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UNRELIABLE POWER SYSTEMS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THERE is a significant risk that Europe’s summer of blackouts could be repeated after 2008, unless effective investments are made in power generation and distribution plant, the Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity (UCTE), has warned.…
SERBIA LABS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NEW European Union funded equipment has been unveiled at a food safety laboratory in Serbia, the first of 31 centres to be modernised via a Euro 14 million funding scheme. The Kraljevo Veterinary Institute’s new kit will test animal and animal product samples for infections, part of a nationwide system ensuring meat safety and detecting animal disease.…
SERBIA LABS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NEW European Union funded equipment has been unveiled at a food safety laboratory in Serbia, the first of 31 centres to be modernised via a Euro 14 million funding scheme.…
FRAUD REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FRAUD is centre stage again in European Union (EU) news, following a series of high profile scandals, for instance in Eurostat. Now OLAF, the EU’s anti-fraud agency has produced an annual report showing that it is detecting more irregularities.…
UN CRIME CONVENTIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations (UN) has framed a new anti-corruption convention and its established convention against organised crime is now coming into force. Keith Nuthall examines what this will mean for businesses, banks and governments.
THE COMMERCIAL world is often doubtful about the value of international conventions fighting crime, but their texts do at least reflect a global consensus amongst concerned governments.…
SERBIA LABS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NEW European Union funded equipment has been unveiled at a food safety laboratory in Serbia, the first of 31 centres to be modernised via a Euro 14 million funding scheme. The Kraljevo Veterinary Institute’s new kit will test animal and animal product samples for infections, part of a nationwide system ensuring meat safety and detecting animal disease.…
SERBIA LOAN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) has become the latest international financing institution to announce a loan to Serbia’s power utility Elektropriveda Srbije. It is lending Euro 22 million to modernise the utility’s existing power control system. The move follows the announcement of a European Bank for Reconstruction and Development loan last month.…
SERBIA LABS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NEW European Union funded equipment has been unveiled at a food safety laboratory in Serbia, the first of 31 centres to be modernised via a Euro 14 million funding scheme.…
SERBIA ELECTRICITY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending Euro 60 million to Serbia’s state-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) to enable it to modernise its fuel (coal) production and upgrade its company’s communications network to a digital system.…
UN CONVENTIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A UNITED Nations (UN) Convention against Transnational Organised Crime has come into force, imposing a duty on ratifying countries to outlaw membership of an organised criminal group, which it defines legally. So far, said the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 48 countries have ratified it, including Monaco, Nigeria, Serbia & Montenegro, Peru, Spain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Canada, Philippines, Tajikistan, Albania, France, Argentina, Mexico, Turkey, China, Norway and Afghanistan.…