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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE OLD 15 member European Union (EU) will hit its Kyoto Protocol collective target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 8% for the period 2008-2012 from 1990 levels, but only by financing pollution cuts in poor countries abroad.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission is threatening Greece with legal action at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over alleged infringements of European Union public procurement rules for a contract issued by the Company for Water Supply and Drainage of Athens.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) researchers are investigating why the citizens of poorer European countries are less likely to contract food allergies by those in richer states. The EU’s EuroPrevall project has noted that between 2% to 4% of EU adults suffer from food allergies, with 6% of children younger than three-years-old suffering from the problem.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has given Greece a final warning it could take its government to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over security concerns. Brussels thinks Greece is breaking EU regulations by failing to regularly effectively audit all Greek airports for compliance with EU security standards.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL and ALAN OSBORN

ONE of the more colourful (and thankfully less deadly) aspects of Russia’s mini-war with Georgia in August was the simultaneous attach by hackers on Georgian Internet sites, especially those of its government.,

Ones of these were crashed by ‘denial of service’ attacks, where masses of data are sent to particular sites until they cannot handle the megabytes and closedown.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

RESTRICTIONS on the rights of non-Greek European Union (EU) hauliers to freely deliver cargoes on the last road-leg of a combined transport shipment to Greece have been declared legal by the European Court of Justice (ECJ). Its ruled Greek police were right in preventing an Austrian haulier choosing the railhead closest to his Greek customer to offload and deliver ordered goods.…

BY MARK ROWE

LAST month Modern Power Systems examined the workings of the pan-European ‘Energy Community’, which extends EU energy law eastwards to the membership hopefuls and encourages the region’s electricity transmission system operators and regulators to establish the cooperation and energy trading agreements and mechanisms by end of 2009.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE MUCH praised Mediterranean diet – relying on fresh fruits and vegetables – is being discarded by consumers in countries where it was created. The UN’s Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is warning growing prosperity in southern Europe, and to some extent the Levant and north Africa, has led locals to eat fattier more calorific foods.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE TEMPORARY right of European Union (EU) member states to levy reduced rates of VAT on clothing and footwear repair services could become permanent. The European Commission has proposed governments henceforth always can reduce VAT on such services by up to 5% from their standard rate.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A EURO 2.4 million Greece government loan guarantee rescue package for Greek fibre yarns producer Varvaressos has been approved by the European Commission. Varvaressos suffered high losses and declines in turnover during 2007, and its debts now surpass its capital by a third, preventing it financing its own recovery.…