Ukraine is going to increase its 2013 quota for imports of metallurgical coke up to 300,000 mt from the current 210,000 mt, and also increase the 2013 quota for coking coal by 1 million mt, the press service of Ukraine's First Deputy Prime ...
Tags: Coke, Coking Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, reported that in September this year the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the European Union member states (EU-28) was 11 percent, stable compared to August. The ...
Tags: Unemployment Rate
Opening the conference “Bangladesh 2013: The Rising Demand for Labour Standards”, ILO Deputy Director General Gilbert Houngbo called for faster implementation of the new labour law to protect workers after the Rana Plaza ...
Tags: Labour Law, ILO
The coding technology specialist gauged the opinions of pharmaceutical manufacturers, industry bodies and thought leaders on the challenges of meeting the directive. The survey highlighted a broad range of opinion around subjects spanning ...
AngioDynamics, a medical device company, has obtained CE Mark approval for its AngioVac venous drainage cannula and cardiopulmonary bypass circuit for use during extracorporeal bypass for around six hours. The CE Mark also covers the ...
Tags: AngioDynamics, Angiovac
Total European Union steel tube production is expected to decline by almost four percent this year, according to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2013-2014/Q4 2013 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association ...
Tags: Steel Tube, Construction
The medicinal products market is changing. Sensitive biopharmaceuticals require more robust packages. Falsification has to be prevented with special seals and codes. And additional package features are necessary so that patients can safely ...
In September this year, new commercial vehicle registrations grew by 6.1 percent year on year in the European Union, totaling 160,038 units, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA). The month counted on ...
A new standard VAT return, which can cut costs for EU businesses by up to €15 billion a year, has been proposed by the Commission today. The aim of this initiative is to slash red-tape for businesses, ease tax compliance and make tax ...
Tags: Tax Compliance
British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has received positive opinion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA's) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) for additional indication for Synflorix, a pediatric pneumococcal ...
Tags: drug, Pneumonia Indication
The worldwide demand for carpet is rising at five percent annually, with production projected to reach 18.6 billion square meters per year by 2016, EU’s Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) said based on the ...
Tags: Carpet Demand
Internet access in the EU28 is widespread and today people use the internet for a wide range of activities, among others to order goods and services online. In the EU28 in 2012, 75% of individuals aged 16 to 74 had used the internet in the ...
Tags: Online Purchases, Online Shopping
Europe's economy is in the doldrums. Yet companies are still looking to the future with a positive mindset. 76% of survey respondents expect a return to robust economic growth in 2015. But the prospects for European competitiveness are not ...
Tags: Competitive Edge, Europe's economy
Given that European households have deposits worth an impressive EUR 8.5 trillion, deposits are one of the cornerstones of the EU economic system. This represents one-third of total financial assets. Despite negative real returns in most EU ...
Tags: Deposits Business, European Banks
In 2012, forests and other wooded land occupied around 40% of the total area of the EU, cropland a quarter and grassland a further fifth, while artificial areas, such as buildings, road and rail networks accounted for 5%. These data are ...
Tags: LUCAS data