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EU TURKEY CROATIA ROMANIA BIRD FLU POULTRY BAN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has lightened EU bird flu-related bans against importing poultry and poultry products from Turkey, Croatia and Romania. For Croatia and Turkey, Brussels has replaced national bans with blocks on imports from directly affected regions. A national live poultry export ban will continue for Romania, with regional bans for poultry meat.…
WTO TRIPS AGREEMENT GENERIC MEDICINES WAIVER - PERMANENT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation’s (WTO) general council has permanently amended the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement to make permanent a 2003 waiver helping poor countries obtain generic medicines during health emergencies. The TRIPS amendment enables any WTO member country to export generic pharmaceuticals made under a compulsory licence to assist countries lacking their own manufacturing capacity and whose nurses and doctors would otherwise be unable to deal with a serious disease problem.…
NUTS AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION EU CONSUMER ALERT WARNING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) rapid consumer alert service RASFF has warned of a spate of aflatoxin contamination in peanuts, groundnuts and hazelnuts from Turkey, Azerbaijan, Brazil and China, and in Turkish dried figs.
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SPAIN MONEY LAUNDERING POLICY FEATURE
BY LIZ HALL, in Alicante
SINCE March 2005, Operation White Whale, an extensive international anti-money-laundering operation spearheaded by the Spain’s National Police (the Policia Nacional), has produced the arrest of 57 people and the laundering of at least Euro 250 million euros obtained through illegal drug trafficking, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry (Ministerio del Interior).…
EIB TURKEY ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL - BILGI UNIVERSITY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC) is to lend Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, US$10 million, and has earmarked an additional US$5 million stand-by loan, to help it establish a business school and to expand enrolment generally. The money will also help create a new information technology centre and an adult distance learning system.…
IRAQ OIL FOR FOOD - PLASTICS - SADDAM KICKBACKS REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN plastics companies paid together hundreds-of-thousands of dollars in kickbacks to the toppled Saddam Hussein regime, the Independent Inquiry Committee into the UN Iraq Oil for Food programme scandal has claimed. A report said they paid Iraq to secure humanitarian supply contracts under the scheme, out of 2,200 companies overall.…
EU TURKEY CROATIA ROMANIA BIRD FLU POULTRY BAN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has lightened a range of bans against importing poultry and poultry products from Turkey, Croatia and Romania imposed because of outbreaks of bird flu. For Croatia and Turkey, Brussels has scrapped national import bans, replacing them with bans on imports from the regions directly affected with the disease.…
BIRD FLU UPDATE: CROATIA RUSSIA AFRICA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the EU banning imports of poultry and poultry meat from Romania, Turkey and Croatia, because of outbreaks in these countries of bird flu, European and global health authorities are concerned about the disease moving to sub-Saharan Africa, where it would be almost impossible to stamp out.…
HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY - ARMED CONFLICT
BY MARK ROWE
IN times of conflict, cultural property, such as archaeological sites, works of art, museums and monuments, can also suffer grievously at the hands of opposing military and guerrilla forces. In recognition of this, such objects are accorded protection by the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.…
UN OIL FOR FOOD SADDAM KICKBACKS REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SOAP supplies companies paid together hundreds-of-thousands of dollars in kickbacks to the toppled Saddam regime, the Independent Inquiry Committee into the UN Iraq Oil for Food programme scandal has claimed. There were 101 (mostly toilet) soap suppliers, from countries largely from the Middle East and east Asia, named in a report paying Iraq to secure humanitarian supply contracts.…