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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GREEKS are the European Union’s highest spenders on footwear and clothing, taking into account the proportion of annual household income spent on these items, according to figures released by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical agency. Greek consumers devoted 11 per cent of their spending on shoes and clothes in 2001 and 2000 – the latest available comparative statistics covering the EU.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN’S decision to use non-binding guidelines for advising employers and employees on their respective rights regarding the workplace monitoring and privacy of e mails and Internet use has been criticised by a report by a specialist European Union employment affairs body.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN’S decision to use non-binding guidelines for advising employers and employees on their respective rights regarding the workplace monitoring and privacy of e mails and Internet use has been criticised by a report by a specialist European Union employment affairs body.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN’S decision to use non-binding guidelines for advising employers and employees on their respective rights regarding the workplace monitoring and privacy of e mails and Internet use has been criticised by a report by a specialist European Union employment affairs body.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE IRISH are the European Union’s keenest purchasers of alcohol and tobacco, considering annual household spending, according to European Union statistical agency Eurostat. Ireland’s consumers devoted six per cent of their spending on alcohol and tobacco in 2001 and 2000 – the latest available comparative statistics.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS environmental health officers assess a hot summer that created high pollution concentrations and heat exhaustion, a new European Union directive on ground level ozone has come into force. The legislation requires EU Member States to assess ground ozone concentrations throughout their whole national territory and to inform the public of any readings above 180 ?g/m3.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BELGIUM’S poor environmental record in disposing of wastewater should be improved in future with the European Investment Bank (EIB) lending a further loan of Euro 75 million to Aquafin, the company managing treatment in the region of Flanders.…

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.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THERE has been a lot of talk about water in international meetings and organisations this year. Report after report has spelt out that we are all using too much water and if reforms do not make systems more sustainable, then a thirsty future beckons.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
France has launched a legal action at the European Court of Justice aimed at overturning the EU ban on animal testing for cosmetic products. Under the EU directive, agreed earlier this year after 13 years of negotiations, there will be a virtually total ban on the sale of animal-tested cosmetic products across the EU from 2009.…