Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:02Bread is a staple, one that may be consumed at unnaturally high rates because of the artificially low price. When Russia announced in 2010 that it would no longer export wheat, a brief panic ensued in Egypt that the state would be unable to meet its ...

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:20The use of renewable energy has great potential in tackling climate change, and in increasing global and domestic energy security. The greater the deployment of renewable technologies internationally, the less pressure there will be on traditional ...

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:50Indeed, in Westminster Hall we have had debates on the legacy of Northern Ireland, and debates between representatives of Russia and Georgia. Recently, we have had two sessions involving young people from Israel and Palestine talking about their vision ...

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 06:18Turning to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, he said that although the UK should support the Minsk group he was concerned that progress had been fairly limited. On Russia, Mr Speller stated that it might not be one of the two superpowers but it was still ...

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:00The pace of investment growth is even higher, at 145%, in the BRIS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, South-Africa), and in China: 855%. At this rate, China will overtake the EU in terms of volume of R&D expenditure by 2014. The European Social Fund ...