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BY MARK ROWE

THE DISRUPTION to the European airport sector caused by the continent’s heavy snowfall this winter – the heaviest in 20 years – looks set to prompt a radical shake-up of contingency plans to deal with bad weather.

Many European airports are now conducting reviews of how they source, commission and stockpile equipment for such eventualities.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

GERMAN consumer protection officials have warned of sales restrictions on Ivory Coast skin whitening products – European Union (EU) alert service RAPEX has reported. These include the G&G brand Dynamiclair Lightening Beauty Crème; Body White brand body clearing gel and HP.3 body clearing oil; and Bio Claire lightening body cream.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

GERMAN consumer protection officials have warned of sales restrictions on Ivory Coast skin whitening products – European Union (EU) alert service RAPEX has reported. These include the G&G brand Dynamiclair Lightening Beauty Crème; Body White brand body clearing gel and HP.3 body clearing oil; and Bio Claire lightening body cream.…

BY MONIKA HANLEY

OFTEN lumped together, the three Baltic States (Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia) vary greatly in their anti-money laundering standards and risks and banking competencies. Estonia has a well-regarded financial centre with one of the most advanced and transparent banking systems of the newer European Union (EU) member states as well as newly adopted anti-money laundering laws, something the other two Baltic States cannot boast.…

BY MONIKA HANLEY

THE BALTIC States and their eastern neighbours have long been viewed as a cheap supply of labour and goods to the rich countries within the European Union (EU), but now local companies and governments are looking to expand biofuel production to satisfy both growing domestic and export demand.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN automobile industry will face two major policy reviews once a new European Commission (the European Union’s executive) takes office for the next five years on February 1. The key players on this new Commission for the auto sector will be the Commissioners for transport and industry.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE UNITED States is claiming victory in a trade dispute with China, after Beijing announced it would scrap subsidies for products including body lotion, liquid detergent, soap and fancy soap. Washington had argued these China-christened ‘famous brands’ handouts were export subsidies banned by the World Trade Organisation (WTO).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

RUSSIA and Ukraine appear to have headed off an oil transit dispute that could have created a repeat of last year’s major disruption of European natural gas supplies. Moscow and Kiev have signed an agreement increasing by 30% the fees Ukraine charges on transporting Russian oil to the European Union (EU) – this alters a 2004 contract and the change had sparked a diplomatic tussle.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPOL’s Organised Crime Threat Assessments have not always contained a wealth of detailed useful information – but its 2009 report shows how crime groups are adopting innovative technology and organisational skills: international business should take note. Keith Nuthall reports.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) anti-fraud, audit and administration Commissioner Siim Kallas has been renominated to serve another five years as Estonia’s member of the European Commission. He has been formally proposed by the Estonian government, so he is almost certain to return to Brussels, given his largely trouble-free handling of his brief, which some officials at the EU executive say he may retain.…