see any chance date when ukrainians may be able to travel to the european union without any visas accorny indications from the eu about that? recently, we have adopted a lot of legislation that allows the first stage of the liberalization action plan with the european union. expect that she would recommend the european commission to move to the second stage of implementation of the visa liberalization plan with ukraine. if it happens, and it is up to the ukrainian government how to implement all of this legislation, if it happens, then we might start talking about the visa liberalization as early as the beginning of next year. you're facing the prospect of a supply crisis at the beginning of june. ukraine has said they are prepared to sue russia in the stockholm court. you have to do that by the end of the month. are you going to do that? >> it is still on the agenda. we will see what will be the result of the talks we have started with russia. the first round of talks of talks have started in berlin. -- the first round of talks have started in berlin. the market price for gas and not t

the game and accor culture is we want to increase output -- the game in agriculture is increase output and using fewer resources to produce the same amount of food. commercial use of drones is something the faa is looking into to making rules about, correct? guest: that's right but below a certain height ceiling, it's perfectly legal. they fly less than 1000 feet and hover over a field and can come back with information that says here is where the soil is dry and here is actually where there is a light or something that needs to be addressed. andget a much finer picture apply your resources much more carefully. host: we will keep going through the breakthrough technologies of 2014. let's bring in our callers. let's go to roger in illinois, on our line for independents. are you with us? he might've stepped away. line go to our independent from oakland, california. caller: hi, i was noticing on your list of technologies you mentioned wind and solar. i have been puzzled for some time white tidal energy has not been exploited. it is available at most people in the united states or within 2

accor sold the hotels to morpark for 747 million euros back in 2007. and over to the uk now, and we've have i.t. engineering firm aveva trading to topside, gaining more than 11%. the pre-tax profit jumped 11% and the company says it's confident on nurnlg growth. we spoke to the ceo earlier and asked him as whether a high margin business, if a strong pound really matters. >> we're still growing the business in spite of that. i think, you know, it's perception as you say. it's a question of reporting. if we were reporting in dollars, things would be different. you know, it swings in round abouts. >> quick check on bond rates, bunds relatively unchanged. continuing to see the descent. uk ten-year gilt, 2.64. mario draghi spoke yesterday, reiterating his vigilance as far as the dollar is concerned. we're sitting around or flirting with that 200 moving day average around 1.3635. but lacking movement in either direction right now. next week is the key. dollar yen under a bit of pressure, 101.80. they were significantly higher than the year's low we failed to

we are joined by the chairman and ceo of accor. coming to talk to us. made these deals to buy these hotels. you have still got some cash. are you looking for more hotels after this deal? >> of course i am. we used 900 million out of a 2.1 billion cash availability. are we going to look for more? yes. interaction has to be a credit to the shareholders. either we meet our prize we do not meet it and that is fine, we will keep our cash. there is no fisher. >> am i right in thinking that you sold these hotels in 2007 and now you're buying them back. can you tell us much money you have made or lost on these deals? exactly breaking even. -- we have made more than 450 million. that was not part of the equation. it was a matter of basically adding accessibility and being a better investor. it was the right decision. againtime to be an actor and to be proactive. >> there is a lot of talk about assets will be bought. over whether internet to -- intercontinental hotels will be bought up. is that a trade -- a trend we will see in europe? solidis a very good and ind

reclaimingve reuse, public space, is a microscopic accor cousin of the mega city itself, as pointed out by think tank. the residents unencumbered by ,esign, a series of aesthetics builds what make sense to them. they go on to say if this is the future, a formal city writ small, urban architects face a major challenge. who and what are we to those we serve? what exactly are we designing and to what end? tank.s all urban think the group partly tries to answer that question by proposing to put a wind turbine on top of the tower and create a pulley system that would cheaply transport goods and people up and down the tall shaft in the absence of elevators. there are no working elevators in the building. i think there is an answer in of the refugee camp in southern west bank, and i will end with this example, and i'm very anxious and happy to take any questions or comments. two architects worked with residents of the camp totwo arch residents of the camp to create a public plaza, virtually unheard of in such places, and a specially problematic among palestinian refugees for whom the creation