Tag: roads
With the new Silk Roads, Beijing is trying to export its development model
Laos inaugurates a high-speed line with an investment of 6 billion dollars by Beijing, at Yuxi Railway Station (China), on December 3, 2021. AP Eight years after their launch, in…
Europe presents its project to 300 billion euros to counter the Chinese silk roads
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, presents the “Global Gateway” development aid project, Wednesday December 1, 2021 in Brussels. KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP Europeans definitely do not…
Land use statistics: Settlements and forests grow at the expense of agriculture: fewer glaciers, more roads
The settlement area in Switzerland has grown by almost eight football fields every day over the past ten years. That is a little slower than in the years before. The…
China tries to green its “new silk roads”
A wind farm in Dunhuang, 950 km away in Lanzhou, northwest China, September 16, 2013. CARLOS BARRIA / REUTERS With the approach of the Climate Conference, COP26, which is to…
Lithuania stands up to China and moves away from the “Silk Roads”
From “17 + 1”, they went to “16 + 1”: in May, Vilnius slammed the door of the group launched by Beijing in 2012, and until then composed of 17…
The 10 most extreme roads in the world break all records
Lombard Street in San Francisco is unofficially considered the curviest street in the world. 1. The iciest road: Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road (Canada) This 568 kilometer long highway in…
Eight stages, white roads and a justice of the peace for the Tour de France women
Between 1984 and 1989, a Tour de France was organized with stages contested before those of the men. Marked by the rivalry between Jeannie Longo and the Italian Maria Canins,…
For safe roads – E-scooter patrols are now on patrol in Linz
Rental scooter provider “Tier Mobility”, which has been represented in Linz with its turquoise electric scooters for over two years, is now sending the “Tier Patrol” on patrol. This means…
Coastal roads in Europe: this is where it gets spectacular!
The most beautiful coastal roads in Europe Do you like intoxicating views? Do you love the sea? Do you only feel free and independent in the car? Then these coastal…
Computer repaired – vaccination roads are running again without any problems in Upper Austria
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on the thermal roads of the Pyrenees, cold shower and austerity
One of the pools in the thermoludique area of the Argelès-Gazost thermal baths (Hautes-Pyrénées), in March 2021. The activity has stopped since October 2020. GUILLAUME PEPY / HANS LUCAS FOR…