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ITALIAN HAULIERS BEING FORCED OUT OF BUSINESS BY TERRIBLE CONDITIONS AND CUT-THROAT COMPETITION
BY LEE ADENDORFF
IT has been a devastating year for Italian hauliers. In the last 10 months, 8,000 mostly single-vehicle hauliers have left the industry according to Gianni Montalli, president of the National Transport Union (CAN FITA Unione Nazionale Imprese di Trasporto).…
EU-AUSTRALIA WINE DEAL EXPANDED AND SIGNED
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Australia have signed a wine trade agreement, having expanded its scope to protect Bulgarian and Romanian producers. Because these countries joined the EU in January 2007, they were excluded from the text of the agreement concluded later that year.…
SPANISH DRIVERS PREFER TO DRIVE AT HOME, DESPITE RISING CONCERNS ABOUT MOTORWAY ROBBERIES
BY PAUL RIGG
ROBBERIES, competition from immigrants and the state of the economy are the issues of most pressing concern for Spanish hauliers, according to drivers interviewed in truck stops on the outskirts of Madrid by Commercial Motor.
"I woke up with my kidneys and head hurting like I’d drunk a bottle of whisky," said Elias Calyo, 46, from Andalucia in the south of Spain.…
EU-AUSTRALIA WINE DEAL EXPANDED TO PROTECT BULGARIAN AND ROMANIAN PRODUCERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has expanded the scope of the European Union’s (EU) wine agreement with Australia to protect Bulgarian and Romanian producers. Because these countries joined the EU in January 2007, they were excluded from the agreement concluded later that year.…
EU-AUSTRALIA WINE DEAL EXPANDED TO PROTECT BULGARIAN AND ROMANIAN PRODUCERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has expanded the scope of the European Union’s (EU) wine agreement with Australia to protect Bulgarian and Romanian producers. Because these countries joined the EU in January 2007, they were excluded from the text of the agreement concluded later that year.…
ROMANIAN PARLIAMENT FLOUTS EU ACCESSION AGREEMENT OVER HOME BREW DUTY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ROMANIAN parliament has flouted the agreement its country signed to gain membership of the European Union (EU) by voting to scrap excise duty collected on traditional home-brewed spirits. This exemption would apply for homemade ‘palinca’ and ‘tuica’ to a maximum quantity of 250 litres of pure alcohol within these drinks per household.…
BRUSSELS LAUNCHES FORMAL PROBE INTO FORD SUBSIDIES IN ROMANIA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission may block the payment by the Romanian government of Euro 57 million to fund a training programme at the Ford plant at Craiova, south west Romania, because it fears it is illegal state aid. Brussels has launched a formal state aid inquiry into the planned subsidy, to check whether it does actually break European Union (EU) subsidy laws.…
BRUSSELS LAUNCHES FORMAL PROBE INTO FORD SUBSIDIES IN ROMANIA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FORD’S plans to create a state of the art plant at Craiova, south west Romania, have hit yet another obstacle: the European Commission has declared a new subsidy from the Romanian government may be a handout too far.…
EU PRESSURE ON CORRUPTION HELPS SECURE SACKING OF ROMANIAN LABOUR MINISTER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CONSTANT European Union (EU) pressure on Romania to cleanse its government of corruption has finally achieved a concrete result, with the sacking of the country’s labour minister – accused of graft. Paul P?curaru was dismissed via presidential decree almost a year after the chief prosecutor of Romania’s National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) requested permission to investigate claims he had asked a local politician to direct contracts to his son’s company.…
EU ROUND UP - RUSSIA ENERGY TALKS UNDERWAY AT LAST
BY KEITH NUTHALL
FORMAL negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Russia over renewing the 1997 partnership and cooperation agreement between them are under way at last: formal talks started in Brussels on July 4, following a successful EU-Russia summit at the Siberian oil town of Khanty-Mansiysk..…