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EU OMBUDSMAN SAYS EMA MUST RELEASE TEST ADVERSE REACTION REPORTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Medicines Agency (EMA) has come under pressure from the European Ombudsman to release information held on adverse reactions to drugs in trials. The official, Nikiforos Diamandouros, has said EU rules on releasing information associated with its decision-making "apply to all documents held by EMA".…
BELFAST CITY AIRPORT FACES FIGHT OVER RUNWAY EXPANSION
BY SYMON ROSS
A DECISION over whether George Best Belfast City Airport, in Northern Ireland, can extend its runway may drag on towards 2011, after the matter was referred to Northern Ireland’s independent Planning Appeals Commission. It will probably hold an inquiry in September and give a decision in December – almost two years after a proposal was first formally presented to planners.…
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO MOVES ON OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT
BY GEORGE STONE
THE DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo (DRC) is moving towards giving permission to a consortium led by Irish independent Tullow Oil to develop oil and gas production on its side of Lake Albert, government officials have signalled. Kinshasa, DRC’s capital city, is currently a minnow in Africa’s oil producer’s league, pumping just 25,000 barrels per day (bpd) while the continent’s leading exporters Nigeria and Angola are hitting the 2 million bpd mark.…
LATVIA'S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PLANS TO EXPAND TO MEET NEW DEMAND
BY MONIKA HANLEY
RIGA International Airport, located 13 km from the bustling Latvian capital is on the brink of undergoing major infrastructure changes. Its profile is high given it won the best airport in Scandinavia and the Baltic region at the prestigious 2009 OAG [Official Airline Guide] -Routes Airport Marketing Awards, beating the competition in richer countries such as Sweden and Denmark.…
NEW COMMISSION TEAM LIKELY TO REVAMP EU NANOTECHNOLOGY RULES
BY DAVID HAWORTH
THE NEW team of European Union (EU) Commissioners due to assume office for the next five years on February 1 are expected to revamp the EU’s nanotechnology legislation, an issue of critical importance to the personal care product industry.…
EUROPE: NEW RESEARCH COMMISSIONER WILL FIGHT FOR EU 'RESEARCH AREA'
BY DAVID HAWORTH
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, nominated the next EU Commissioner for research, science and innovation, has ambitiously promised MEPs her aim is nothing less than the completion of a European Research Area (ERA), where researchers’ work can be undertaken in all 27 member states.…
WEST AFRICA BECOMES MAJOR SMUGGLING HUB FOR ILLICIT TOBACCO
BY EMMA JACKSON, KEITH NUTHALL, ALAN OSBORN, PAUL COCHRANE and BILL CORCORAN
WEST Africa is becoming a key region in the booming trade of illicit cigarettes, counterfeit copies of premium brands and smuggled properly branded and manufactured sticks. So much money is being made by criminals using this often-chaotic region as a hub to receive illicit sticks and then distribute them throughout Africa that this trade is becoming a matter of serious concern to the United Nations and even NATO.…
REDING LEAVES INFORMATION SOCIETY JOB AT EUROPEAN COMMISSION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
OUTSPOKEN European Union (EU) information society Commissioner Viviane Reding is to leave her position in Brussels when the new European Commission is confirmed in January. The Luxembourger will be replaced by a tough Dutch free-market liberal Neelie Kroes who takes on a renamed post of digital agenda Commissioner.…
New EU diplomatic service raises questions and confusion
By David Haworth, in Brussels
Next Monday, (19/10) Mrs. Catherine Day will deliver the most important speech of her life.
Who is she, you’ll probably ask. Indeed, for someone of immense influence this tall, blond middle-aged Irishwoman is a reclusive figure, shy – not writing very much, still less seeking out audiences.
But, as the secretary general of the European Commission, the lady is the power behind Commission president José Manuel Barroso’s throne.
She is the institution’s leaderene though hiding behind the good manners and discretion of a classic civil servant. Catherine Day is seldom heard and rarely seen.
In a few days, however, she will stand before a huge audience of colleagues to explain to them how the clumsily-titled ‘external action service’ is to be developed and how it will affect their working lives.…
New EU diplomatic service raises questions and confusion
By David Haworth, in Brussels
Next Monday, (19/10) Mrs. Catherine Day will deliver the most important speech of her life.
Who is she, you’ll probably ask. Indeed, for someone of immense influence this tall, blond middle-aged Irishwoman is a reclusive figure, shy – not writing very much, still less seeking out audiences.
But, as the secretary general of the European Commission, the lady is the power behind Commission president José Manuel Barroso’s throne.
She is the institution’s leaderene though hiding behind the good manners and discretion of a classic civil servant. Catherine Day is seldom heard and rarely seen.
In a few days, however, she will stand before a huge audience of colleagues to explain to them how the clumsily-titled ‘external action service’ is to be developed and how it will affect their working lives.…