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International Features Galore at Hong Kong Book Fair

Europe x Hong Kong over Le Petit Prince, comics, film and much more   10 July 2017 - A strong international line-up will feature at the 28th edition of the HKTDC Hong Kong Book Fair, which will host around 670 exhibitors from 37 countries and regions from 19-25 July at the Hong Kong Convention and …

A Tale of Two Spirits – Monoranjan Roy CMD, Pincon Spirit Limited

Let me re-tell the Tale of two Spirits. Of two generations of highly creative people in two different lands, united in their raw creativity and their “weaknesses” (I personally prefer the term “willingness” – to indulge, imbibe) for their preferred poison. Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Oscar Wilde, Marcel Proust, Aleister …

FIRST MEETING OF NEW EUROMETAL PRESIDENCY

The newly elected EUROMETAL Presidency met for the first time in Düsseldorf on 19. January 2016 under the chairmanship of EUROMETAL president, Jens Lauber, CEO TATA Steel Distribution Mainland Europe. Besides President Jens Lauber, EUROMETAL Presidency board consists of: First Vice president Robert Kay, FERONA, Czech Republic, Vice-presidents Mikael Nyquist, TIBNOR, Sweden, Johan Rosseel, GRYMAFER, …

Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise detained in Spain following oil protest

Lanzarote, Spain, 18 November 2014 – The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise has today been detained by Spanish authorities in the port of Arrecife, Lanzarote, following last Saturday’s peaceful protest by Greenpeace against oil drilling by Repsol, in the Canary Islands. Mario Rodriguez, director of Greenpeace Spain, said: “The detention of the Arctic Sunrise violates the …