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THE EUROPEAN Parliament has backed a proposed European Union (EU) programme to boost nuclear safety outside the EU, but has called for neighbouring countries to be given priority in spending.

In a series of consultative amendments approved yesterday (Wednesday November 20), the parliament said that said countries would get preferred funding if they already benefited from EU ‘pre-accession assistance’ for countries wanting to join the EU and those eligible for ‘European neighbourhood instrument’ spending.…

A EUROPEAN Union-funded ‘BETITEX’ research project has brought together a consortium of 10 partners to develop protective, biodegradable textiles that can kill ticks and bedbugs. The Euro EUR1.5 million (USD2.06 million) project will focus on developing personal protective equipment for small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and also “domestic use in the form of home linen,” according to a European Commission note.…

THE LIBERALISATION taking place in Myanmar has been making the global textile and clothing sector excited about the country’s thus far untapped potential to export indigenous and mainstream textiles. Aung Min, research director of the business insight and social insight department at the Myanmar Marketing Research and Development Co.…

AT a time when European nuclear research projects following the Chernobyl disaster were wrapping up, Japan’s Fukushima accident exposed new gaps in Europe’s preparedness for a nuclear emergency. And a project backed by 43 organisations now wants to prepare Europe to react and communicate properly in case of a nuclear emergency, drawing on the lessons learnt after Fukushima.…

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has approved a new Euro EUR1.6 billion spending programme for nuclear energy research, as part of the EUR78.6 billion (at today’s prices) European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Of that budget, EUR636 million will be set aside for nuclear fusion research, and EUR318 million for fission.…

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has backed a proposed European Union (EU) programme to boost nuclear safety outside the EU, but has called for neighbouring countries to be given priority in spending.

In a series of consultative amendments approved yesterday (Wednesday November 20), the parliament said that said countries would get preferred funding if they already benefited from EU ‘pre-accession assistance’ for countries wanting to join the EU and those eligible for ‘European neighbourhood instrument’ spending.…

In Australia a pack of Marlboro costs Australian dollars AUD15.95 (USD15.02). For that smokers get 20 cigarettes in a drab olive-grey packet displaying large pictures of gangrenous feet or rotting teeth. In December 2012, the Tobacco Plain Packaging Act made Australia the first country worldwide to remove all branding and design from cigarette packets, dedicating 75% of the surface to health warnings.…

THE EUROPEAN University Association (EUA) has hailed yesterday’s (Nov 21) approval by the European Parliament of a new Euro EUR78.6 billion (at today’s prices) European Union (EU) Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.

Speaking to University World News last night, Dr Lidia Borrell-Damián, the EUA’s director, research and innovation, said the overall increase of funding over the EUR54 billion assigned to the outgoing EU Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) for research, was “very welcome”.…

A detailed policy declaration from the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers has called on EU member states to make more efforts to internationalise their higher education sectors.

The call came at a meeting of EU education ministers in Brussels yesterday (November 25).…

ANTICIPATED market liberalisation in democratising Burma is enticing global tobacco companies such as British American Tobacco (BAT) to sell and manufacture cigarettes in Myanmar. However, rampant smuggling of duty-free cigarettes into the country and the dominance of low-end local brands pose a challenge to legitimate business ventures.…