Annual inflation in the euro area was 1.6 percent in July this year, unchanged from June, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In July 2012, the annual inflation rate was 2.4 ...
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The Ukrainian Employers' Federation (FEU) has indicated that all Ukrainian imports, including but not limited to steel products, destined for Russia are being held up at Russian customs without explanation, while it has added that Russia ...
Tags: Trade War
The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has granted approval for Novartis' multi-component Meningococcal B (MenB) vaccine, Bexsero, for use against a dangerous form of bacterial meningitis, MenB disease. The approval will ...
Tags: Menb Disease, Medicine
Exports of textile and clothing from Portugal increased by 1 percent to €2.1 billion during the first half of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, according to the data released by Association of Textiles and Clothing Industries ...
The downward trend in imports of tropical wood to the EU remained unabated in the first four months of 2013. According to information from the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), this applies to practically all the main ...
Tags: Wood, Construction
The European Commission has granted additional indication for GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Tyverb (lapatinib) in combination with trastuzumab for adult patients with overexpress HER2 (ErbB2), with hormone receptor-negative (HR-) metastatic ...
Tags: European Commission
Soft Tissue Regeneration has received a patent number 8,486,143 relating to the L-C Ligament, an investigational device for soft tissue regeneration of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) of the knee, from the US Patent and Trademark ...
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has approved the proposed acquisition of the Swedish dialysis equipment manufacturer Gambro by Baxter International for $4 bn. Under the terms of the conditional approval, the company is supposed to sell ...
Tags: Gambro Buyout, Baxter
Glass Technology Services Ltd (GTS) has achieved Notified Testing Laboratory status for CE Marking glass construction products. The independent testing specialist is one of only a few providers in this sector to hold the accreditation, ...
Tags: Glass, Construction, CE marking
The new agreement between China and Europe on EU imports of Chinese solar panels has officially been launched. The result of the minimum price and volume limit, which the industry is most concerned about, has also been released. The minimum ...
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Germany's EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) competent authority BLE has seized two of three known lots of allegedly illegal Wenge deliveries from the Kongo amid ongoing investigations. The timber was discovered on the premises of a sawmill in ...
Tags: Construction, timber
German telecommunication policy has contributed to the emergence of innovative services and new networks, while supporting the availability of fast internet access. However, at the same time, demand for high-speed connections has developed ...
Tags: telecommunication
In June 2013 compared with May 2013, seasonally adjusted industrial production grew by 0.7% in the euro area (EA17) and by 0.9% in the EU27, according to estimates released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In May ...
Tags: Industrial Production
Exports of Chinese photovoltaic (PV) cells and components fell 31 percent year on year in the first half of 2013, due to overcapacity and trade disputes, according to latest data. Export value stood at 6.5 billion U.S. dollars in the ...
Tags: Chinese PV Products, PV Cells
In June this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 0.7 percent in the euro area and by 0.9 percent in the EU-27, as compared with May, while production in May had decreased by 0.2 percent and 0.4 percent month on ...
Tags: Industrial Output