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BY KEITH NUTHALL

MONEY left unspent from a temporary restructuring fund for the European Union sugar sector after its fourth and final year of operation (financial year 2009-10) will be transferred to future EU budgets, earmarked for sugar-related investments, the European Commission has confirmed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

FRENCH tobacco growers have failed to overturn as illegal a reform approved in January to European Union (EU) tobacco production subsidies. The Union des coopératives agricoles des producteurs de tabac de France (UCAPT) opposed the EU Council of Ministers’ slashing direct support to 50%, saying it would align prices with world markets and abandon tobacco.…

BY LEE ADENDORFF

IF there was a year when long-term textile and clothing market forecasters missed by a mile, 2008 was it. Forecasts made in 2007 were dominated by looming concerns about trade restrictions, investment in technology, a potential slow-down of production and a consolidation of business investment but no one predicted what devastating effects an unexpected recession would have on the textiles and apparel sector.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, LEAH GERMAIN and MONICA DOBIE

MAYBE the best sign that renewable energies have hit the mainstream is that they now have their very own international organisation: the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Launched in Bonn, Germany, this January, with the support of 76 countries, including its host nation, Spain, Italy, France and Sweden, the roster of signatory nations has since been swollen by India and Belarus.…

By Lorraine Mallinder, in Montréal

As the polar ice cap continues to shrink, the five nations surrounding the Arctic Ocean are hurriedly positioning themselves for what is shaping up to be one of the biggest geopolitical brawls of the coming years.

Beneath the thinning ice lies the tantalising prospect of up to a quarter of the world’s untapped oil and gas reserves and the promise of new shipping routes between East and West. It’s enough to turn the heads of even the most placid nations.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN END could be drawing near to the long debate over the extent to which major European gas and electricity companies should unbundle their production and distribution. A delegation of European Parliament members and the Czech presidency of the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers have struck a detailed compromise deal.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, EMMA JACKSON and ALAN OSBORN

FEW things say more about the growing enthusiasm for nuclear power than the rush of young students eager to make a career in the industry. It is happening mainly in America but other countries are now beginning to see the same development.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

IDEALLY, police and other law enforcement officers working against money laundering and terrorist financing will combine the best elements of two different professions: the forensic skills of the conventional police detective and the expert knowledge of an experienced financial practitioner such as you’d find in the larger banks and finance houses.…

BY PHILIPPA JONES

THE NUMBER of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the skies above Europe is increasing rapidly, but safety concerns mean they normally remain segregated from other airspace users, inhibiting their employment in a wide range of activities. Eurocontrol, the European organisation for the safety of air navigation, has therefore launched a major project of work intended to ensure the safe and efficient integration of UAS into the pan-European Air Traffic Management Network (ATM).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE IMPLEMENTATION of new retaliatory USA tariffs against European Union (EU) food exports such as a 300% duty on French cheese Roquefort has been delayed one month from March 23 to April 23, the US Trade Representative (USTR) office has announced.…