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BY PAUL COCHRANE, ALAN OSBORN and GAVIN BLAIR

EARTHQUAKES spell potential disasters for mining companies. Not only do they pose obvious safety risks, but the danger that a serious earth tremor could destroy or weaken environmental protection measures put in place at mine sites are significant.…

BY MARK ROWE, KEITH NUTHALL, ALAN OSBORN, GAVIN BLAIR and PAUL COCHRANE

EARTHQUAKES are not good news for nuclear power plants. In safety terms they are a serious risk, and they are usually a public relations disaster, even if no serious damage is done to a plant misfortunate enough to be in a quake.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE POLITICAL map of Europe these days looks very blue. Most of it (discounting Russia) is part of the European Union (EU) and those countries that have yet to join are increasingly the odd men out.

The European Commission and its fellow EU institutions are keen on some of these countries becoming members and less keen on others, but the countries that are almost destined to join the EU (if they want to) are those surrounded by EU territory.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN research network EUREKA has asked for plastics firms to participate in a new project that will involve the development of new laminated multi-layer packaging materials for food. The aim, said a EUREKA note was "to design and apply new laminated packages [also incorporating non-plastics materials such as paper and aluminium] that will help to extend the shelf life of food products."…

By Alan Osborn

Metrology, the science of measurement, has not figured largely in European research activities to date but that may change now that the European Union (EU) member states have come down in its favour and promised EU money to support it.…

By Keith Nuthall

The launch of a new Euro-Mediterranean University in Slovenia dedicated to higher education courses focused on issues of importance to European, African and Levantine countries bordering the sea has been given a formal seal of approval. The creation of the institution was welcomed within a joint declaration issued by heads of state and government from 43 countries at a Paris summit launching a Mediterranean Union organisation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE NUMBER of counterfeit personal care products seized by European Union (EU) customs teams fell by a quarter in 2008, compared to 2007, the latest European Commission figures claim. There were still many fake cosmetics, perfumes and personal soaps discovered however – 4.58 million items, in 2,134 cases however.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut

TURKISH clothing and textile manufacturers are ramping up production of mid- to high-end garments for the European market in the face of strong competition from China and other apparel producing countries, while also preparing for Turkey’s eventual membership of the European Union (EU).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WITH Dmitry Medvedev becoming Russia’s new president, the European Union (EU) has been pushing ahead to secure oil and gas supplies independent of Moscow. EU energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and external relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner met with Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey diplomats and officials to discuss gas pipeline links.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Addis Ababa

ETHIOPIA is trying to position itself as a sourcing destination for the textile and apparel industry, but government projections of a US$500 million-a-year turnover (IS THAT RIGHT – SURELY IT CANNOT BE EXPORTS?) sector by 2008/2009 are lagging way behind, with exports of just US$12.6 million in 2007.…