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CANADA-EU TRADE AGREEMENT LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF QUALIFICATIONS IN NURSING
THE COMPREHENSIVE Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union (EU) will make it easier for both jurisdictions to recognise each other’s nursing certifications. Political leaders celebrated the end of negotiations in September in Ottawa, Canada (Sept 26).…
EUROPE INVESTS IN LIGNITE DESPITE CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERNS
LIGNITE power station units are still being built and modernised in the European Union (EU), raising warnings from environmentalists that this could negate EU emissions controls. There are lignite projects in various stages of approval, planning or construction in Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, and Slovenia, for instance.…
JUNCKER’S NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION TEAM WILL TRY TO FORGE COHESIVE PRO-GROWTH APPROACH
THE NEW European Commission of president Jean-Claude Juncker, which will take office for five years on November 1 is expected to be more political than its predecessors and certainly has a clear brief from its boss: more growth and jobs.
Juncker, a consummate European Union (EU) insider, a former president of the Eurogroup of Euro-zone finance ministers, and an ex-prime minister of his native Luxembourg, will use powerful vice-presidents to keep his team in line.…
EU BACKERS OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TAX MOVE TOWARDS DECEMBER AGREEMENT OF DETAILS
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) finance ministers agreed at an EU economic and finance ministers (ECOFIN) meeting on the scope of the long-threatened ‘financial transaction tax’, and 11 governments pledged to reach an agreement on its details by the end of the year.…
SPAIN WOOS GREECE OVER MEAT EXPORTS
Spanish meat producers seeking new export sales to compensate for repeated bans on deliveries to Russia have stepped up efforts to woo importers and agents in Greece.
Business meetings last week in Athens were arranged after an introductory series of presentations delivered there in May.…
EU BANS HIGH TECH KNITTING TECHNOLOGY EXPORTS TO RUSSIA
THE SALE to Russia of multi-directional, multi-dimensional knitting and interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits, specially designed or modified for weaving, interlacing or braiding fibres, for composite structures has been banned by the European Union (EU).
This is because the EU considers such machines of potential use to the Russian military, which has been involved in the Ukraine crisis.…
WAKE UP CALL ON CARD FRAUD AS LOSSES HIT RECORD LEVEL
CONSUMERS could face more real-time transaction checks when buying goods by card, leading analytics software firm FICO, USA, has suggested in a study of card fraud levels in 19 European countries. Analysis showed United Kingdom (UK) card fraud hit record levels in 2013, up 15% year-on-year at GBP450 million (USD751.86 million) and beating the previous peak in 2008.…
EU ROUND UP – BRUSSELS LAUNCHED HYDROGEN FUEL CELL UNDERTAKING PHASE TWO
THE EUROPEAN Commission has launched the second phase of its fuel cells and hydrogen joint undertaking, sinking EUR1.33 billion into hydrogen-based energy and transport fuel technology until 2020. The European Union (EU) is planning to contribute up to EUR665 million, leveraging at least EUR665 million from private sources.…
RENEWABLES SECTOR EMERGES BLOODY, YET UNBOWED, FROM EUROPE’S RECESSION
As Europe seems to be stepping out of its long recession, the renewables sector seems to be coming out stronger, despite its reliance in government subsidies. Even in crisis hit Greece, it was a renewable energy company that provided the Athens Stock Exchange with its first IPO since the debt crisis began in 2009. …
FINANCIAL WATCHDOG SAYS EU BANK STRESS TESTS WERE FLAWED
THE FINANCIAL watchdog of the European Union (EU) – the Court of Auditors – has claimed the 2011 bank stress tests conducted by the European Banking Authority (EBA) were flawed. The regulator failed eight out of 90 banks: five in Spain, two in Greece and one in Austria.…