EU pays price for lack of migration planning

Refugees and migrants line up to board a night ferry from the Greek island of Kos to Athens.
© socrates baltagiannis/UNHCR

 
by kristy siegfried

(IRIN) OXFORD, August19, 2015 - Migrant arrivals to Europe in 2015 were widely expected to surpass the record levels reached in 2014, as conflicts in Syria and elsewhere raged on. But the staggering number of sea arrivals to Greece in recent weeks appears to have taken many by surprise.

Virginia Governor announces agreement to continue operation of the Virginia Commercial Space Authority

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe speaks with press post announcement at Old Dominion University.  photo: abhi ahmadadeen/BMLTV©

The Governor also announced a separate agreement to build a 3,000-foot runway for Unmanned Aircraft Systems 

(BMLTV) Norfolk Va., August 6, 2015 - Governor Terry McAuliffe announced today an agreement has been reached between the Commonwealth of Virginia and Orbital ATK regarding repair costs and insurance coverage following the October 2014 launch mishap that damaged portions of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS).

Red tape tangles Nepal reconstruction

Residents walk past a building damaged during the earthquake in the city centre in Chautara, Nepal, on 8 July 2015. © Juliette Rousselot/IRIN
 
by Juliette Rousselot

(IRIN) KATHMANDU, August 5, 2015 - More than three months after a massive earthquake devastated Nepal, hundreds of thousands of people remain homeless as reconstruction efforts are blocked by logistical and bureaucratic hurdles.