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EU ENLARGEMENT FEATURE
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EASTERN and southern Europe countries slated to join the European Union (EU) on May 1, 2004, have worked small wonders in recent years to set up anti-money laundering regimes, not necessarily because they believe this is good in itself but partly at least because EU entry might not be possible otherwise.…
EUROSTAT - CONSUMPTION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GREEKS are the European Union’s highest spenders on footwear and clothing, taking into account the proportion of annual household income spent on these items, according to figures released by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical agency. Greek consumers devoted 11 per cent of their spending on shoes and clothes in 2001 and 2000 – the latest available comparative statistics covering the EU.…
EUROSTAT - CONSUMPTION
Keith Nuthall
THE GREEKS are the European Union’s highest spenders on clothing and footwear, taking into account the proportion of annual household income spent on these items, according to figures released by Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical agency. Greek consumers devoted 11 per cent of their spending on clothing and footwear in 2001 and 2000 – the latest available comparative statistics covering the EU.…
RUSSIA - EBRD LOANS
KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development is promoting on-site power generation in Russia, developing plans to lend a major potassium salt producer US$75 million, which it would use to build its own power plant. Located in the city of Berezniki, the Perm Region, in the Urals, OAO Uralkaly would use the new generator to make “improvements in energy efficiency and environmental compliance.”…
OLD VERSION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NON-FERROUS metal producers in the existing 15 European Union (EU) countries could see some lowering of labour costs after enlargement of the EU next year as low-paid Polish and other workers move into the higher wage countries like Germany, according to industry sources.…
WIND POWER
KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is to invest Euro 134 million constructing the world’s largest wind farm, 15-20km off the western coast of Denmark’s Jutland peninsula. The project involves the erection of 80 turbines, each generating two megawatts near Horns Rev, in the North Sea.…
SMOKY BACON
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RISK of a European Union (EU) ban on smoky bacon flavoured crisps seems to have been averted, with the European Parliament passing amendments to proposed EU food safety legislation allowing all existing smoking practices to continue. Instead, only new methods of combining smoke flavourings with foods would have to be approved by the European Food Safety Authority, said the parliament.…
GREEK WIND FARMS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank has drawn up plans to lend Greece’s TERNA Energy up to Euro 75 million for building seven wind farms in the country, with a combined output of 144 MW. They would be sited in mainland Greece, Evia and Crete and would replace Greek fossil-fuel power generating capacity.…
GREEK WIND FARMS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank has drawn up plans to lend Greece’s TERNA Energy up to Euro 75 million for building seven wind farms in the country, with a combined output of 144 MW. They would be sited in mainland Greece, Evia and Crete and would replace Greek fossil-fuel power generating capacity.…
FOOD SAFETY THINK PIECE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NOW the arguing is over and the dye has been cast, it is time to start work on the practicalities of admitting 10 new countries to the European Union, making this long discussed enlargement work for British and western European farmers.…