EU ROUND UP

BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has confirmed that countries in its eastern Europe and central Asia area of focus are booming because of high oil prices. Its annual 2004 Transition Report says Russia and the Ukraine are experiencing "skyrocketing annual growth", making the former Warsaw Pact the world's second-fastest-growing region (up 6.1%), next to China and its southern neighbours. http://www.ebrd.com/pubs/index.htmOther EU news:*The EU Council of Ministers (energy) has called for talks with OPEC over continuing ...


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