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EU RUSSIA PREPARE TO SQUARE OFF OVER ENERGY DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL, ALAN OSBORN and PAUL COCHRANE
WITH the European Union (EU) securing around 25% of its gas from Russia and natural gas being an ever more important fuel for thermal power plants, the failure thus far of the European Union and Russia to agree a new long-term energy agreement has to be of concern to the electricity industry.…
ERASMUS CRITICISED AS GLOBAL EXCHANGE POLICY IS PUSHED INTO RUSSIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS the European Union’s (EU) flagship Erasmus student exchange programme approaches its 20th birthday, EU education Commissioner Jan Figel has criticised it for failing poorer students across Europe. The Slovak said: "The Erasmus grant remains far too low to allow students from less favourable financial backgrounds to enjoy the benefits of the programme.…
NATO SAYS RUSSIA IS BUILDING STRATEGIC MONOPOLY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RUSSIAN government has rejected claims in a NATO economic committee report it is constructing a gas cartel from north Africa to central Asia to lever further concessions from Europe. NATO is warning Russian could form an alliance with Algeria, Libya, Qatar, central Asia and maybe Iran.…
EU ROUND UP - EU COMMISSION RELEASES TENS ENERGY PRIORITIES, ALGERIA GAS INCLUDED
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a list of priority projects under its 2007-13 trans European network (TENs) energy programme. Three of the 10 gas pipeline projects link Europe to Algeria, a key alternative source to Russia, and there are also priority gas pipelines to Libya and Turkey listed.…
EUROPEAN COMMISSION RELEASES 2007-2013 ENERGY TENS PLANS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved a list of priority projects that will draw in EU funding and diplomatic support under its 2007-13 trans European network (TENs) energy programme. Agreed with the European Parliament, the schemes are designed to fulfil the EU’s energy policy goals of improving security of supply, especially from outside member states, and underpinning Europe’s internal market in gas and electricity.…
MENA FATF MIDDLE EAST MONEY LAUNDERING REGIONAL ORGANISATION
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
OVER the last five years the Middle East and North Africa region has firmly joined the global effort to fight money laundering and terrorist financing by setting up national financial intelligence units and a regional watchdog, the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENA-FATF).…
BULGARIAN NURSES - LIBYA IMPRISONMENT AIDS SCANDAL
BY PAUL COCHRANE in Beirut
THE APPEAL hearing of the five Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor sentenced to death for allegedly infecting over 400 Libyan children with HIV has been brought forward to December 25. The hearing was originally slated for January 31, but was altered in response to concerns by the defence team over the health and psychological conditions of the defendants, who have been in jail since 1999.…
MIDDLE EAST - NORTH AFRICA DRINKS INDUSTRY REPORT
BY MARK ROWE AND PAUL COCHRANE
INTRODUCTION
JUST as chocolate sells well in cold countries, so do soft drinks flourish in hot countries, which would suggest that North Africa and the Levant presents an inviting face to the international drinks market.…
EGYPT PAINT INDUSTRY FEATURE
BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE EGYPTIAN paint industry is in a state of flux after the sector was deregulated, with competition increasing both domestically and internationally, and long-term projections hampered by the government’s inability to decide on whether or not to cease subsidising turpentine supplies.…
BULGARIAN NURSES - LIBYA IMPRISONMENT AIDS SCANDAL
BY PUAL COCHRANE, in Beirut
THE APPEAL hearing of the five Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor sentenced to death for allegedly infecting over 400 Libyan children with HIV has been brought forward to December 25. The hearing was originally slated for January 31, but was altered in response to concerns by the defence team over the health and psychological conditions of the defendants, who have been in jail since 1999.…