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BY ROBERT STOKES, IN MÁLAGA

JUST like El Dorado, the never-was city of gold, Latin America’s 390 million Spanish speakers, are a siren call to Spanish publishers, whose domestic market numbers just 46 million souls. There is even a side bet on 190 million Portuguese speaking Brazilians

Some publishers, lured by these big numbers, have tried and failed in the past, foundering on the reefs of censorship, economic and currency volatility, and the local business culture, though taking forever to get paid – if at all – should not have come as a shock to Spanish firms.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL AND CARMEN PAUN, IN BRUSSELS

THE EUROPEAN Commission’s plans to lavish Euro EUR9.1 billion on developing energy transmission networks that link the energy systems of the European Union’s (EU) 27 member states go to the heart of the EU’s raison d’être: that Europe’s compact countries can achieve more in concert than in competition.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has passed a resolution calling on the European Commission to use its diplomatic muscle to outlaw child labour in emerging market cocoa and chocolate industries. MEPs want exporting countries to impose tougher labour laws preventing young children from being used to harvest and produce these key cosmetics ingredients.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

PORTUGUESE authorities have clamped down on personal care products they regard as potentially harmful for a second month running, European Union (EU) consumer warning network RAPEX has reported. Action was taken against eight products in October, including customs seizures and sales ban.…

BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH

PORTUGUESE bakery group Dan Cake has confirmed to just-food that Indian-made versions of its ‘Danesita’ biscuits, cookies and cakes will enter the Indian sweet bakery market by the year end. It follows Dan Cake and India-based Phadnis Group inking a 66:34 joint venture last month to set up a production facility in Chakan, 30 kilometres from Phadnis’ Indian headquarters in Pune, central India.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A COMPREHENSIVE European Union (EU) directive combatting the sale of fake medicines has been approved by the European Parliament. The law – which still requires approval from the EU Council of Ministers – insists that Internet pharmacies must be authorised by member states to operate.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

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THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the takeover by Unilever of Sara Lee’s body and laundry care businesses, on condition it sells off the US company’s Sanex brand and related business in Europe. Following an inquiry as the European Union’s (EU) lead competition authority, Brussels concluded there were particular concerns regarding Unilever’s future dominance of some EU deodorant markets.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) consumer protection network RAPEX has warned of a series of hair-care products being discovered containing substances banned by the EU cosmetics directive. Czech authorities banned Polish product hair dye 111 Noix Dore for containing 2-nitro-p-phenylenendiamine and hydroquinone.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE CONSUMER protection authorities of Portugal have been busy with unsafe cosmetics products in September, with five withdrawals reported by European Union consumer safety network RAPEX. Some covered Spanish made products – such as Isdruc ‘Crema despigmentante’ skin lightening cream; plus Tempting ‘Vitamine vital shampoo’ and ‘Live Mask repair’.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is planning to lend Euro EUR90 million to airport operator Aeroportos de Portugal (ANA) to fund improvements to seven airports in the country. The bulk of the money will be spent at the mainland airports of Oporto, Faro and Lisbon, with smaller investments at ANA’s four airports in the Azores archipelago – namely Ponta Delgada, Horta, Santa Maria, and Flores.…