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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CONCEPT of nation building is not new. Powerful governments have for centuries sought to create pliant political administrations which would do their bidding, without being directly under their control. It is, after all, in noone’s interest for a territory to descent into chaos.…

BY PHILIP FINE

RUSSIAN officials have asked the United States Department of Agriculture for a more detailed explanation of the recent Pilgrim’s Pride mass meat recall. Russia’s Itar-Tass news agency reported that the Russian Veterinary Service has filed an official inquiry to better understand the October 12 recall of more than 27 million pounds of ready-to-eat turkey and chicken.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
RUSSIAN sugar refineries will be able to draw on a US$286 million short-term working capital finance programme run by the Netherlands’ Rabobank in 2002-3, which will be bolstered with US$100 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Ombudsman has welcomed the fact that the European Commission has re-examined import permits granted to a Russian game exporter, which were issued by Brussels officials who had enjoyed hospitality from the applicant. However, although the Ombudsman’s call for further checks on Sweden-based company Norrfrys Ab Was complied with, the Commission conformed its earlier decision.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed plans to lend St Petersburg’s Lenenergo Euro 40 million to finance the completion of a power plant project the bank wants to use as a model for similar integrated heat and power utilities across Russia.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON
EASTERN European countries that built nuclear power plants while under the communist system never thought they would face deadlines for closing them down as a prerequisite for joining the European Union. Neither had they built in the next stage – decommissioning – into the prices charged for electricity in the way that the western European nuclear plant operators had done from the start.…

BY MARK ROWE
CAN the European Union’s single skies plan become a reality inside 30 months? It is a topical subject, with the recent crash over Germany underlining the arguments in favour and against the project, which should lead to planes flying above 28,000 feet being guided and controlled by unified units of air traffic controllers, replacing the current piecemeal system of national flight monitoring and guidance.…

Keith Nuthall
THE BIG fear of environmentalists, that global warming is melting the world’s ice caps, is maybe not true after all, at least this year, with European Space Agency surveys showing that pack ice has been unusually heavy in the Antarctic sea, trapping ships trying to deliver supplies to polar scientific bases.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
EUROPEAN Commission energy officials have welcomed a recent joint declaration on natural gas by presidents Putin, of Russia, and Kuchma, of the Ukraine, as a “vital first step” in agreeing funnelling investment into improving the legal, safety and technical aspects of transporting Russian natural gas to the EU.…

KEITH NUTHALL
CONSULTANTS with expertise in district heating have been asked to bid for a Euro 299,700 contract to advise on improving the system warming the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude. Experts will be expected to identify a rehabilitation programme and compare it with alternative heating options to determine the long-term least-cost solution for heating the city, which is the capital of the Russian Federation republic of Buryatenergo.…