MIL-OSI China: Report shows Chinese enterprises going global responsibly
Source: China State Council Information Office Chinese enterprises investing in countries along the Belt and Road have addressed their corporation social responsibilities (CSR) by adopting measures to balance economic, environmental and social benefits since the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was launched five years ago, said a newly released report by EY, a global leader […]
Read More →MIL-OSI United Nations: General Assembly Adopts Work Programme, Agenda for Seventy-Third Session, Including Items on Responsibility to Protect, Situation in Ukraine
Source: United Nations 4 Acting on the recommendation of its General Committee, the General Assembly adopted the work programme and agenda for its seventy-third session today, deciding to include the item “Situation in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine”, and for the second consecutive year, the item “The Responsibility to Protect and the prevention of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Australia: Ambassador to Brazil
Source: Australian Government – Minister of Foreign Affairs Media release 22 September 2018 Today I announce the appointment of Mr Timothy Kane as Australia’s next Ambassador to Brazil. Brazil is one of Australia’s major investment partners in Latin America, with direct investment in Brazil worth nearly $4.9 billion last year and two-way trade valued at […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – South Africa: jobs for South Africans – E-004442/2018
Source: European Parliament According to the white paper on international migration issued by the South African authorities(1), countries which manage immigration effectively apply the principle of keeping risks outside their borders. The courts often take decisions on migration policy, resulting in troubling rulings such as the 2004 Watchenuka judgment, which authorises asylum-seekers to work and […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: CALENDRIER du 24 septembre au 30 septembre 2018
Source: European Union (Susceptible de modifications en cours de semaine) Déplacements et visites Lundi 24 septembre 2018 23-25/09 Informal meeting of agriculture ministers President Jean-Claude Juncker addresses the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit organised in the margins of the General Assembly of the United Nations, in New York, United States. President Jean-Claude Juncker meets Mr […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Wicker, Hyde-Smith, & Palazzo Announce $10.2 Million Grant for Columbia-Marion County Airport Runway Extension – Press Releases
Source: United States Senator for Mississippi Roger Wicker WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Congressman Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., today announced a $10.2 million grant to the Columbia-Marion County Airport Authority to extend the airport runway by 1,040 feet.“This grant represents a significant investment in the future of Marion County […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $1.5 Million to Support Infrastructure Needs in Mississippi – Press Releases
Source: United States Senator for Mississippi Roger Wicker WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.5 million grant to Corinth, Mississippi, to make the infrastructure improvements necessary to serve businesses at the Northeast Mississippi Waterfront Industrial Park. According to grantee estimates, the […]
Read More →MIL-OSI USA: Murray, Cantwell, Newhouse Applaud Forest Service Recommendation to Protect Methow Valley from Mining
Source: United States Senator for Washington State Patty Murray WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, and U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA, 4th District) applauded a recommendation made by the U.S. Forest Service to the Bureau of […]
Read More →MIL-OSI New Zealand: Another vote of confidence in the Coalition Government’s economic management
Source: New Zealand Government The Coalition Government is welcoming another sign that our economic plan and decisions to run surpluses and pay down debt are paying off for New Zealand, Finance Minister Grant Robertson says. International credit rating agency Moody’s last night reaffirmed its Aaa rating with a stable outlook on the New Zealand Government’s […]
Read More →MIL-OSI Europe: Report – Setting out the conditions and procedure by which the Commission may request undertakings and associations of undertakings to provide information in relation to the internal market and related areas – A8-0286/2018 – Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Source: European Parliament Ms Anneleen Van Bossuyt Chairwoman Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection STRASBOURG Subject: Opinion on the legal basis of the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting out the conditions and procedure by which the Commission may request undertakings and associations of undertakings to provide […]
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