H. whereas all registration of new newspapers has been stopped by the state authorities and many existing newspapers have been burdened with fines, which makes it impossible for them to continue publishing; whereas in April a fine of USD 26 000 was imposed on BDG (Biełarusskaja Diełowaja Gazieta), and Iryna Chalip, a BDG journalist, was fined USD 600, and in June Narodnaja Volja daily was fined EUR 40 000; whereas the entire circulation of Dzień newspaper was confiscated by the Belarussian authorities and reregistration of the news ...[+++]paper was refused; whereas Andrej Šantarovič – the editor of Miestnaja Gazieta – and Alena Raubieckaja – the editor of Birża informacii – were each fined USD 500 for protesting about the closure of their newspapers,

9. Stresses that the transfer of clean-energy technology to developing countries is central to tackling climate change and meeting the Millennium Development Goals; notes that at the 2005 Gleneagles summit, G8 leaders recognised the need for greater international co-operation and coordination of research and development of energy technologies; notes further that, at the same time, the Heads of Government of Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, China and India issued a joint statement with a view to building a new paradigm for international cooperation in the future, including improved participation ...[+++] in RD, international funding for technology transfer, and a concerted effort to address issues relating to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR); calls on the Commission to address IPR-related barriers to the acquisition of existing proprietary clean-energy technology through dialogue on the basis of further work analysing how international funds and public-private initiatives have fostered technology transfer covered by IPRs in other fields; calls on the Commission to explore the potential for new kinds of global public-private-partnerships in technologies to tackle climate change, drawing experience from international agreements to support IPR access to anti-retroviral drugs for developing countries.

This party added, ‘Prof Marielle Christiansen (Head of OPTIMAR project) in Trondheim considers that it is very difficult for companies to participate and take advantage of results from this program which is said to be a public research programme with the view of broadening the base for all Norwegian companies, because they are already working closely with SINTEF and MARINTEK and had promised to share the research results with these commercial organisation (SINTEF and MARINTEK are both institutes located in Trondheim and has for a numb ...[+++]er of reasons close ties with the Technical University NTNU)’.

38. Urges the European Union to take a leading role in developing effective policy measures and partnerships on RD of Global Public Goods with a particular focus on therapeutic and preventive technology, such as microbicides and vaccines, that meet the health needs of developing countries;

This activity shall not include: (a) flights performed exclusively for the transport, on official mission, of a reigning Monarch and his immediate family, Heads of State, Heads of Government and Government Ministers, of a country other than a Member State, where this is substantiated by an appropriate status indicator in the flight plan (b) military flights performed by military aircraft and customs and police flights (c) flights related to search and rescue, fire-fighting flights, humanitarian flights and emergency medical service flights authorised by the appropriate competent authority (d) any flights performed exclusively under visual flight rules as defined in Annex 2 to the Chicago Convention (e) flights terminating at the aerodrome f ...[+++]rom which the aircraft has taken off and during which no intermediate landing has been made (f) training flights performed exclusively for the purpose of obtaining a licence, or a rating in the case of cockpit flight crew where this is substantiated by an appropriate remark in the flight plan provided that the flight does not serve for the transport of passengers and/or cargo or for the positioning or ferrying of the aircraft (g) flights performed exclusively for the purpose of scientific research or for the purpose of checking, testing or certifying aircraft or equipment whether airborne or ground-based (h) flights performed by aircraft with a certified maximum take-off mass of less than 5 700 kg (i) flights performed in the framework of public service obligations imposed in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 on routes within outermost regions, as specified in Article 299(2) of the Treaty, or on routes where the capacity offered does not exceed 30 000 seats per year (j) flights which, but for this point, would fall within this activity, performed by a commercial air transport operator operating either:

Neena Jacob, Coordinator of the India Development Information Network based in New Delhi, chaired the Jury for the prize this year. Other members are: Julio Godoy, SWD correspondent and founder of the Guatemalan weekly La Epoca; Victoria Brittain, Deputy Foreign Editor of The Guardian; Peter Prüfert, Director of the German International Institute of Journalism; François Misser, author and contributor to various European and African publications; Axel Buyse, Foreign Editor of Belgium's De Standaard newspaper; and Alejandro Kirk, Editor of IPS-Inter Press Service.