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Publishing milestones of the week were the autobiography of Natascha Kampusch in Austria, and more trouble surrounding the memoirs of Tony Blair; BP publishing its apologia in America over the Deepwater Horizon disaster, and the German Chancellor defending the rights of the Danish cartoonist under threat from Islamic groups. … Read More »
Three new writers have come on board providing their own perspectives on Europe, writes EUAustralia Online editor Lee Duffield. … Read More »
European governments have been told to restrict the amount of carbon they permit to be traded.
The European Commission argues that its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) stands to make a major global impact against climate change, if only the volumes to be traded are kept down. … Read More »
Declaration of a target for bio-fuel production in the EU January Energy Package (10.1.07) aims to make up for a lackluster performance since promotion of energy crops began in 2003.
Europe is now subsidising production of crops for fuel at the level of EU 45 (A$72.48; Dcerates) per hectare, and has declared that by 2020 biofuels should account for at least 10% of transport fuel usage. … Read More »
Europe’s interest in Central Asia –especially for its oil, and other security concerns – was highlighted when the Kazakhstan President, Noursoultan Nazarbaev visited Brussels on 4.12.06.
Mr Nazarbaev met the Secretary General of NATO, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the alliance’s headquarters; a reminder to the world that former Soviet republics are most welcome there today, (Picture: NATO). … Read More »
A European Council of Ministers from member countries of the EU has shelved a scientific recommendation in favour of letting a genetically modified, blue-black potato be grown in the fields. … Read More »
Further steps were registered this week (6.12.06) on the simplification of regulation and management of industry assistance, when the European Commission adopted new rules on state aid to the agricultural sector. … Read More »