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BY ANDREW CAVE

BIOFUELS have generated earnest debate ever since German inventor Rudolph Diesel ran the world’s first diesel engine on peanut oil back in 1894, but suddenly there is a biofuels boom that’s moving global markets.
World economies are in a race to find alternatives to fossil fuels and turning crops such as wheat and corn into ethanol or oilseed rape, soya, or palm oil into biodiesel is having an impact on farmers, manufacturer and industrial producers worldwide.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

CONCERNS that non-British bus and coach drivers from 10 European Union (EU) member states could have weak professional driving training and be a public transport safety risk are being addressed by the European Commission. It is threatening action at the European Court of Justice against these countries for not complying with an EU directive on professional drivers training that insists upon 280 hours compulsory basic training and 35 hours further training every five years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has admitted that support for a comprehensive unbundling of EU energy suppliers and producers is weak within the EU Council of Ministers, signalling that he may have to water down planned tough draft proposals.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COMPREHENSIVE genetic research project aimed at reducing obesity launched by the European Union (EU) is examining the DNA of more than 13,000 individuals to devise a long-term dietary anti-obesity plan in eight European countries. The EU-funded DiOGenes (Diet, Obesity and Genes) project is studying the dietary, genetic, physiological and psychological factors behind obesity, so that more sophisticated food control policies can be developed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has admitted that support for a comprehensive unbundling of EU energy suppliers and producers is weak within the EU Council of Ministers, signalling that he may have to water down tough draft proposals.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has admitted that support for a comprehensive unbundling of EU energy suppliers and producers is weak within the EU Council of Ministers, signalling that he may have to water down planned tough draft proposals.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A COMPREHENSIVE genetic research project aimed at reducing obesity launched by the European Union (EU) is examining the DNA of more than 13,000 individuals to devise a long-term dietary anti-obesity plan in eight European countries. The EU-funded DiOGenes (Diet, Obesity and Genes) project is studying the dietary, genetic, physiological and psychological factors behind obesity, so that more sophisticated food control policies can be developed.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has admitted that support for a comprehensive unbundling of EU energy suppliers and producers is weak within the EU Council of Ministers, signalling that he may have to water down tough draft proposals.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COMPREHENSIVE genetic research project aimed at reducing obesity is examining the DNA of more than 13,000 individuals to devise a long-term dietary anti-obesity plan. The European Union (EU)-funded DiOGenes (Diet, Obesity and Genes) is devising a method of predicting weight change in response to different dietary nutrients and is examining how carbohydrate and high dietary protein enhances fullness feelings.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has revealed the seizure of many thousands of items of counterfeit clothing and accessories in a coordinated EU customs swoop on illicit cargoes in European Union (EU) international ports. Codenamed ‘Diabolo’, Brussels said Netherlands ports yielded the most counterfeit clothing and accessories: 4,920 coats; 18,014 jeans, trousers and tracksuit bottoms; 4,296 pieces in a mixed cargo of clothing and caps; and 52,578 footwear pairs.…