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BY MARK ROWE
RUSSIA’S Vision International People Group plans to build a US$100 million plant in the Moscow region next year, initially producing drinking water and a small range of soft drinks. It will later expand to produce juices and milk.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INSTITUTE for Energy, (part of the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre), has signed a deal with the EuropeAid Cooperation Office to help implement large scale on-site modernisation projects at Russian and Ukrainian nuclear power plants, that include making improvements to design safety.…

BY MARK ROWE
RUSSIA has tightened its meat import quotas for 2004 as part of a policy to cut food imports and encourage domestic livestock breeding. The Russian Meat Union said the approach had helped its poultry sector in 2003 and was being now being extended.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BINDING energy conservation targets have been proposed for European Union (EU) Member States by the European Commission, a move that could further tighten fuel economy rules for Europe’s transport sector. Brussels has proposed a general energy saving target of one per cent a year from 2006-12, measured against average energy distribution from the previous five years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NETHERLANDS has secured the help of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to reduce its greenhouse gas emission targets by investing in eastern European projects aimed at fighting global warming. The bank and the Dutch government are creating a carbon fund, which will draw on Euro 32 million of Netherlands’ funds.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RUSSIAN and Ukraine government are staging regular talks to solve a territorial dispute over the Kerch Strait, linking the Black and Azov seas, providing access to the key Russian city of Rostov. The two governments are also disputing their rights to the strait’s Tuzla island, currently being eroded rapidly because of a Russian dike.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BINDING energy conservation targets have been proposed for European Union (EU) Member States by the European Commission, a move that could further tighten fuel economy rules for Europe’s transport sector. Brussels has proposed a general energy saving target of one per cent a year from 2006-12, measured against average energy distribution from the previous five years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have been formally asked by the European Commission to sign the revised European Convention for the Protection of Animals during International Transport. This (non-EU) Council of Europe agreement includes detailed rules on the most widely traded livestock, with variations for different types of transport.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RUSSIAN and Ukraine government are staging regular talks to solve a territorial dispute over the Kerch Strait, linking the Black and Azov seas, providing access to the key Russian city of Rostov. The two governments are also disputing their rights to the strait’s Tuzla island, currently being eroded rapidly because of a Russian dike.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union must not only build additional electricity interconnection capacity between its own Member States, but also with countries to the south in north Africa and to the east in eastern Europe, the latest EU heads of government meeting in Brussels has concluded.…