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UN UNDERSEA REPORT - EXPLORATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FEEDING of rare and exotic marine species off deep ocean mineral deposits that may become a target for metal mining companies could create a conflict between international mineral extraction and environmental conventions, a United Nations report has warned.…
UKRAINE DIY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC), of the World Bank, is lending Ukraine DIY chain Nova Liniya US$5 million to set up two 10,000 sq m stores in the country’s capital Kiev. The stores will join the Ukraine-owned company’s existing 5,000 sq m Kiev outlet and will mimic the operation of large western chains, such as Home Depot, Lowes and OBI, offering; said the IFC: “wide range of high quality home improvement products and specialised services at an affordable price.”…
VEGA TESTS - ESA
BY MARK ROWE
Scientists at the European Space Agency have successfully completed the inert casting of the main motor of the Vega satellite launcher. The trial, an important step in the development of Europe’s small satellite launcher, was held at the Guiana Propellant Plant at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.…
ART THEFTS - INTERPOL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
Italy, the Czech Republic and the Russian Federation have suffered particularly serious thefts from museums and other cultural sites according to figures from Interpol. In a new table published by the international police organisation Italy reports a total of 18,715 thefts – far more than any other country – of which 2,875 represented liturgical objects.…
EASTERN EUROPE PIECE
BY MARK ROWE
During the time of the Soviet Union, museums in the satellite states of Eastern Europe routinely kept short working hours, closed without notice and were all too frequently dowdy, musty and inaccessible.
With the accession of 10 new states (including eight in eastern Europe), into the European Union, the future for museums from Lithuania to Malta, and from Slovenia to Slovakia is much brighter.…
ECJ - DRIVING DISQUALIFICATION
BY ALAN OSBORN
PAN-EUROPEAN fleet managers and road transport companies will have to closely monitor disqualification histories of their drivers, because of their newly confirmed legal right to secure licences in other European Union (EU) countries after being banned in their home state.…
ECJ TAX CASE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
COMPANY and private car drivers moving from one European Union (EU) Member State to another should not be required to pay fresh registration taxes when they change their country of residence, a European Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate general has recommended.…
PRO-EU OPINION PIECE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SITTING in a comfortable flybe. seat, maybe flying home from a colourful continental European destination, you will already know how Britain’s European Union (EU) membership improves your life.
Those simple passport control procedures at continental airports – if there were are any at all – are a direct result of the demolition of national borders by Brussels.…
EU PASSENGER DATA
Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers for justice and home affairs has agreed a directive obliging airlines flying to the EU to transfer in advance data on passengers coming from non-EU countries to European immigration authorities. This includes their names, passport numbers, nationalities and the date and place of birth.…
EU-USA PASSENGER DATA
Keith Nuthall
THE CONTROVERSIAL agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United States over transferring airline passenger data to American authorities has been formally approved by the EU Council of Ministers, ignoring a legal challenge to the deal launched by the European Parliament.…