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Press 2003
NGOs call on the European Investment Bank’s governors for substancial changes in information policy
LUXEMBOURG - Three 'monkeys of truth' met EIB Governors attended the Annual Meeting in the Bank's headquarter in Luxembourg...
03 June, 2003G8 declaration on multinationals puts bad business first
EVIAN (FRANCE) - The G8 today made a new declaration to foster growth and promote a responsible market economy...
02 June, 2003Egypt withdraws from WTO GM complaint
BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) - Attempts by the United States administration to force Europe to accept Genetically Modified (GM) food and...
28 May, 2003G8 countries failing to halt corporate bad practices, ‘Corporate G8’ briefing shows
PARIS (FRANCE) - As the leaders of the world’s richest nations gather in Evian, France, for the G8 Summit...
28 May, 2003G8: Evian Water Plans Undrinkable
PARIS (FRANCE) – French President Jacques Chirac's plans for improving access to clean water, due to be put forward...
28 May, 2003GM food: U.S. ‘playing with hunger’
WASHINGTON (US) / BENIN CITY (NIGERIA) - Food aid has now become controversial on four continents because of U.S....
23 May, 2003G8 drops plan for business standards, fails developing nations
PARIS (FRANCE) - Leaders of the G8 group of countries[1] have abandoned plans to announce a ‘Charter of Principles...
16 May, 2003Moment of truth over genetically modified organisms (GMOs): United States to file WTO complaint
WASHINGTON (US) / BRUSSELS (Belgium) - The United States administration is to bring a case in the World Trade...
13 May, 2003Prestige Compensation A “Grim Joke”
LONDON (UK) - Compensation payments announced today for the victims of the Prestige oil spill are "a grim joke",...
09 May, 2003Floods in Santa Fe the largest environmental catastrophe in the history of Argentina
SANTA FE (ARGENTINA) – The floodings registered in the city of Santa Fe represent “the worst environmental disaster of...
06 May, 2003