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BY KEITH NUTHALL in Paris, ALAN OSBORN in London, MARK ROWE in Singapore, ED PETERS and DON GASPER in Hong Kong, RICHARD HURST in Johannesburg, MONICA DOBIE and PHILIP FINE in Montreal, MATTHEW BRACE in Brisbane and ALEX SMAILES in Port of Spain.…

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THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to provide Edison SpA, of Italy, with a substantial Euro 250 million loan to help design, construct and operate two combined cycle gas turbines, which would provide electricity to the national grid.…

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THE REFORM of the European Union’s common agricultural policy regarding cotton growing is a priority of the EU’s Italian presidency until (December), said Italy’s agriculture minister Giovanni Alemanno. He told the EU Council of Ministers that Italy would push reform “on the basis of in-depth studies of the impact of the planned measures on the markets concerned.”…

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THE REFORM of the European Union’s common agricultural policy regarding sugar production is a priority of the EU’s June-December Italian presidency. Italian agriculture minister Giovanni Alemanno said Italy would push reform based on “in-depth studies.”…

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THE ITALIAN government is being threatened with legal action at the European Court of Justice over its alleged failure to stage an environmental impact assessment into the establishment of an intensive pig breeding farm at Perd’e Cuaddu, Sardinia.…

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THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending Euro 16 million to two Serbian agribusiness companies – Fabrika TE-TO Senta and Star Secer (Nova Crnja) – both owned by Italian sugar producer SFIR Group – to purchase beets from local farmers, boosting their liquidity.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE REFORM of the European Union’s common agricultural policy regarding tobacco growing is a priority of the EU’s Italian presidency until (December), said Italy’s agriculture minister Giovanni Alemanno. He told the EU Council of Ministers that Italy would push reform “on the basis of in-depth studies of the impact of the planned measures on the markets concerned.”…

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A COMPREHENSIVE deal over third party access to gas pipelines has been agreed between German joint venture BEB and the European Commission, leading to Brussels closing its competition investigation into the company’s refusal to allow Norway’s Marathon to pump gas into its infrastructure.…

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IT was a case of nature outdoing the toughest solvents. Art restorers have used bacteria to eat through glue that has for 50 years covered a medieval Italian fresco, following a botched post-war restoration attempt. Bombs had damaged the ‘Conversion and Battle of Saint Efisio’ by Spinello Aretino in the Camposanto cemetery, Pisa, and restorers unwisely attempted to pull the frescos from the wall intact using organic glue and canvases.…

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THE NEW Italian presidency of the European Union has announced that its top key energy priorities – until it leaves office in December – will include the passage into law of the proposed directives on co-generation, (alongside legislation on oil and gas stocks).…