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BY MEGAN DETRIE, IN CAIRO

A YEAR after the break out of the civil war in Libya which ousted Colonel Muammar Gaddafi from power – but paralysed the economy – the north African country’s airports are just now beginning to reopen, with construction projects likely to resume in the coming months.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH, IN BRUSSELS

‘CELEBRITY’ fragrances have become such a huge industry that even the Pope now has his own eau de cologne – according to Italian perfumer Silvana Casoli, (whose clients include Madonna and the King of Spain), this unique blend reflects the German pontiff’s love of Bavarian forests and their flora and fauna, creating an aura of "peace and tranquility".…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, IN BEIRUT

THE REAL estate market in the Gulf has started to bottom out, with prices stabilising in the commercial and residential categories. However, empty properties still abound, there is more supply than demand and few new projects are being undertaken.…

BY KACI RACELMA, IN TIZI OUZOU, ALGERIA; AND PAUL COCHRANE, IN BEIRUT

COMMERCIAL crime may not be as omnipresent in North Africa as in some other parts of the world, but companies operating in the region have risks to contend with.…

BY STEPHEN EISENHAMMER, IN RIO DE JANEIRO

BUSINESS coaching in Brazil has been growing significantly in the past few years, with a significant escalation in the number of coaches, coaching companies and training providers. Business coaching has spread rapidly from its beginnings in the Brazilian subsidiaries of big international firms, to big national companies such as industrial conglomerate Votorantim, and even now to many mid-size businesses and the public sector.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

SWEDISH government plans to tighten limits on the amount of cadmium allowed in fertilisers spread on Sweden’s farms have run into criticism from the European Union’s (EU) scientific committee on health and environmental risks. It had been asked by the European Commission to assess the proposed rule change reducing the maximum cadmium content of mineral phosphate fertilisers in Sweden from 100 mg Cd/kg P to 46 mg Cd/kg P.…

BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN CANCUN

THE MEXICAN government faces an increasingly pressing need to convince the country’s parliament (Congress) and the Mexican public of the safety of nuclear power following the recent unveiling of its new national energy strategy, according to one of the country’s leading energy experts.…

BY MICHAEL KOSMIDES, IN ATHENS

It is maybe the clearest sign imaginable that Greece is in deep economic trouble: people are smoking a lot less. With disposable incomes falling steeply, Greek smokers are buying far fewer cigarettes. And the contraband sector is booming.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

WITH the global organic food market in a state of exponential growth, a new trade deal between the world’s two biggest organic food producers – the United States and the European Union (EU) – could significantly boost organic food and drink sales in both their markets, currently valued at more than USD50 billion annually combined.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE EUROPEAN plastics industry has broadly welcomed the results of reforms agreed just over a year ago – on February 4, 2011 – on the European Union (EU) regulation 10/2011 ‘covering plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food’.…