculty, RSU
At the G-20 meting of industrialised nations in September 2009, a firm support was voiced for a single set of high quality accounting standards to improve capital flows and cut down on cross-border arbitrage in response to the financial crisis. However, achieving consensus is proving increasingly difficult. The EU internal market commissioner Michel Barnier proposed reforms to the European and international accounting rules.

Eugene Eteris, RSU, European Studies Faculty
Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) is part of the ICT programme of the European Commission. FET aims at promoting long-term research and laying the scientific foundations of radically new next generation technologies. FET helps identify and develop future research in ICT and in the interdisciplinary field of quantum information science often inspired by other scientific disciplines.