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REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS BECOMING SIGNIFICANT PLAYERS IN EU ENERGY POLICY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS any journalist who has covered regional or local authorities will testify, sub-national public administrations yearn for the big time. They want their efforts considered important, over and above their day-to-day delivery of community services.
But they know their aspirations must deliver added value.…
BAHRAIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PLANS ELABORATE EXPANSION
BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE ISLAND Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain has embarked on a US$4.7 billion (Euro 3.45 billion) expansion of its one and only commercial airport, the Bahrain International Airport (BIA), to handle rising passenger traffic and regain its position as an aviation hub in the region.…
GLOBAL SAFETY STANDARDS AGREED FOR HYBRID AND ELECTRIC CARS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN IMPORTANT step has been made towards guaranteeing the safety of electric and hybrid cars, with the adoption by the UN’s World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations of a new technical standard on this subject – a global first.…
LATIN AMERICA TOBACCO SECTOR RIDES OUT THE RECESSION
BY PACIFICA GODDARD
LAST year in Latin America, British American Tobacco (BAT) and Philip Morris International (PMI), the region’s two dominant companies, battled to maintain profits through declining volumes. Overall, Latin America was profitable for both companies. For BAT, profits were mainly attributable to a strong performance in Brazil, and improved premium brand sales, however volumes sales declined throughout the region.…
RUSSIAN REGULATION FACES TOUGH TASK TO REIN IN MONEY LAUNDERING, SAY EXPERTS
BY MIRIAM ELDER
WHILE the government of the Russian Federation has made real efforts to fight money laundering – as documented recently in the Money Laundering Bulletin – the problem remains rampant in this resource-rich country, according to Russian and international experts.…
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PUSHES FOR REPLACEMENT OF SCRAPPED 'SWIFT' AGREEMENT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has pushed for a quick replacement of the provisional ‘SWIFT’ agreement transferring European Union (EU) banking data to the United States’ Department of The Treasury.
It has proposed it should quickly negotiate a new Terrorist Financing Tracking Programme (TFTP) deal with Washington, following the annulment of an existing provisional agreement by the European Parliament.…
OECD WELCOMES FLOOD OF TAX TRANSPARENCY AGREEMENTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A PROGRESS report issued by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has claimed almost 300 tax transparency agreements have been signed by jurisdictions since the April 2009 G20 summit in London. This called on governments and sub-national administrations worldwide to adopt the OECD’s standards on revealing and exchanging tax information.…
EUROPE: EUA PRESIDENT PROMISES REVIEW OF RANKING SYSTEMS
BY DAVID HAWORTH
University rankings can sometimes be confusing, and should not be the basis of devising policy, said Jean-Marc Rapp, (NOTE – SPELLING IS CORRECT) European University Association (EUA) president, at the EUA’s spring meeting in Brussels at the end of January, "because universities are confronted with rankings every day."…
INTERNATIONAL CONFECTIONERY NEWS ROUND-UP - CIOLO? APPOINTMENT
BY KEITH NUTHALL, ANCA GURZU and DAVID HAWORTH
THE CONFECTIONERY manufacturing sector in the European Union (EU) has a new political boss in the shape of Romania’s Dacian Ciolo?, who became the EU’s latest agriculture Commissioner on February 10. Appointed amidst pledges he would be willing to use EU money to guarantee food production, he has promised to undertake a swift review of the EU’s reformed sugar regime.…
EU MINISTERS BACK BOOSTING SAVING ACCOUNT CONTROLS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A PACKAGE of measures designed to fight tax evasion within the European Union (EU) has been approved in principle by the EU Council of Ministers. A ‘general approach’ backing proposed amendments to directive 2003/48/EC on taxing savings accounts has been secured – the changes would extend requirements to declare income (or pay a withholding tax) to interest from some innovative financial products; certain life insurance policies; and savings accounts held in trust.…