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Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Court of Human Rights is hearing a case brought by Turkey’s Bosphorus Airways against Ireland, which it says broke European human rights rules by seizing a plane in 1993 it had leased from Yugoslav Airlines when Yugoslavia was under UN sanctions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INCOMING European Commissioner for health and consumer affairs has shown signs in a European Parliament questionnaire that he could be as feisty as his predecessor, Ireland’s David Byrne, calling for an EU-wide ban on smoking in public.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN’S performance in reducing heart disease deaths could be much improved compared with many of its European Union (EU) partners, a new World Health Organisation heart disease atlas, has shown.

Dividing a country’s annual deaths from heart disease with its population, saturated fats and beer loving Britain had a comparative factor of 2, based on 120,530 deaths in 2002 amongst a population of 59 million.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN’S small shops and off-licences can expect no help from the incoming European Commission in their fight against personal alcohol and tobacco imports. Answering a European Parliament questionnaire ahead of assuming office in November, Latvia’s Ingrida Udre promised to take a strong line on efforts to restrict this trade, assuming she is confirmed as taxation and customs union Commissioner.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AMERICAN and European Union (EU) officials are trying to devise a common approach to implementing Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points food safety principles. Both sides staged a technical seminar in Ireland last week (Sept 16-17) at the EU Food and Veterinary Office (FVO).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE POLITICIANS appointed to the incoming European Commission taking office on November 1 start intensive hearings at the European Parliament on Monday (27-9), with the competition Commissioner-designate Neelie Kroes expecting tough questioning.

The Dutchwoman has been a board member of many large European companies, such as Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo, mobile phone group MMO, French defence company Thales and shipping group Royal P&O Nedlloyd.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NEW and first European Commissioner for fraud has indicated that he could be as cool towards Brussels whistle-blowers as outgoing Commission administration vice-president Neil Kinnock. Replying to a European Parliament questionnaire on his appointment, Estonia’s Silim Kallas declared he would not change existing criticised ‘guarantees’ to whistle-blowers, saying it was “the last and least desirable option” for airing allegations.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
INCOMING European Union (EU) health and consumer affairs Commissioner Markos Kyprianou could defy expectations that he would rest on the laurels of his predecessor David Byrne in fighting the tobacco industry. In his answers to a European Parliament questionnaire, the Cypriot pushing for more national bans on smoking in public places.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
POLITICAL change can be like growing seasons, it moves gradually, but in a month or two, the landscape has completely changed. So when the recently appointed European Commission takes office in November, the new commissioners of concern for the farming industry will face challenges unanticipated this summer.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) fishing boats will receive additional quotas this year for catches in Greenland waters, after a renegotiation of financial compensation from the EU to the Danish self-governing territory. If a proposal from the European Commission is accepted by EU ministers, a new quota of 1,000 tonnes for snow crab will be introduced, shared by Ireland and Spain.…