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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to try and pump-prime the non-life insurance sector in the growing petro-economy of Azerbaijan. The bank thinks there is potential for significant growth in this market, given that non-life and life premiums together amount to less than 1% of GDP.…

BY MARK ROWE
THERE is no doubt that water quality in eastern Europe has improved immeasurably since the break up of the Soviet Union and its related satellite states, a process reinforced by the wholesale privatisation now taking place. But while standards have improved, concerns about pollution, old pipes and outdated treatment works are likely to continue.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COBALT and uranium mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is too dangerous for workers and should remain closed, a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) assessment has concluded. UN officials have examined Shinkolobwe mine since a June collapse killing eight miners.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SIX wine producing countries of the European Union’s (EU) intake of new member states in May have received their first allocations of EU vineyard restructuring aid. The European Commission has earmarked the largest sum to Hungary: Euro 10 million for 2004-5, followed by Slovenia at Euro 2.9 million, Slovakia 2.8 million, Cyprus nearly 2.4 million, the Czech Republic 1.7 million and Malta Euro 171,000.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CHINA has resisted calls at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by its developing country competitors for special efforts to protect them from economic dislocation caused by January’s end of textile import quotas. Mauritius, Bangladesh, the Dominican Republic, Fiji, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Uganda pushed at a WTO Council on the Trade in Goods for a WTO secretariat study identifying the likely problems and recommending solutions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WINE producing countries amongst the European Union’s (EU) intake of new member states in May have received their first allocations of EU vineyard restructuring aid. The European Commission has earmarked the largest sum to Hungary, which receives Euro 10 million for 2004-5, followed by Slovenia at Euro 2.9 million, Slovakia Euro 2.8 million, Cyprus nearly Euro 2.4 million, the Czech Republic Euro 1.7 million and Malta Euro 171,000.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MEETING of the AFI GNSS implementation task force of the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) eastern and southern Africa office has been told of difficulties “establishing reliable communications” between the European satellite navigation system EGNOS and reference and integrity monitoring stations (RIMS) at Addis Ababa – Ethiopia, Bria – the Central African Republic and Nairobi – Kenya.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN’S performance in reducing heart disease deaths could be much improved compared with many of its European Union (EU) partners, a new World Health Organisation heart disease atlas, has shown.

Dividing a country’s annual deaths from heart disease with its population, saturated fats and beer loving Britain had a comparative factor of 2, based on 120,530 deaths in 2002 amongst a population of 59 million.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN’S current strong performance in employing its citizens in general, and offering part-time jobs in particular, has been confirmed by a Eurostat report placing the UK above most other European countries. In a comparative study on employment rates, (rather than unemployment), the European Union (EU) statistical agency said 17.4% of Britons were in part-time employment, a larger proportion than in any other EU country, except in the Netherlands, where it is 32.8%.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT could be the most underestimated commercial crime in the world, the illegal trade in wildlife and their products. Some estimates put its value at US$5 billion-a-year, but governments do not really seem to care. Keith Nuthall reports.…