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BY KEITH NUTHALL

The European Union (EU) robustly protects traditional drink product names, so a Finnish brandy maker took risks when using the name Cognac on its bottles. These were made clear today (July 14), when the European Court of Justice (ECJ) annulled Gust.…

BY GERARD O’DWYER

THE HELSINKI-Malmi Action Group’s (HMAG) capital investment proposal to develop Helsinki-Malmi airport as the Finnish capital’s main hub for budget airlines has yet to garner significant support within Finland’s new conservative-socialist rainbow government.

Krista Kiuru, Finland’s communications minister, says the government is interested in considering state-support for developing a budget airline airport near Helsinki, but will await investigative reports before making a decision.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched a Euro EUR1.5 million study into concerns that European Union (EU) animal welfare and food safety rules could harm the global competitiveness of EU meat and other livestock sectors.

Brussels has asked research teams to bid for a major study comparing compliance costs for EU and non-EU country meat producers.…

BY MARGUERITE-JEANNE DESCHAMPS, MINI PANT ZACHARIAH and WANG FANGQING

All over the world, when, where and what kind of alcohol consumers can purchase varies between each country’s national – and, occasionally, regional – laws. One would understand if alcoholic beverage manufacturers would prefer operating in markets where retailers are free to sell alcohol, versus those were a limited number of agents can make sales.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A WORKSHOP staged by the European Union’s (EU) BEMOSA airport security research project has heard calls to improve both training and long-term motivation of passenger screening workers, lest fast staff turnover weakens security. David Trembaczowski-Ryder, senior policy manager for ACI Europe warned job boredom, long hours and poor pay lowered employee skills and standards, forcing airports to reply on temporary staff.…

BY GERARD O’DWYER

THE DANISH government has turned its face against a storm of criticism following confirmation by its ministry of taxation yesterday (May 12), that prime minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s centre-right administration plans to proceed with the implementation of a controversial saturated food fat tax on October 1.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

AS one of the final stages in the converting process, it is important that the coating and laminating of raw materials goes off without a hitch to produce the best possible end product for paper, plastic and textile packagers.…

By John Pagni in Helsinki

The Areva/Siemens project to supply Finland’s TVO with the world’s first third generation EPR (European Pressurised water Reactor) at Olkiluoto on the Finnish west coast has suffered a number of problems but these have not shaken the faith of those concerned in the essential viability of the design.…

BY JOHN PAGNI

FINLAND is bucking the post-Fukushima trend of abandoning nuclear power, pushing ahead with its reactor construction programme.

The cost of building Olkiluoto 3, the 1,600MW European pressurised water reactor nuclear power plant is currently Euro EUR3.2 billion. Although four years behind schedule, project supporters remain positive: "Once we were told it would be delayed, the timetable didn’t matter.…

BY JOHN PAGNI

While the rest of the world has called a halt in nuclear energy development after the Fukushima disaster, Finland’s pace-setting enthusiasm flows serenely on with construction and new plant permits continuing apace. The Finns’ pragmatism was illustrated in April’s general election when the Greens lost five seats after a 1.2% fall in their vote despite what might have been thought a powerful and timely boost for the anti-nuclear lobby.…