Russia and Cuba to form joint transport and logistics company

Russian UVZ-Logistic, part of Uralvagonzavod, El Grupo Empresarial de la Industria Sidero-Mecánica’ (GESIME), a Cuban ferrous metallurgy and machine-building group, and Cuban Union Railways (UFC) have signed an agreement on the creation of a joint transportation logistics company and the modernization of ‘Planta Mecanica’ machine-building plant.

Milan unveiling for Europe’s fastest train

Italian president Sergio Mattarella was in Milan over the weekend for the debut of Europe’s fastest production train, the Frecciarossa 1000.

Government officials and company representatives made the inaugural journey on April 25, departing Milan Central at 13.30 and arriving two hours and 55 minutes later in Rome.

Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme

Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE Programme supports regional cooperation among central European countries: Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, as well as parts of Germany and Italy. The overall objective of the programme is “to cooperate beyond borders to make central European cities and regions better places to live and work” by implementing smart solutions answering to regional challenges in the fields of innovation, low-carbon economy,

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Elon Musk’s Hyperloop might actually get built

In 2013, Musk unveiled a proposal for a new form of transportation between the Greater Los Angeles area and the San Francisco Bay Area, after being disappointed with the approved California High-Speed Rail system. After envisioning Hyperloop, Musk assigned a dozen engineers from Tesla Motors and SpaceX who worked for nine months, establishing the conceptual foundations and creating the designs for the transportation system. An early design for the

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