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Samtidig som bystaten Singapore feirer sitt 50-års jubileum som selvstendig stat i år, feirer den populære coctaildrinken Singapore Sling 100 år, skriver Se og Hør.
Drinken ble komponert i 1915 av bartenderen Ngiam Tong Boon i den verdensberømte The Long Bar, i andre etasje på det ikoniske Raffles Hotel, og er blitt en turistattraksjon i seg selv.
Drinken, som opprinnelig ble kalt Gin Sling, består av gin, Heering kirsebærlikør, Cointreu appelsinlikør, Benediktiner sitruslikør, grenadine, ananasjus, limejus, og Angostura bitter.
“Sling” var for øvrig et amerikansk navn på drinker med brennevin og vann, tilsatt søtstoff og farge.
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The government of Rwanda is implementing a master plan to establish six strategic secondary cities: Muhanga and Huye in South, Rubavu and Rusizi in West, Nyagatare and Musanze from Eastern and Northern Province, the Rwanda Eye – www.rwandaeye.com website reported.
These cities will redirect employment to rural areas and avoid growing rural-urban migration. There are heavy investments in infrastructure going on, such as electricity, roads, hospitals, schools and taxi-parks. Businesses are also expanding to further towns, suppressing pressure that has increasingly been chocking Kigali.
In Muhanga town, 50 kilometers from Kigali, Sonarwa, the country’s largest insurer, is raising a-4story building. Bank of Kigali (BK), the largest local bank, has inaugurated a 4-story building too.
With medium businesses mushrooming, financial institutions are following the winds. Manufacturers and importers are opening branches in these cities too.
Burundian traders in the souther province, and Congolese traders in the north, major importers of Rwandan goods, don’t travel to Kigali anymore to access the goods or services.
In the district of Huye, for example, a predomintaly coffee growing area, has announced that its annual revenues will double up to $2.8 million from taxes after the newly constructed $6.5 million modern bus terminal.
The bus terminal dubbed “Smart park” , connecting bus routes to all parts of the country, was inaugurated on April 12, by President Paul Kagame. It is now the most modernized facility of its kind in the country.
The facility is owned by Kigali Veteran Cooperative Society (KVCS) and Loyal Trust Company owned by retired servicemen.
The facility has capacity to accommodate 200 vehicles on its three paved parking yards. It includes; 3-storied commercial complexes with 82 shops, a hotel, three modern restaurants; a petrol station; administration blocks, a car washing bay and an internet cafes.
Rwanda, being a landlocked nation, with 11 million people and one of the most densely populated countries on earth, is facing a fast growing rural-urban migration into the only capital city, Kigali, just 730 km².
The pressure has lead to high unemployment and slums widening. The plan is to divert the trend by 35% in 2020 from 17% today, says Augustin Kampayana, director of rural development.
Joan Clos, Under Secretary General and Executive Director of the UN Habitat told, who visited the country in February, told KT Press that, “We have seen sudden collapse of several mega cities, it is wise to have secondary cities.”
Kampayana adds that, expansion of cities mostly near boarders with neighboring countries, will boost trade and tourism and create jobs.
National unemployment rate is 3.4%, representing 8% and 2.4% in cities and villages respectively, 200,000 jobs gap annually.
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Equatorial Guinea’s president, Mr.Teodoro Obiang Nguema, has recognized the Cuban ambassador in Malabo, Mr.Pedro Doña Santana, for actively participating in the implementation of a surveillance and control program of Ebola epidemics, the Prensa Latina News ageny reported.
Mr.Obiang Nguema sent the Recognition Certificate to Ambassador Doña for his outstanding cooperation in the care and inspection plan of Ebola before and during the celebration of the African Cup of Nations, soccer, held in Equatorial Guinea from January 17 to February 8.
Diplomatic sources stated that at the request by the Equatorial Guinea president, about 15 Cuban experts were prepared and traveled to Malabo a month before beginning the Cup.
No Ebola cases were registered before and during the sports event.
The work carried out by the Cuban health staff, led by the head of the medical brigade, Rolando Marcial Claro, has been publicly recognized in meetings chaired by Obiang Nguema, who also expressed gratitude to Cuban President Raul Castro and the island’s health authorities for the prompt response to the request.
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Park Inn by Radisson har lansert et partnerskap med «Spotted by Locals», en online reiseguide til 50 byer over hele Europa, skriver www.travelnews.no
I reiseguiden «Spotted by Locals» er alle tips skrevet av innbyggerne i de 50 byene, som er opptatt av å vise det beste byene har å tilby. Det er første gang Park Inn by Radisson har inngått et partnerskap med en online tredjepart, og «Spotted by Locals»-grunnleggerne Bart og Sanne van Poll vil sjekke inn på 11 Park Inn-hoteller i regionen, og gi ærlige vurderinger av hvert hotell de overnatter på.
Av byene som blir besøkt er blant annet Stockholm, Praha og Berlin (fullstendig liste over steder: blog.parkinn.com/spottedbylocals).
– Når vi reiser for å møte våre bloggere har vi alltid anerkjent viktigheten av sentralt beliggende, komfortabel overnatting, sier Bart van Poll til Hotell Magasinet.
– Dette samarbeidet representerer et nytt skritt på veien mot å bli den mest relevante, informative og mest interessante formidleren digitalt for våre kunder. De er lei av trøtte, utdaterte anmeldelser og guider; de ønsker oppdatert informasjon, skrevet av mennesker som er lik seg selv. Det vil dette samarbeidet levere, og vi ser frem til å jobbe med Bart og Sanne for å få dette til, sier Pieter Vanden Abeele, Park Inn by Radissons Social Media Manager.
«Spotted by Locals» historier har vært tilgjengelig Park Inn by Radissons blogg siden 14. april 2015.
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No longer will motorists in Luxembourg City, capital of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, be caught out when they want to park their car but do not have any spare change to pay for parking, the English edition of the Luxembourger Wort newspaper’s website reported.
A total 250 new pay and display parking machines are to be installed in the capital giving users the option of paying by credit or debit card, as well as by cash.
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The Ocean Terrace Inn in Basseterre, national capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis, has been reopened following a major renovation during a one-year hiatus, the www.hotelchatter.com website reported.
It began taking guests earlier this month. Closed in April 2014 for the rebranding, the 50 room property is the oldest boutique hotel in St. Kitts and Nevis.
The hotel’s Facebook-page categorizes the opening as a “soft launch” and announces that some projects are ongoing.
The accommodations range from standard garden-view rooms to luxury ocean terrace suites with a king bed and pull-out couch.
There are two restaurants, a lagoon-style pool, meeting facilities and, as is lauded heavily and repeatedly on its site, free WiFi throughout the property.
Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis (St.Kitts and Nevis)
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Ivory Coast has received authorization from the United States to start direct flights between the two countries, officials said on Saturday, boosting the West African nation’s hopes of becoming a regional transport hub, the Reuters News agency reported.
The world’s top cocoa producer, Ivory Coast is emerging from a decade-long political crisis that ended in a brief civil war in 2011, and is now attracting investors again.
The African Development Bank moved its headquarters back to the commercial capital Abidjan last year, after an 11-year hiatus.
Ivory Coast’s economy has seen a renaissance under President Alassane Ouattara’s stewardship, averaging annual growth of around 9 percent. Ouattara, widely expected to be re-elected in a vote due in October, wants to push ahead with plans to make Abidjan a hub for air travel in Africa.
Ivory Coast has been seeking authorization from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration for 15 years, officials said.
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I mai kan man få oppleve fantastisk kulturliv i skjønn forening med europeisk fellesskap når Eurovision Song Contest blir arrangert i Østerrikes hovedstad Wien, skriver www.travelnews.no
Eurovision Song Contest, eller Melodi Grand Prix som svært mange nordmenn fremdeles kaller konkuransen, går av stabelen 18. til 24.mai, og Ving har fortsatt flybilletter og ledige hotellrom til gode priser i uke 21. Selv om ikke finalen går av stabelen før lørdag 23. mai er det fest fra morgen til kveld hele uken i vertsbyen.
Foto: Christian Stemper, Vienna Tourism
– Eurovision Song Contest er en gyllen mulighet for vertsland til å promotere seg selv. Tilskuere, turister og presse strømmer til fra hele Europa, og Østerrike trår til med en egen Eurovison-landsby på plassen foran sitt spektakulære rådhus Rathaus, sier Sophie Frisholm Damsund, PR-ansvarlig i Ving, til travelnews.no
Ser man bort fra alt som skjer i forbindelse med årets Eurovision Song Contest har Wien fortsatt mye å tilby. Koselige nabolag, trivelige og smakfulle restauranter, bra uteliv og gode shoppingmuligheter, og ikke minst – museer med kulturskatter som Klimt, Freud og Mahler.
– Vings hotell Das President er det beste valget for deg som vil bo sentralt, men ikke midt i sentrum. Det er kort vei til t-bane og trikk, og bare 1500 meter til Wiener Stadthalle, arenaen for årets Eurovision Song Contest. Hotellets beliggenhet er perfekt for å utforske byen. Det er 60 år siden den første Eurovision Song Contest-finalen, og det presisjetunge jubileet vil nok sørge for at hele Wien yrer av liv og festligheter det kan være verdt å få med seg, sier Sophie Frisholm Damsund.
Det er fortsatt billetter igjen til direktesendingen av de to semifinalene tirsdag 19. mai og torsdag 21. mai, og til generalprøven på lørdagens finale.
Man får kjøpt billetter på www.oeticket.com. Finalen vil bli vist på storskjermer både i Eurovision-landsbyen og andre steder i Wien.
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Uzbekistan Airways, det nasjonale flyselskapet i den sentralasiatiske republikken Usbekistan, starter i mai i år en ny rute mellom hovedsaden Tasjkent og Minsk, hovedstaden i Hviterussland.
Ruten vil gå hver tirsdag og torsdag, med en Airbus A320.
