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BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) air passengers are generally supportive of today’s increased airport security measures, a European Commission-funded Gallup opinion poll has revealed. Across all 27 member states, a majority of informed respondents (61%) consider airport security controls appropriate, one quarter (24%) insufficient and only 16% excessive.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

MORE than a fifth of European Union (EU) motorists would not use their cars any less, even if dramatic improvements were made to local public transport systems, a European Commission-funded opinion poll has revealed. Conducted by pollsters Gallup amongst 25,767 people across the EU, the survey said 22% of those favouring cars over other transport means would remain loyal to their vehicles come what may.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

MORE than a fifth (22%) of European Union (EU) motorists would not use their cars any less, even if dramatic improvements were made to local public transport systems, a European Commission-funded opinion poll has revealed. Conducted by pollsters Gallup amongst 25,767 people across the EU, the survey said British drivers are around the European average in this regard – at 19%.…

BY MARK ROWE
FOLLOWING the ‘big bang’ of European Union (EU) expansion in May 2004, when 10 countries acceded to the EU, followed by Romania and Bulgaria this year, analysts were curious to see how those new members with well-regarded drinks industries would cope in the new pan-EU family.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PUBLIC subsidies paid to the polluting energy producers, such as coal-fired power stations, should be screened for promoting environmental damage, an influential European Union (EU) expert group has proposed.

The EU’s High-Level Group on Energy, Competitiveness and the Environment, which includes EU Commissioners, national government representatives, and executives from European industry, unions, non-governmental organisations and regulators, said “subsidies must serve the common interest”, or be phased out.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared the acquisition of Borsod-Chem Nyrt of Hungary by Permira Holdings Ltd of Guernsey, the Channel Islands. A Brussels note said that Permira subsidiary First Chemical Holding Vagyonkezel? Kft (itself controlled by another subsidiary the Permira IV Fund) would take over the Hungarian company.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD Bank is injecting US$4.53 million into an eastern Europe and central Asian fund promoting geothermal energy production, with the lion’s share (US$3.7 million) going to the Hungarian Oil and Gas Company (MOL) to fund geological risk insurance.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WHEN academics think of European Union (EU) funding for their projects or institutions, they often consider the European Commission, with its high profile in education and research spending through its framework programmes. But there is another EU institution developing an increasingly important role as a financial fountainhead for European higher education: the European Investment Bank (EIB).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

FLEET managers looking to offload used-cars in Hungary will be pleased the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has declared illegal high Hungarian registration duty charged on imported second-hand vehicles. Registration duties on old vehicles previously used in Hungary are reduced to take depreciation into account, and so are lower than imported cars.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE HUNGARIAN government has banned the sale of three Lush henna hair colouring products over alleged excess bacteria, ordering a consumer recall. The move covers caca noir; caca marron and caca brun varieties, all made in Britain. Tests indicated the presence of banned bacteria pseudomonas aerugonosa in all three lines, reported the European Commission.…