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European Union Provides 55m Euro Budget Support to Liberia
The European Union (EU) has provided €55 million to the Liberian government as general budget support toward the health and education sectors through the three-year budget the Ministry of Finance is currently formulating in fulfillment of the Public...
European Commission Approves French Plan to Digitize Its Film Heritage
The European Commission has ruled that a French scheme to support the digitization of historic cinematographic works is compatible with the EU rules on state aid, inter alia because it helps promote culture while limiting the distortions of competition....
Europe Seeking to Make Cross-border Inheritances Easier
An Italian woman who marries a German and settles in Belgium would have the option of choosing whether her heirs inherit under Italian or Belgian law, under new rules backed by the European Parliament on Tuesday.
Europe Establishes Stronger Regulations to Effectively Fight Illegal Arms Trafficking
Through new European Union (EU) legislation adopted Thursday by the Council, Europe establishes stronger regulations to effectively fight illegal arms trafficking. It establishes requirements for exports, imports and transit licensing, and makes it easier...
Europe Bans the Addition of Sugars to Fruit Juices
The European Council has approved a compromise text aimed at further aligning the EU directive on fruit juices to the international food standards of the Codex Alimentarius (74/11 + 6834/12 ADD 1), following a first-reading agreement with the European...
Google And Motorola Mobility Merger Given the Go Ahead
The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility, a developer of smartphones and tablets, by Google, the world’s largest internet search and search advertising company and developer...
WomanCare Global to Distribute Mifepristone in Europe And Africa
WomanCare Global has announced that mifepristone has been added to their reproductive healthcare portfolio. Through an agreement with Linepharma, WomanCare Global will provide sales, marketing, provider training and distribution of mifepristone in seven...
New EU Rules Agreed for Organic Wine
New European Union (EU) rules for “organic wine” have been agreed in the Standing Committee on Organic Farming (SCOF), and will be published in the Official Journal in the coming weeks. With the new regulation, which will apply from the 2012 harvest,...
