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TEA PRODUCTION RECORD



BY KEITH NUTHALL
GLOBAL tea production in 2003 reached a record high of 3.15 million tonnes, 75,000 tonnes more than in 2002, and although traded tea fell by 2.6% to 1.4 million tonnes, prices remained stable, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).…

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RUSSIA/UKRAINE



BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-Russia agreement on the trade in nuclear materials should “establish transparent, stable and predictable trade rules” to boost the “interests and viability” of their nuclear industries, said a new European Commission report. Noting that this issue remains excluded from a Russia-EU Cooperation agreement, it is “causing dissatisfaction to both sides”, said the paper on the ongoing ‘energy dialogue’ between the two.…

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EASTERN EUROPE FEATURETTE



BY MARK ROWE
CHOCOLATE sells in eastern Europe. One of the curiosities of the old Soviet Empire was that, even in the darkest days of rule by Stalin and Brezhnev, the USSR imported vast amounts of cocoa, simply because the Kremlin thought it was good for the masses.…

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COUNTERFEITED GOODS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has identified eight priority countries as sources of counterfeit goods as the focus of special diplomatic efforts to pressure their governments to deal with the problem. China, Thailand, the Ukraine, Russia, Brazil, Turkey, South Korea and Indonesia will receive encouragement and advice on fighting counterfeiting.…

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EU ROUND UP



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has confirmed that countries in its eastern Europe and central Asia area of focus are booming because of high oil prices. Its annual 2004 Transition Report says Russia and the Ukraine are experiencing “skyrocketing annual growth”, making the former Warsaw Pact the world’s second-fastest-growing region (up 6.1%), next to China and its southern neighbours.…

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UN ORGANISATIONS FEATURE MONEY LAUNDERING



BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS a truly global criminal problem, it is only right that fighting money laundering is a key priority of the United Nations (UN). Its general assembly and key committees have made declarations and approved conventions on the subject, and its specialist agencies have also devoted time, money, specialist staff and energy to fighting the problem.…

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ICE CAP MELTS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ARCTIC is experiencing “the most rapid and severe climate change on earth”, twice the rate of other regions, says an Arctic Climate Impact Assessment by the Arctic Council, representing Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the US.…

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RUSSIA EBRD



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is making its largest ever loan to the leasing sector in Russia, lending US$150 million to Austria’s Raiffeisen-Leasing for on-lending to Russian businesses. The focus of the loan will be enabling construction, telecommunications and transport companies companies lease industrial equipment and vehicles.…

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RUSSIA DRUG CONFERENCE



BY KEITH NUTHALL
FRESH approaches to fighting drug abuse amongst young people have been suggested at a Council of Europe seminar, staged in Yekaterinburg, Russia, attended by 62 invited youths from across the continent. The aim of the meeting – organised by the Council’s Pompidou Group on drug abuse – was to feed views from young people into national anti-drug policy units.…

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EU PROMOTIONS



BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced Euro 5 million of spending to help France, Denmark, Greece and Italy promote local food products in the USA, Canada, Japan, Russia, China, Australia, Norway, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Romania.…

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