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EASTERN EUROPE FEATURE



BY ALAN OSBORN
SEEN in the context of the past decade, the entry of 10 new member states to the European Union (EU) which took place on May 1 has proved nothing like the disaster for the nuclear industry that was once feared.…

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LEARNING ROBOTS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project is trying to develop robots that learn new skills and communication devices that can talk to each other, all without human intervention. The Euro 4.3 million ECAgents project will attempt to bridge gaps “between complex systems research and IT”, said Stefano Nolfi, from lead project partner Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies in Rome.…

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WORK ACCIDENT STATS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
RELIABLE statistics are of course vital to any insurance company’s assessment of risk, and nationally produced figures in countries such as Britain and the USA can usually be counted upon in actuarial calculations. But what about comparing countries when managing international policy portfolios?…

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RAPEX - LOLLYPOPS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
FRANCE has banned the import, export and marketing of any luminous sweets, ordering their destruction. This follows a five-year-old child swallowing a battery attached to a Flam’pop lollypop with a luminous sword, reported the European Commission’s RAPEX consumer protection information service.…

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OXFAM - SUBSIDIES



BY KEITH NUTHALL
OXFAM claims six European Union sugar processors hold export subsidy receipts of Euro 819 million, when the EU pledged just Euro 800 million for Iraqi reconstruction. The companies are Beghin Say (France), Sudzucker and Nordzucker (Germany), Britain’s Tate and Lyle, Belgium’s RT and Denmark’s Danisco.…

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E-BUSINESS EUROPE



BY KEITH NUTHALL
E-BUSINESS W@tch (NOTE – CORRECT SPELLING), an EU-funded monitoring organisation, is claiming that businesses in countries joining the European Union (EU) in May are embracing new Internet technologies rapidly – especially broadband – resulting in a smaller digital divide with existing members than expected.…

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EUROSTAT ACCIDENT STATS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE TRADES Union Congress (TUC) has called on the British government to spend more on the Heath and Safety Executive and local government workplace inspectors, following the release of a report from EU statistical agency Eurostat showing Britain suffering increasing rates of serious work accidents.…

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ANIMAL TRACING



BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW electronic European Union (EU) livestock tracing system is being introduced, holding data on the movement of animals across the EU. The TRACES system will cost Euro 2.2 million to rollout, being installed in Austria, Italy, France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Finland this month and in other member states by December 31.…

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USA MONEY LAUNDERING REPORT



BY KEITH NUTHALL
NOBODY likes to be on a blacklist, especially one written by the American government. But every year, the US state department issues a comprehensive rogues gallery of countries involved in the narcotics trade and related criminal problems. One surprising entrant: the United States.…

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STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL



Keith Nuthall
AVITRACK, a three-dimensional monitoring system allowing airport managers to check all groundhandling movements on aircraft runways, taxiways, aprons and parking zones, is being developed by a European Union (EU) research consortium. Coordinated by French IT firm SILOGIC, it involves cameras creating digital images that identify individuals, objects and vehicles, whose movement can be interpreted by computers.…

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