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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is planning to lend Euro 15 million to NPO Petrovax Pharm, a Russian niche pharmaceutical company, so it can build a green field plant near Moscow making new generation influenza vaccines for the ex-USSR market.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked all EU member states to immediately ban imports of feathers and live birds from Russia and Kazakhstan because of confirmed outbreaks of bird flu.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ARAB sheik and his camel, riding the desert with a trained falcon, hunting for bustard migrating south to Africa; with skill and tenacity, he could catch 10 plump prey, a feast in a land where little grows.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has suspended anti-dumping duties imposed since 1997 on certain seamless pipes and tubes of iron or non-alloy steel from Russia and Romania because of concerns they were based on corrupted data.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NEW Dutch presidency of the European Union (EU) is to press for political agreement over the proposed directive on security of electricity supply, drawn up following last year’s power failures. It would require member countries to define targets on the security of their transmission and distribution networks and increase investment in cross-border electricity interconnectors, although substantial redrafts are expected to secure a deal.…

Keith Nuthall
THE POPULARITY of Russian airports as stopovers for European airlines on trips to east Asia is to rise, with the Russian government agreeing to cut expensive fees charged for flights crossing Siberia. This came in a wide-ranging deal struck with the European Union (EU), helping Russia join the World Trade Organisation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has told the European Commission it wants a deal struck with Russia by September 30 on agreeing a veterinary certification system for EU meat exports that is acceptable to Moscow. Ministers supported the stance so far taken by the Commission in technical discussions with the Russian government.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SAKER FALCON

*Elegant flyers with 110cm wingspan, sandy-brown upper-feathers, and whitish below, with dark streaks.

*2003 wild population estimated at 3,600-4,400 pairs, a 48-70% decline from 1990, nesting from Hungary to western China.

*Steepest falls from 1990 in Kazakhstan – 90%, Uzbekistan – 90%, Russia – 69%, Kyrgyzstan – 68% and Mongolia – 59%.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PRO-NUCLEAR European Union (EU) energy Commissioner Loyola de Palacio has underlined her commitment to securing an extension to the EU’s Euratom responsibilities and also legislation on the security of plants and radioactive waste. Speaking at a meeting of European parliamentarians on nuclear energy, she said: “Don’t forget, nuclear energy is also (along with gas) a bridge to the energies of the future, such as hydrogen.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ATTEMPTED first successful privatisation of a brewery in Belarus has attracted investment from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC). It is sinking US$3 million in equity funding into the US-owned Detroit Belarus Brewing Company (DBBC) and lending US$7 million to its local subsidiary CJSC Belarus Brewing Company, which will handle brewery operations.…