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EU's Moscovici wants Greece in euro

2015-01-31 04:37:41| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

EU financial commissioner Pierre Moscovici tells the BBC that Greece belongs in the eurozone, and vows to prevent a "Grexit".

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EU's new regulations likely to negatively impact organic food production, say critics

2015-01-15 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

The European Union's new decision to introduce strict regulations on organic food production has been criticised for the possible negative impact on the sector.

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EUs Biggest Coal Group to Cut Jobs, Close Mines to Survive

2015-01-08 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Bloomberg: Kompania Weglowa SA, the European Unions biggest coal producer, will cut jobs, close mines and get financial aid from state-owned power utilities after the Polish government backed a rescue plan for its third-largest employer. Poland wants to gradually phase out operations at state-owned Kompanias four mines, sell one to coal trader Weglokoks SA and move its remaining nine profitable facilities to a new holding company, the Economy Ministry said on its website. Weglokoks and state-owned power...

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E.U.'s 'Dirty' Label On Oil Sands Narrowly Defeated European Parliament Vote

2014-12-18 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

CBC: Canadian oilsands exporters narrowly survived a vote today in the European Parliament that could have once again labelled Alberta bitumen as dirty oil. A proposed fuel quality directive for European Union refineries has been the subject of a well-funded Canadian lobbying campaign for more than two years. Canadian negotiators thought the matter was settled this fall when the European Commission backed off and agreed to allow Canadian bitumen without singling it out as having a much more intense...

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