Archive for the ‘program’ Category

Nobel Peace Prize Concert

Friday, December 11th, 2009



The Nobel Peace Prize Concert is held annually since 1994 on December 11, one day after the date of Alfred Nobel's death, to honour the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. The award ceromny on December 10 takes place in The City Hall of Oslo, Norway, while the concert is in the ...

Taliban

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009



The Taliban (Pashto: طالبان ṭālibān, meaning "students"), also Taleban, is a Sunni Islamist, predominantly Pashtun fundamentalist religious and political movement that governed Afghanistan from 1996 until 2001, when its leaders were removed from power by Northern Alliance and NATO forces. It has regrouped and since 2004 revived as a strong ...

Scrappage program

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009



A scrappage program is a government budget program to promote the replacement of old vehicles with modern vehicles. Scrappage programs generally have the dual aim of stimulating the automobile industry and removing inefficient, high emissions vehicles from the road. Many European countries have introduced large-scale scrappage programs as an economic ...