Sales of construction machines continue to be strong across Europe, due to steady growth in construction starts. This has been highlighted in the CECE Annual Economic Report 2019. The report shows that 2018 was the strongest year for the European construction equipment market since the economic crisis in 2008/09. Sales of construction machines in the European market grew by 11% for 2018, and the absolute market level is now 10% below the 2007 peak.
There was a considerably growing momentum during 2018: a
Tony Pearce, honorary life member and former director-general of IRF Geneva, recalls the history of the Silk Roads, highlights their continued economic relevance and introduces IRF's active long-term commitment to their rehabilitation.
Tony Pearce, honorary life member and former director-general of IRF Geneva, recalls the history of the Silk Roads, highlights their continued economic relevance and introduces IRF's active long-term commitment to their rehabilitation. The Silk Roads had their origins in a Chinese military mission in 138BC to purchase horses in Central Asia's Fergana Valley that were reputed to run so fast that they sweated blood. When General Chang Ch'ien reached Fergana, now in Uzbekistan, he found that the fabled horses
