European Commission’s review of international roaming
17.02.2011
15:55Piotr
Almost three quarters of Europeans are worried about the cost of using their mobile phone when travelling in the EU a survey released by the European Commission on 14 February 2011 shows. 72% of travellers still limit their roaming calls because of high charges even if a majority is aware that prices have fallen since 2006. Only 19% of people who use internet-related services on their mobile phones when abroad think the costs of data-roaming are fair.
Safer Internet Day: Empowering and Protecting Children Online
09.02.2011
16:36Piotr
On the occasion of Safer Internet Day 2011, the European Commission announced on 8 February 2011 that it will bring together stakeholders of ICT industry and children's organisations to encourage the design of safer products to help keep children safe online.
EU Transport Ministers Informal Meeting
08.02.2011
15:16Piotr
Ministers responsible for transport from the EU member states met in Budapest and the Gödöllő Royal Castle (Hungary) for an informal Council meeting. The meeting, organised by the Hungarian Presidency, was attended by the Polish delegation led by Minister of Infrastructure Cezary Grabarczyk and Undersecretary of State Maciej Jankowski.
ECMT licences for transport operations between Poland and Russia
03.02.2011
15:53Piotr
The Transport Management Board of the European Conference of Ministers of Transport (ECMT) held in Paris its extraordinary meeting on 1 February 2011. During the meeting, the Russian side agreed to withdraw restrictions imposed in September 2010 on the ECMT licences for Polish hauliers to travel through the territory of Russian Federation. As a result, all the ECMT licences are vaild for transport operations to and from RF.
Minister C. Grabarczyk in the European Parliament
27.01.2011
14:41Piotr
On 26 January 2011, Minister of Infrastructure Cezary Grabarczyk met with members of the Transport and Tourism Committee (TRAN) in the European Parliament, and Commissioner for Financial Programming and Budget Janusz Lewandowski.
Stakeholder events on European Maritime Day Gdańsk 2011
20.01.2011
14:18Piotr
If you wish to organise your own event as a part of the Conference, please read the letter to Stakeholders for guidelines and then submit your proposal online. Deadline for submitting proposals is 21 February 2011. Only 15 proposals may be accepted.
Vietnamese delegation in Poland
13.01.2011
11:43Piotr
Undersecretary of State Magdalena Gaj met with the Vietnamese delegation in the Ministry of Infrastructure on 11 January 2011.
BUDMA 2011
12.01.2011
10:47Piotr
We want to build a lot, we want to build well. The Government favours housing construction and as a result of the “Family on its own” government programme, more than 84,000 mortgage loans were granted. Every year, we spend billions zloty to build new roads, develop railway lines and modernise airports. We negotiate with Brussels to provide financing for infrastructure projects after 2015 because we find it necessary to meet the objectives of the EU Cohesion Policy - said Minister of Infrastructure Cezary Grabarczyk opening 20th edition of the BUDMA International Construction Fair in Poznań on 11 January 2011.
Poland meets the criteria for Low Risk Ships
03.01.2011
15:40Piotr
The New Inspection Regime (NIR) of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control (PMoU) is effective from 1 January 2011 in the area of the EU Member Countries and Canada, Russia, Norway and Croatia. Ships calling at each member State will be selected for a periodic inspections on the basis of the Ship Risk Profile. Low Risk Ships (LRS) will be subject to less frequent inspections (every 24-36 months), and High Risk Ships (HRS) will be subject to more in-depth and more frequent inspections (every 5-6 months).
European Maritime Day Gdańsk 2011
28.12.2010
13:38Piotr
The homepage of the European Commission provides a summary programme of the annual European Maritime Day Stakeholder Conference 2011.
