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EU ROUND UP – EU PREPARES FOR MAJOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE
THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked oil and gas companies to participate in a major public consultation designed to help it draft reforms promoting the development of new energy technologies. Brussels is planning to release a new policy paper on the subject in the middle of this year.…
SMALL UNRECOGNISED STATES CREATES HEADACHES FOR AIRPORT ADMINISTRATION
BY MARK ROWE, MICHAEL KOSMIDES, IN ATHENS, AND MOHAMMED YUSUF, IN NAIROBI
INTERNATIONAL civil aviation procedures are designed to create predictability. But they are not usually applicable for airports in territories that have declared independence, but have not achieved full international recognition, or a seat at the United Nations.…
EASTERN EUROPEAN COSMETIC MARKETS RECOVER UNEVENLY FROM THE RECESSION
BY MARK ROWE
ANYONE looking for straightforward conclusions about the impact of the recession on eastern Europe’s cosmetics market is likely to be disappointed. Some countries, such as Poland, fared relatively well in the crisis, while others such as Latvia faced punishing economic contraction, therefore signals coming from the region in these uncertain and ever-changing times, are hugely varied.…
CROATIA EU ACCESSION MEANS OPPORTUNITIES FOR COSMETICS MANUFACTURERS
BY MARK ROWE
COSMETICS companies looking to expand sales and manufacturing in Croatia are looking for new opportunities as the ex-Yugoslav country prepares to join the European Union (EU) next year. With a population of 4.9 million, and an expanding, educated middle class, Croatia is an increasingly attractive market for cosmetics and personal care products.…
MACEDONIA'S REVAMPED AIRPORTS SET TO BOOST TOURISM, ECONOMY
BY ZLATKO CONKAS
THE TURKS used to run the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as colonial overlords – now with the country enjoying its independence since 1991, its government has shown its confidence in welcoming a Turkish company TAV Airports Holding to run its two international airports.…
CROATIA KNITTING SECTOR COULD EXPLOIT EU ACCESSION - BUT THERE ARE RISKS
BY MARK ROWE
CROATIA has a strong tradition of knitting that features heavily in the traditions of the country’s rural hinterland and this could stand its knitwear sector in good stead for the country’s 2013 accession to the European Union (EU).…
GAZPROM'S SOUTH STREAM: WHAT WILL THE TRANSIT OF THIS GAS PIPELINE MEAN FOR THE BALKANS?
BY ZLATKO CONKAS, IN SERBIA
AS Russian energy giant Gazprom begins construction work on the South Stream pipeline project by the end of this year for an operational launch in 2015, its final route across the Balkans has yet to be decided and governments are jostling for position.…
FORMER YUGOSLAVIA HIGH FASHION EMERGING FROM CHAOS OF WAR YEARS
BY ZLATKO CONKAS, IN NOVI SAD, SERBIA
IT goes without saying that when a country falls apart through years of bloody civil war, the purchase of luxury clothing is not going to be a priority. But peace usually brings a strong desire to put aside painful memories and this can bring a yearning for luxury.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP - EP PUSHES FOR COCOA CHILD LABOUR LABELLING LAW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is coming under pressure to act against child labour in the global cocoa sector, with proposals being debated at the European Parliament to track cocoa produced with the help of children. That could mean an EU law creating a monitoring system making it clear to consumers where cocoa products risked being tainted by child labour, maybe through the "possible introduction of ‘child-labour free’ product labelling," said a draft report from the EP’s international trade committee.…
EASTERN EUROPE'S COSMETICS MARKET RECOVERS, BUT STILL TOUGH FOR SMALLER PLAYERS
BY MARK ROWE, IN LONDON; ZLATKO CONKAS, IN NOVI SAD, SERBIA; MIKE STEIN, IN PRAGUE; AND BLAKE BERRY, IN WARSAW
DURING the spring of 2011, the prevailing view throughout eastern Europe’s personal care and toiletries market was that while business was not exactly buoyant, the worst of the recession was over – then came the credit crises and the faltering Euro.…