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PIPELINE PROJECTS' COMPETITION TO BRING GAS TO EUROPE IS LIKE GAME OF DIPLOMATIC CHESS
BY MARK ROWE
ALTHOUGH it has been likened to a 21st century Silk Road, the southern gas corridor is currently making painstaking and troubled progress; inching its way through the political and economic strife that stands between the Caspian Sea and Western Europe.…
KOHN ASSETS FROZEN IN MADOFF INTRODUCTION CASE
BY LEAH GERMAIN
A FORMER business associate of New York fraudster, Bernie Madoff, has had her assets frozen by the UK High Court while an investigation over her possible connection to the infamous Ponzi-scheme fraudster is considered.
Sonja Kohn, once the chairwoman of Austria’s Bank Medici AG, is accused of introducing new investors to Madoff and receiving at least US dollars USD56 million in return.…
WASTE HANDLING AND RECYCLING OFFERS INCREASING VALUE IN CONVERTING
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
IN an economic climate where industries are trying to cut costs left and right, it only makes sense that the converting industry at large – a key element of many manufacturing sectors – has been raising the bar when it comes to waste handling and recycling.…
EU ROUND UP - EP WANTS TOUGHER ACTION ON ROAMING CHARGES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is coming under pressure to toughen its action against high mobile roaming charges, as its latest proposals are debated at the European Parliament.
MEPs want the Commission to go further in its action to foist more competition on the roaming market while capping bills.…
RUSSIA WTO MEMBERSHIP LOOMS AFTER GEORGIA DEAL SECURED
BY KEITH NUTHALL and KATHERINE DUNN
THE TECHNICAL director of European Industrial Minerals Association IMA-Europe has warned that the impending accession of Russia to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) may not be a bonanza for European bulk mineral importers, although it could help buyers of high value minerals.…
WILL CROATIA'S ASCENSION TO THE EU HAMPER THE COUNTRY'S TOBACCO INDUSTRY?
BY ZLATKO CONKAS
Will Croatia’s ascension to the EU hamper the country’s tobacco industry?
Croatia’s strong tobacco sector stands to benefit from selling into the European Union once the country joins the EU. However it could lose trade in neighbouring states because of duty changes.…
BRUSSELS HAS MAJOR CONCERNS OVER LACK OF SINGLE SKY PROGRESS
BY GEOFF MEADE
THE EUROPEAN Commission has threatened to take "radical" measures against most European Union (EU) countries unless more is done to deliver a ‘Single European Sky’ for air traffic control services. It has warned this could include proposing new EU legislation to force member states to do more in forging a unified and efficient EU ATC system.…
AS ENERGY AND RAW MATERIALS COSTS RISE, CONVERTERS GIVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY TOP PRIORITY
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
WITH the cost of raw materials for manufacturing rising rapidly, partly because of – but also in parallel to increasing energy prices worldwide, an industry that is both little known and very large is looking for ways to cut energy costs.…
OECD CRITICISES TAX RULE WEAKNESSES IN REVIEW OF 12 COUNTRIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
PEER review reports on tax rules coordinated by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) have attacked jurisdictions over tax information law weaknesses, including the UK. It had "insufficient mechanisms…to identify owners of bearer shares and…restrictive…statutory information gathering powers," said the OECD.…
INTERNATIONAL CONFECTIONERY NEWS ROUND-UP - EFSA COMPLETES HEALTH CLAIM ASSESSMENTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is staging a re-evaluation of the sweetener aspartame after it agreed to bring forward from 2020 a scheduled inquiry, despite recent scientific assessments failing to reveal fresh concerns about the sweetener.
Indeed, EFSA reviewed the latest studies on aspartame only in April, but accepted a European Commission request for a new study.…