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  Europe Countries - Travel, Pictures, Maps
The name Europe is probably derived from Europa, mother of the legendary King Minos in Greek mythology.
Europe is the cradle of the Occidental Civilization and the stage of scientific and cultural revolutions.
Europe's population is superior to 726 million inhabitants and includes a large number of ethnic groups.
www.europe-countries.com   (211 words)

  
 Europe Continents Facts | 4 Corners Club
Europe's boundary to the east is vague, but has traditionally been given as the Ural Mountains and Caspian Sea to the southeast: the Urals are considered by most to be a geographical and tectonic landmark separating Asia from Europe.
Geographically Europe is a part of the larger landmass known as Eurasia.
Europe passed well over 600 million people before the turn of the 20th century, but now is entering a period of population decline, for a variety of social factors.
www.4cornersclub.com /adventure_trips/europe/continent_facts   (2855 words)

  
 Europe at AllExperts
Europe is commonly reckoned as one of the seven continents of Earth; the term continent here referring to a cultural and political distinction, rather than a physiographic one, thus leading to various perspectives about Europe's precise borders.
Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea, and â€"according to the traditional geographic definitionâ€" to the southeast by the waterways adjoining the Mediterranean to and including the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains (in Caucasia).
Geographically, Europe is the western portion of the larger landmass known as Eurasia.
en.allexperts.com /e/e/eu/europe.htm   (4092 words)

  
 Optical Keyhole: IXEurope Q&A
For customers, the advantage is that their data centre equipment is located in a site with better network connectivity than would be available from their own building, plus the power and environment is very carefully managed and there are technicians on-site to quickly deal with any faults.
The second factor is that the data centre business is an outsourcing measure, implemented primarily by large corporate customers, and IT managers are disinclined to move strategic operations to a building that is outside of their control.
For data centre operators that have survived the past four years, it is frustrating to discover that while there is a huge potential market, they cannot address it because their facilities are not suitable.
www.opticalkeyhole.com /obspost/ixeurope.asp   (2117 words)

  
 Geo Centre of Europe Vilnius | Lithuania - Vilnius Life
26 km north of Vilnius, stands a large pillar boasting its steadfastness at the exact geographic centre of Europe.
Well, turns out that calculation might not be so exact after all, according to those very same French geographers who made the original claim.
Fortunately, the monument, designed by Gediminas Jokubonis, also bears the emblem of the EU at its crown and can easily be interpreted as a sculpted celebration of Lithuania's acceptance into the European Union - good save.
www.vilnius-life.com /culture/culture_details/85-Geographic_Centre_of_Europe   (79 words)

  
 Travel Europe
Europe is the cradle of the Occidental Civilization and the stage of scientific and cultural revolutions.
Europe's population is superior to 726 million inhabitants and includes a large number of ethnic groups.
The name Europe is probably derived from Europa, mother of the legendary King Minos in Greek mythology.
www.geographicguide.net /europe.htm   (251 words)

  
 Argan oil as a geographic indication
According to the Organization for an International Geographical Indications Network (ORIGIN) geographical indications are "...signs used on goods that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that place of origin...
Geographical indications are distinct from indications of source, which are nothing more than signs that specify that a product originated in a specific geographical region...
Whereas trademarks put emphasis on the producer or manufacturer of a product, a geographical indication highlights the geographical region of origin of a good and the characteristics which are derived there from." (5) The European Union (EU) is seen as the pioneer of GIs since it is the primary region insisting that they be recognized.
www.american.edu /ted/argan-oil.htm   (3790 words)

  
 Borders Challenge Europe
Europe is a place of unequalled cultural creativity; a place of artistic exchange, the cradle from which a great number of landmarks in literature and music arose, an area where artists were the first to enjoy freedom of movement.
Europe is a model of regional political integration, studied with interest in many regions of the world thereby attempting to convey its unique message often meeting with interest and reciprocation.
The nations of Europe, which are held by binding treaties, ensconced in new practices and limited in their actions by a great number of interlinking interests, would not find it easy to free themselves from the European dimension.
www.robert-schuman.org /supplement/questions_europe7an.htm   (6199 words)

  
 Human Rights Learning Centre: Study Guide on the European human rights system
Judges are elected to the Court by the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly.
The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe monitors the Court's judgments to ensure compensation is paid and to assist victims by reopening proceedings, lifting bans, striking a police record, and granting residence.
This is an annotated bibliography that includes publications by the Council of Europe on intercultural education (major conventions and declarations on the protection of minorities).
www.hrea.org /learn/guides/europe.html   (6210 words)

  
 Europos geografinis centras
At present the European geographic centre is one of the most important tourist attractions in Lithuania.
The European geographic centre has been visited by Arturas Paulauskas, Chairman of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, Algirdas Mykolas Brazauskas, Prime Minister, Francesco Frangialli, Secretary General of World Tourism Organization.
The Centre has also been visited by scientists, diplomats, clergy representatives, artists, and representatives of tourism agencies from 40 countries (Russia, Germany, England, Canada, Poland, Australia, New Zealand, Venezuela, France, Switzerland, Argentina, Kirghizia, etc).
www.egc.lt   (114 words)

  
 Geographic Centre
Obviously the physical centre of gravity is seen as the geographical centre.
The centre of the circumscribed circle is the centre of Lippe.
The geographic centre of Lippe is in Point 6.
www.mathematische-basteleien.de /geocentre.htm   (771 words)

  
 The WTO Conference in Hong Kong : What are the stakes for the European Union and France?
The latter is Europe’s leading trading partner with whom it accomplishes one quarter of its exports and 17% of its imports.
In Europe the most well known is the Cotonou Agreement with the ACP countries (Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific), that plan for the signature of economic partnership agreements designed to establish totally free trade with the EU by 2020.
For Europe and France if the choice made by developing countries lies in aid and trade it still remains that if these countries develop and succeed in producing the same amount as the developed countries and in selling these products this must be considered positive.
www.robert-schuman.org /supplement/questions_europe12an.htm   (2837 words)

  
 Open-air Museum of the Centre of Europe
The establishment of Open-Air Museum of the Centre of Europe
All 44 names of the European capitals and distances to them from the centre of Europe were carved on the granite plates installed in the Gintaras Karosas' landscape project, titled Monument of the Centre of Europe.
The Centre of the European continent - a symbolic crossroads of diverse cultures throughout the ages - is nowadays a meeting point of artists.
www.muziejai.lt /vilnius/Europos_centro_muziejus.en.htm   (611 words)

  
 Lithuania in the geographical centre of Europe
In 1989, scientists of National Geographic Institute of France gave the description of the European geographic centre and, applying the scientific method of gravitation centres, appointed that this centre is located in the North from Vilnius (26 km), near Purnuskes village.
Considering the accuracy of the measurement, the European geographic centre can be considered any point in the territory, which is a cartographic trapezium, approximately 1100 meters in the direction of North South and 800 metres in the direction of West East.
The European geographic centre is decorated with the memorial stone and the composition created by the sculptor Gediminas Jokubonis in commemoration of the integration of Lithuania into the EU.
www.travel.lt /turizmas/selectPage.do?docLocator=4BED58D2AA7D11D9838E746164617373&inlanguage=en&pathId=296   (776 words)

  
 ApacheCon EU 2008
With the great success of ApacheCon Europe 2007, we are excited to return to Amsterdam in 2008.
And we are proud to announce that we are going to intensify and deepen the pre-conference trainings by offering several 2-day trainings and each training session will have certifications of completion for those to fulfill all the requirements of the training.
Please note you do not have to be a member or committer with ASF to submit a proposal.
www.eu.apachecon.com   (384 words)

  
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Where there was previously a zone of occupation, deprivation and despair throughout Europe - through the heart of Europe from the Baltic to the Black Sea - we now see a new belt of freedom, peace and prosperity.
Ten nations and approximately 100 million people from the Gulf of Finland down towards the Bosphorous have integrated in the rule of the law, the democratic governance and the open and competitive economies that are at the core of the European Union.
You have been at the centre of Europe for centuries - and have every prospect of being so in the future to an even higher degree.
www.idu.org /contentdoc/CarlBildt.doc   (1779 words)

  
 Proctor and the Centre of Asia
Due to its advantageous location (the geographic centre of Europe was defined just here and the special monument since 1862 testifies to this event), the province had established an extensive economical and cultural relations with Europe.
He reports that the present monument was placed in Kyzyl in 1964(?) and it is not the same one that the English man built.
The Centre of Asia was not the talk of the town anymore, after 50's up to now.
www.fotuva.org /history/proctor.html   (831 words)

  
 New centre of EU near German city of Frankfurt - Europe
The new centre is located on a hilltop in the region of Hesse, not far from Frankfurt.
It is located within a quadrilateral formed by the communities of Niedermittlau, Bernbach, Luetzelhausen and Meerholz, at an altitude of 250 metres on a hill called the Niedermittlauer Heiligenkopf, the IGN said.
The previous centre of the EU had been the German community of Kleinmaischeid, some 20 kilometres north of the city of Coblenz.
news.monstersandcritics.com /europe/news/article_1239225.php/New_centre_of_EU_near_German_city_of_Frankfurt   (201 words)

  
 WHO | Dengue and dengue haemorrhagic fever
The spread of dengue is attributed to expanding geographic distribution of the four dengue viruses and of their mosquito vectors, the most important of which is the predominantly urban species Aedes aegypti.
A rapid rise in urban populations is bringing ever greater numbers of people into contact with this vector, especially in areas that are favourable for mosquito breeding, e.g.
The rapid geographic spread of this species has been largely attributed to the international trade in used tyres.
www.who.int /mediacentre/factsheets/fs117/en/index.html   (1297 words)

  
 GeoTel, call centers and CTI
This has meant that call centre operators have had to look for new ways to increase the customer service levels attainable from their call centres.
Its strategy is to exploit the recognition of the call centre as a source of competitive advantage not only through enhanced customer service but also as a primary customer interface through which business can be developed.
When existing call centres come to the decision that they need to integrate their premise systems, Datamonitor believes that they are likely to contact the original equipment providers, system integrators or their network service provider for advice.
www.callcentres.com.au /geotel.htm   (4021 words)

  
 UNESCO Observatory on the Information Society:Regions/Europe
The primary mission of CEENet is the international co-ordination of the establishment and operation of academic, research and education networks in Central and Eastern Europe and in adjacent countries.
CENTR is an association of Internet Country Code Top-Level Domain Registries such as.uk in the United Kingdom and.es in Spain.
CENTR activities are funded by membership fees, and performed by a secretariat based in Brussels, Belgium.
www.unesco.org /webworld/portal_observatory/pages/Regions/Europe/index.shtml   (1483 words)

  
 Opinio Juris - Europe
Europe has an area of 4.0 million square miles, compared to 9.4 million square miles for North America (3.5 million of which is the United States).
As the borders of “Europe” move eastward, the question will be what will happen to the borderlands, such as Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine.
While that gives pause to some in Europe, also at issue is that Turkey would become the second most populous country in the EU and the border regime could lead to significant population movements.
www.opiniojuris.org /europe   (8045 words)

  
 UNHCR - Refugees Magazine Issue 135 (New Europe) — Ukraine: on the outside looking in
Ukrainians boast that the Carpathian mountain region is the real geographic centre of Europe and it has witnessed some of the continent's most important and traumatic events.
When Ukraine was part of the Soviet empire, heavily fortified frontiers and intimidating and brutal security and immigration organizations were erected to meet challenges diametrically opposed to those the country faces today – keeping its own restless population quiescent and preparing for the possibility of violent conflict with the West.
Reception and detention centres are either non existent or are in appalling condition.
www.unhcr.org /publ/PUBL/40ffc4734.html   (2466 words)

  
 Brasov travel guide
Brasov is a charming town located in the geographical centre or Romania.
During the feudal period, the nucleus of the town - the Citadel - was the centre of the handicraft and cultural administrative activities.
The geographic position and natural beauty, the great variety of the scenery and its contrasting aspects, the numberless historic and architectonic monuments make Brasov one of Romania's main urban centres.
www.world66.com /europe/romania/brasov   (417 words)

  
 vilnius-tourism.lt
Kernavė is a town situated on a high right-side bank of the Neris River, one of the oldest centres of Lithuania.
The Pajautos valley and four hill-forts on its edge, which are glorified in legends, protect the remains of Kernavė, ancient capital of Lithuania the last pagan state in Europe.
In 1989 scientists of the French National Geographical Institute established that the geographic centre of Europe is in Lithuania, 26 kilometres north of Vilnius.
www.vilnius-tourism.lt /index.php/en/46008   (244 words)

  
 InfoHub - Centre of Europe?
If you think that Portugal is in the east of the world, and America at the centre of it, with Asia in the West, we're nothing but...
It's not only about the geographic centre of Europe, but also the cultural point.
But the centre of Europe is not something you calculate.
www.infohub.com /forums/printthread.php?t=7699&pp=40   (496 words)

  
 EUROPE
The population of Europe in 2001 was estimated to be 666,498,000: roughly one seventh of the world's population.
However, some geographers consider Azerbaijan's and Armenia's southern border with Iran and Turkey's southern and eastern border with Syria, Iraq and Iran as the boundary between Asia and Europe because of political and cultural reasons.
The Geology of Europe is hugely varied and complex, and gives rise to the wide variety of landscapes found across the continent, from the Scottish Highlands to the rolling plains of Hungary.
www.solarnavigator.net /geography/europe.htm   (1193 words)

  
 National Geographic Cartography Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
National Geographic awards, sponsored through ACSM, were renamed in 2004 to mark the passing of two renowned cartographers.
Her map, Refugee Movements in Africa, was admired by the judges for its "beautiful visual harmony." Professor Mark Harrower recommended his student because of her impressive ability to "tell a story" using graphic design in cartography.
National Geographic, along with the Geo-Information Society of South Africa and MapStudio, offered a new award in 2003 to South African students studying the mapping sciences.
www.nationalgeographic.com /maps/caward   (865 words)

  
 Digital Europe -
The digital age knows no geographic boundaries, and the critical role of intellectual property rights in innovation holds true as much in Europe as it does in the United States.
The digital economy has triggered dramatic changes in Europe just as it has here, and businesses and policymakers are scrambling to keep up.
We enjoy partnering with our friends in Europe who share the belief that the best approach in the Digital Age is to rely on the creativity of private companies acting within free markets, with governments playing their classic role of defining and enforcing property rights and protecting the integrity of the market."
www.pff.org /digitaleurope/index06.html   (275 words)

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