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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COURT monitoring network has been set up in Macedonia by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to promote judicial reform. It has persuaded 18 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to join its “All for Fair Trials” group.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to lend Euro 15 million to Macedonia utility Electrostopanstvo na Makedonija for the construction of four 400 and 110 kV power substations in Macedonia, (Skopje 5, Skopje 4, Petrovec, and Dracevo), ancillary transmission lines and related infrastructure.…

BY MARK ROWE
IN the days of the Soviet Union, many millions of men and women had a choice of one state-manufactured brand of shampoo, toothpaste or soap. If anything, the authorities managed to limit even further access to such “indulgences” as perfume.…

KEITH NUTHALL
INNOVATION from European Union-funded research has continued to offer improvements to the way that EU water utilities work. For instance, the European Commission-funded MicroChem initiative has developed miniaturised laboratory-on-a-chip systems suitable for rapid field testing of water streams. They examine water in tiny pictolitre quantities, flowing through microbore channels produced by photolithographic etching.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WORLD Bank report has called on the governments of the Balkans to pay more attention to the quality of their respective water sources and supplies, warning that neglect is leading to increases in pollution and damage from flooding.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GRANTS totalling Euro 5 million from the European Commission, Eurocontrol and the Joint Aviation Authorities have been approved for the strengthening Balkans atc services. Funnelled through the EU Community Assistance for Reconstruction, Development and Stabilisation (CARDS) programme, the funds will support civil aviation authorities and air traffic services in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Macedonia.…

KEITH NUTHALL
INNOVATION from European Union-funded research has continued to offer improvements to the way that EU water utilities work. For instance, the European Commission-funded MicroChem initiative has developed miniaturised laboratory-on-a-chip systems suitable for rapid field testing of water streams. They examine water in tiny pictolitre quantities, flowing through microbore channels produced by photolithographic etching.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union-funded Euro 2.2 million database is being developed in Macedonia to identify and track beef, veal, lamb and goat livestock, monitoring their health status and preventing sick beasts being exported into the EU. The project is being managed by the European Agency for Reconstruction, which recently helped stage a seminar on the system involving EU experts.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union-funded Euro 2.2 million database is being developed in Macedonia to identify and track beef, pork, veal, lamb and goat livestock, monitoring their health status and preventing sick beasts being exported into the European Union (EU).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) funded project has been launched, which will support the restructuring of Macedonia’s steel sector. This Euro 500,000 technical assistance project is being managed by the EU’s European Agency for Reconstruction, which is helping to rebuild the war-damaged economy of the southern Balkans.…