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BY ALAN OSBORN

THE NEXT twelve months – say to Easter 2009 – could prove of fundamental significance for the development of European Union (EU) energy policy on several fronts. In January this year, the European Commission published its long-awaited proposals on renewable energies and CO2 saving, and history may well judge this to be the moment when the EU turned decisively green.…

BY PAUL RIGG, in Madrid

KEN Follett’s new book ‘World Without End’ might perhaps be more appropriately entitled ‘Success Without End’ given its festive sales in Spain. Already a top bestseller in America, Australia and the UK (among other countries), its Spanish language release between December 28-29 galvanised an otherwise fairly ordinary seasonal trade.…

BY LIZ HALL, in Alicante

AS an Alicante-based journalist travelling frequently to and from London, I have found myself increasingly dreading such journeys in recent years. At Alicante´s El Altet airport, parking has tended to be nigh-on impossible, the small check-in area barely contained the crowds and security seemed somewhat hit and miss.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A FISHING access deal with Mauritania – hailed by the European Commission as "the most important fisheries agreement concluded by the EU with a third country" – could be renegotiated because European fishermen have shunned its opportunities. The Commission has now asked EU ministers for permission to renegotiate the two year deal, which would otherwise have been renewed largely unchanged next August (2008).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of the global biscuits, snacks and cereals business of France’s Danone by US-based Kraft. Brussels’ competition approval depends on Kraft selling off Spanish biscuit brands Artiach, Chiquilin, Filipinos and Marbú Dorada and a Spain biscuit production plant, along with Hungarian chocolate brand Balaton.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

SPANISH wine makers will receive the most money – Euro 162 million – for improving their vineyards, in the latest tranche of European Union (EU) grants earmarked for this purpose.

The European Commission will spend Euro 510 million across the EU on viticulture reform in 2007/8, with money allotted for variety conversion, relocation of vineyards and improvements to vineyard management techniques.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced England’s Staffordshire cheese, Spanish cauliflower Coliflor de Calahorra; German grated horseradish Bayerischer Meerrettich and Bayerischer Kren; and German table carp Holsteiner Karpfen have been granted geographical indication protection within the European Union (EU).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

SPANISH wine makers will receive the most money – Euro 162 million – for improving their vineyards, in the latest European Union (EU) grants for this purpose. The European Commission will spend Euro 510 million across the EU on viticulture reform in 2007/8, for variety conversion, vineyard relocation and management improvements.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have backed the European Commission’s move to introduce private storage aid for pigmeat to fight current low prices. Under the programme, pigmeat producers can claim EU aid when storing meat for between three and five months.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE EUROPEAN Commission’s decision to appoint ‘project co-ordinators’ to try to spark movement in four long-stalled cross-border energy projects in the European Union (EU) has drawn widespread cynicism from many in the industry. However, here and there, there is an admission that these high-level trouble-shooters might just get results where so many others have failed.…