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€12.5m in funding has been announced for the development of Dunree Military Fort and Museum. The funding under Failte Irelands Platform for Growth Programme 2021 will have a transformative impact on the site with amendments and improvements to many aspects of the site including new walkways, pathways and additional car parking. 25% of the funding has been sanctioned by Donegal County Council. Agriculture Minister Charlie McConlogue says the investment will see Fort Dunree become a must-vis...

Bloomberg writer pours his heart out while praising Bangladesh’s progress UNB 1st June, 2021 03:51:05 Bangladesh is destined to be South Asia’s standout success and countries like India and Pakistan have much to learn from Bangladesh, says a Bloomberg article. "Today, the country’s 160 million-plus people, packed into a fertile delta that’s more densely populated than the Vatican City, seem destined to be South Asia’s standout success," writes Mihir Swarup Sharma, a Bloomberg Opinion ...

Supporting circularity in South Africa-EU food trade 15-03-2021 Jeske van Seters, Tlale Matseke and Sean Woolfrey, ECDPM commentary, 15 March 2021 South African wine is well known in Europe, but Europeans consume many more South African products, often without knowing. The European Union (EU) is the second largest market for South African exports, and food and beverages represent a particularly important category – thin...

08/04/2021 - 17:45 News stories Agriculture is a critical component of West Africa’s economy, a region composed of a variety of ecosystems that provide suitable land for food production. For decades, Sierra Leone has however seen a steady decline in agricultural sustainability and innovation due to outdated agricultural practices, land degradation and climate change. Despite its abundance of favorable natural resources including its tropical climate and heavy rainfall, Sierra Leone has as a r...

Efforts are underway to establish a skate park in Listowel in a bid to provide the towns teenagers with a greater range of activity options. It is also hoped that such a facility would go a long way to making the town more attractive for visitors as a complement to the Greenway, which is set to recommence construction as soon as the public-health regulations allow. Its the first time such an amenity has been mooted for Listowel and provides a tantalising prospect for many teens, whod love the c...

From providing support programmes to developing high quality workspaces and investing in research and innovation projects – new and existing businesses across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are continuing to benefit from European funding through the €600 million Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Growth Programme. Part funded through the Growth Programme, the Growth Hub has helped thousands of local businesses work smarter, develop and grow. The Penryn based Letter Box Hamper company, which se...

Trains to Huapai spokeswoman Christine Rose said traffic issues in the north-west are becoming “much, much worse” with rapid development happening in the area. The infrastructure isnt in place to support those developments, she said. Danielle Clent/Stuff Trains to Huapai campaigners Christine Rose and Jon Reeves at the railway line that travels through Kumeu and Huapai. “There’s a real feeling of injustice out here and that it’s a deliberate and political manoeuvre and that we just...

Twitter Should Stick to Its Guns in India Feb 13 2021, 5:20 PM February 12 2021, 6:00 AM February 13 2021, 5:20 PM (Bloomberg Opinion) -- When India’s minister for commerce and industry recently urged his followers to “connect with me” on Koo, an “Indian micro-blogging platform,” he did so on Twitter. That should be a lesson to the U.S. social media giant: In its battles with India’s government and others around the world, the platform needn’t surrender its pr...

One of the UK's largest cheese producers has received a £1.3m grant to support the increase in global demand for its flagship vintage cheddar.

Vanguard News Buhari’s legacy and Osinbajo’s burden On Ondo over forest reserves and the skirmishes in Igangan area of Oyo, I think of Yemi Osinbajo. How does he cope in a government that is facing mounting security challenges across the nation, yet seems incapable of handling them decisively? Is he not frustrated by the apparent reluctance or inability of the government to drastically halt the increasing cases of insecurity in the land? Is the VP not worried that the administration is inc...