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BY DEIRDRE MASON

THE MEDIA rush to pick up on the revival of nuclear energy as a serious UK option, made plain in the Department of Trade and Industry’s recent Energy Review consultation document, has diverted attention from which tail will, in practice, be wagging the UK energy dog over the coming months.…

BY MARK ROWE
IN times of conflict, cultural property, such as archaeological sites, works of art, museums and monuments, can also suffer grievously at the hands of opposing military and guerrilla forces. In recognition of this, such objects are accorded protection by the Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST-EVER multilateral treaty covering the Balkans has been signed in Athens, creating a European Energy Community, linking the gas (and electricity) policies of south-eastern Europe with those of the European Union (EU). Indeed, under the treaty, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria and Kosovo must apply EU energy legislation, including related environmental and competition laws.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CRITICS of European political institutions have sometimes been unkind about the Council of Europe, which has been accused of being a powerless talking shop. And although the Council lacks the power to fine and cajole member governments enjoyed by the European Union (EU) – from which it is completely independent – it has some important roles.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN’S labour costs are rising at a faster rate than those of its key European Union (EU) competitors, Germany and France, figures from the EU statistical agency Eurostat reveal. In the second quarter of 2005, UK nominal hourly labour costs for the whole economy rose by 3.4% compared with the same period in 2004.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
ON July 31 this year the European Union’s (EU) Tobacco Advertising Directive came into effect, making it illegal to advertise tobacco products in the print media, radio and over the Internet within the EU. Also banned was tobacco sponsorship of cross-border cultural and sporting events.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) has approved plans to lend Euro 40 million to Latvia utility Latvenergo to help it build a 400 mW combined heat and power (CHP) plant, in the capital Riga. Hoping to diversify the country’s hydro-power dominated energy mix, the EIB wants to help Latvenergo replace an existing CHP plant with a modern gas-fired combined cycle unit, heat recovery steam generator and steam turbine.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed the abolition of registration taxes that it says impede the transfer of vehicles to the 16 European Union (EU) member states that impose them. Britain is not among the countries concerned, but they include Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Austria and Poland.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission’s sugar management committee has ordered Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Slovakia and Malta to rid themselves of surplus sugar stocks by November or face heavy fines.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has allowed Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Malta and Slovakia until November 2005 to eliminate surplus stocks of sugar, built up prior to their joining the EU last May. Remaining excess sugar will spark fines.…