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Memoirs, BP and Angela Merkel: Publish And Be Damned?

  • September 9th, 2010
  • Posted by EUEditor

deepwater_horizon.jpg natascha-kampusch.jpegtony-blair-12-06-site.jpgmerkel-resize.jpgPublishing 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 »

Introducing: New Contributors to EUAustralia

  • February 23rd, 2007
  • Posted by 7thmin

subscribers-cockatoo1.jpgThree new writers have come on board providing their own perspectives on Europe, writes EUAustralia Online editor Lee Duffield. … Read More »

Supply Tightened in the Carbon Trade

  • January 21st, 2007
  • Posted by EUA Editor

eu-industry-scape.jpgEuropean 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 »

Drive for a catch-up on bio-fuels

  • January 20th, 2007
  • Posted by 7thmin

fields-resize.jpgDeclaration 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 »

Kazakh Visit Tip of an Energy Iceberg

  • December 9th, 2006
  • Posted by 7thmin

kazakhstan-resize.jpgEurope’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 »

Unwanted Potatoes and Bird Flu

  • December 9th, 2006
  • Posted by EUEditor

fields-resize.jpgA 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 »

Simplification of Agricultural Aid

  • December 9th, 2006
  • Posted by EUEditor

livestock-resize-200.jpgFurther 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 »

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