EU blacklists six Kazakhstan airlines in blow to Borat boom Sacha Baron Cohen upset the Kazakh authorities when he arrived as Borat to host the 2006 MTV music awards in Lisbon in a rickety "Air Kazakh" plane flown by a vodka-clutching one-eyed pilot. Kazakhstan didn't see the funny side and threatened to sue the comedian for the stunt. Kazakhstan will also not be amused by the EU&# ...

By Carlos Miller Journalists who get stuck working the day after Thanksgiving usually end up with the dreaded Black Friday assignment where they have to report on the same mundane story that will be reported by every other newspaper and TV station in the country. Retailers often welcome the media into their stores because they’re not ones to turn down free advertising. But this year, ...

Bulgaria’s thermal power plant “Republika” near the western city of Pernik has been blacklisted as the largest emitter of sulfur oxide in the EU. This has become clear from the new European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register – E-PRTR – launched Monday by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency. The register contains information about the ...

Bulgaria's thermal power plant Republikahas been blacklisted as the largest emitter of sulfur oxide in the EU. This has become clear from the new European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register E-PRTR launchedby the European Commission and the European Environment Agency. The register contains information about the emissions of pollutants to air, water and land by industrial facilities ...

The Rapaport Diamond Trading Network, an overseas-based global network of companies that supports the development of free, fair and competitive global diamond markets, announced yesterday it had banned trading of diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange fields because of severe human rights violations. Members of RapNet would be required to immediately remove all listings of Marange diamonds and to ...

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