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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Russia have agreed to deepen their cooperation over judicial matters, examining potential joint projects to “ensure the independence and effectiveness” of both sides court systems. Although this co-operation ‘road map’ approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin and European Commission president José Manuel Barroso is supposedly an equal partnership, the EU is more expected to assist Russian judicial reform than vice versa.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
RUSSIA has made a commitment to introducing international accounting standards in a cooperation agreement struck with the European Union (EU). Signed in Moscow, the deal commits both sides to “implementation of the highest international standards and norms” in “accounting/auditing and statistics”, boosting “the transparency of the economy and shareholder protection” and “creating favourable conditions for investment”.…

Keith Nuthall
RUSSIA has secured the future right to export its vodka and other drinks products to key European Union (EU) export markets at import duty rates charged on cargoes from World Trade Organisation (WTO) member countries. Moscow has struck deals on future trade relations with 29 WTO members, including the EU, also setting future tariff levels that Russia will charge on all imported goods.…

BY MARK ROWE
IN the days of the Soviet Union, Russians would make jokes about the shades of “concrete” grey available for any internal redecorating you planned to do. No longer. Disposable incomes are higher, so Russians are discovering DIY, while a vast face-lift has been given to many of the country’s cities and towns.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A UNITED Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) report has predicted the growth of wood as a power source, noting European forests produce more than is harvested, and countries are developing policies to use surpluses in modern wood-fired energy production.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission will spend the majority of a new Euro 5 million budget over the next three years promoting French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German and Austrian wines in key foreign markets. Brussels noted that the main targets would be north America, China, Russia, India, Japan and non-European Union countries in central and eastern Europe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH security of energy supplies being a key concern of the European Union (EU), and the subject of legislation under discussion in Brussels, it is no surprise that the EU devotes millions of Euros to developing the oil and gas sector of the former USSR.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to spend Euro 468,500 over one year on promoting the sale of Italian beef and veal in Japan, north America, Russia and non-European Union (EU) European countries. There will be matching national government funding for public relations, promotion and publicity campaign coordinated by cooperative organisation Naturalcarni.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has moved to extend its control of fishing in the Baltic Sea, following the accession of four Baltic eastern European states to the EU last year. With Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania becoming member states, the Baltic is largely an EU zone, excluding small stretches of Russian territorial waters – off Kaliningrad and St Petersburg.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission will spend Euro millions over the next three years promoting French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German and Austrian wines in key foreign markets. Announcing the latest of a series of such grants, (matched by national funding), Brussels noted that the main targets would be north America, China, Russia, India, Japan and non-European Union countries in central and eastern Europe.…