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[Hungary] Elections Committee rejects referendum initiatives on tobacco concessions

The National Elections Committee (OVB) on Tuesday rejected referendum initiatives concerning a recent tobacco concession tender. The initiatives, submitted by an unnamed private individual, sought to annul the bid and to put out a new tender, as well as
All Hungary Media Group (AHMG) (hu)
added May 28, 2013 13:31
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[Hungary] DERI: Corruption allegations raised over government tobacco retail tender

The fight against corruption in Hungary - which is by no means a negligible phenomenon - has suffered a major setback with this controversy. The government was unable to show an honest face and the expectation that it acts in the best interest of the peop
International Law Office (uk)
added May 28, 2013 12:38
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[Europe, Italy, USA] La lobby della settimana: Big Tobacco [Lobby of the week: Big Tobacco]

The situation in Europe is different in the forms of regulation, but not unlike the substantive centrality of their lobbying of firms producing smoke. The scandal has seen Dalligate the European Commissioner for Consumer Rights and Protection of Health, J
L'Indro (it)
added May 28, 2013 12:33
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[Europe] SANCO Director's OLAF interrogation leaked

On Monday, New Europe published emails from high in the European Commission that detailed the Commission's secret rewriting of the Tobacco Directive, transforming it from an instrument to contain the harm that tobacco causes into an instrument that played
New Europe
added May 28, 2013 12:08
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[Europe, Malta] CASSOLA: Is EU hiding something? ($$)

What was supposed to be an act of accusation against a single European Commissioner has boomeranged into a fully-fledged attack against the head of the Anti-Fraud office of the EU, Giovanni Kessler, and even against the European Commission president.
Times of Malta (mt)
added May 28, 2013 06:42
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[Europe, UK] Anti-fraud office fuming over British American Tobacco’s survey claim ($$)

The European Union’s anti-fraud office is to take issue with British American Tobacco for making false claims about the nature of their relationship when lobbying British health officials.
Times Of London (uk)
added May 28, 2013 07:47
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[Europe] The Commission's secret deal on tobacco

Dalli has said that he would not and did not change the Tobacco Directive. Even the OLAF report, used as the excuse to dismiss him makes this perfectly clear. As we will show, the directive was changed, on 4 September 2012 - but the commissioner was not
New Europe
added May 26, 2013 01:50
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[Europe] EU anti-fraud chief defends role in Dalligate

The director general of the EU’s anti-fraud agency, Olaf, has said public confidence in the office has increased despite allegations of wrongdoing in an investigation that led to the dismissal of EU commissioner John Dalli last October.
EUobserver.com
added May 28, 2013 05:55
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[Ireland] Taoiseach, ministers criticised over “inappropriate” tobacco industry meeting

THE MINISTER FOR Health will be asked this morning by Senator John Crown about a meeting between the Taoiseach, two ministers and the tobacco industry. The meeting between the industry members and the Taoiseach Enda Kenny, and Ministers Alan Shatter and
The Journal.ie (ie)
added May 23, 2013 22:13
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[Ireland] Taoiseach conducts formal talks with tobacco indstry

Taoiseach Enda Kenny received a delegation of senior tobacco industry figures in Government Buildings a fortnight ago, the first time any Taoiseach has conducted formal talks with the industry. Mr Kenny was accompanied by ministers Michael Noonan and Al
Irish Times (ie)
added May 23, 2013 03:46
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