Search Results for: International law

BY MONICA DOBIE
STENNIS International Airport in Mississippi, USA, is awaiting federal US congressional approval to install a US$2 million air traffic control tower that will enable it to be used as a remote field for cargo flights and a maintenance and repair facility.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SCANDINAVIA dominates the top rankings of a new International Telecommunication Union (ITU) global index on information and communication technology (ICT) access, with Sweden, Denmark and Iceland scoring the highest marks. The ITU says that the league table distinguishes itself from other indices by including new variables, such as education and affordability.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST “Global Conference on Animal Welfare” will take place at the Office International des Épizooties (OIE) headquarters in Paris, next February 23-25. Topics to be addressed will include the transportation of animals, humane slaughter and the depopulation of stocks for disease control.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SHOULD international organisations be held liable when they fail to achieve tasks set out in their formal objectives? The question has been posed by the United Nations’ (UN) International Law Commission and is currently being debated at the UN general assembly’s legal committee.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SYSTEM of European evidence warrants has been proposed by the European Commission that would allow judicial authorities in one Member State to issue an order for the collection of information that would have to be obeyed by law enforcement officers in another European Union country.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTERNATIONAL guidelines dealing with outbreaks of the livestock disease bluetongue are to be updated by the Office International des Épizooties (OIE), the world animal health organisation, following its third global symposium on the subject, held in Sicily, Italy.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Commission report has claimed that Europe’s electronic communications markets are emerging from their long slump into a new prosperity and stability. The paper points to renewed business and consumer confidence, adding that broadband Internet access and mobile communications are the main drivers of the fresh growth.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Commission report has claimed that Europe’s electronic communications markets are emerging from their long slump into a new prosperity and stability. The paper points to renewed business and consumer confidence, adding that broadband Internet access and mobile communications are the main drivers of the fresh growth.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
POLITICAL pressure applied by the European Union (EU) on its Member States to improve the environmental performance of their water sectors is failing to achieve the desired results, according to a report from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN’S legitimate tobacco trade may face a renewed increase in black-market supplies, if renewed pressure from the European Commission on the British government to reduce customs seizures of EU-duty-paid tobacco is successful.

The Commission has started formal European law infringement proceedings against the UK, seemingly unimpressed by concessions from its government over the amounts of tobacco and alcohol that can be imported from other member countries for personal use.…