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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has sent final legal warnings to Italy, Greece and Spain threatening legal action at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over not properly complying with the EU water framework directive. Brussels says they have failed to devise administrative blocks based on river basin districts, and provide detailed information on relevant management authorities.…

Keith Nuthall
A HEALTHY-DOSE of Nordic culture has been prescribed by the world’ premier anti-corruption organisation Transparency International, which has again hailed northern Europe as the region most free of graft, bribes and kickbacks. Such financial crime is rarest in Iceland, says the 2005 corruption rankings from the German group, with Finland and New Zealand tying at second place, Denmark, fourth, Sweden sixth, and Norway eighth.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
UNESCO, the UN’s scientific and cultural organisation, has launched a filter removing arsenic from water and which could, it claims, save tens of millions of lives from a pollutant created by many mines. Unveiled at its headquarters in Paris, UNESCO said the filter was “simple and ecologically sound”, using as an absorbent recycled iron oxide coated sand produced as a by-product in groundwater treatment plants “available at no cost almost everywhere”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GREEN Paper on improving services promoting mental health across the European Union (EU) has been published by the European Commission, which claims 27% of all EU adults suffer from such problems, annually. It says Brussels will consult with EU national governments on creating an action plan boosting mental health services and also collect more data at a European level, monitoring trends and identifying best practice.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has voted to exclude natural sunlight from a new European Union (EU) optical radiation health and safety directive issue to be regulated by national governments. In a plenary session, the parliament supported centre-right amendments restricting the legislation to artificial sources of radiation by 397 votes for, 269 against.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has negotiated open skies deals with Romania, Macedonia, Morocco, Albania and Bosnia & Herzegovina, which will enable their airlines to freely offer services to European Union (EU) airports, including cabotage. EU carriers would have similar rights in these four countries’ national territories.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has called on European Union (EU) countries to further liberalise their professions, including legal specialists, although a Communication’ policy paper praises Britain for its reforms. The UK “is making good progress” across the board in fighting restrictive practices regarding profession entry, fees and advertising, along with Denmark and the Netherlands, said Brussels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s Management Committee for Wine has approved a plan to allow crisis distillation of up to two million hectoliters of Italian table wine. Assuming the decision is accepted by the European Commission, distillation could begin from September 25, with Euro 1.914 per hectolitre multiplied by a wine’s abv percentage being handed over to producers facing a wine glut.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has called on European Union (EU) countries to further liberalise their professions, including accountancy, although a detailed report praises Britain for its reforms. The UK “is making good progress” across the board in fighting restrictive practices regarding profession entry, fees and advertising, along with Denmark and the Netherlands, said Brussels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
LUNG cancer, blamed on smoking by most health professionals, is declining throughout the European Union (EU) amongst men, but not women, according to a new British Medical Journal report. The UK performs well, with lung cancer mortality rates for both men and women falling.…