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[Belgium, Europe, Sweden] No smoke without fire? Tobacco lobby mystery shakes Brussels
A shady Maltese lobbyist, Sweden's substitute for snuff, robberies against anti-smoking groups: the resignation of the EU's top health official in a tobacco-linked "whodunnit" is shaking up Brussels. The EU's executive pledged Monday that a fraud probe
Oct 22, 2012
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
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Oct 23, 2012 09:13
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[Europe, Sweden, UK] What's all the snus about? Swedish MEP dealing snuff in Brussels
As part of his campaign to make the sale of snus legalised, the fresh-faced Swedish MEP stocks up on a supply of the moist, brown powder every time he flies home to bring back with him to the Belgian capital. Once he's landed, word quickly spreads among
Oct 22, 2012
The Independent (uk)
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Oct 23, 2012 09:10
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[Europe, Sweden] Swedish Hopes Rise on Snus Ban ($$)
Sweden is stepping up its efforts to lift the European Union's ban on snus tobacco—potentially opening up a $2.3 billion market—after an antifraud report last week prompted the resignation of a key public opponent to legalizing snus sales.
Oct 22, 2012
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
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Oct 22, 2012 04:25
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[Belgium, Europe, Malta, Sweden] Brussels Break-Ins Investigated as 'Tobaccogate' Unfolds
But “tobaccogate” is likely to rumble on. As Nils Wadstrom, a Swedish journalist, posted on Twitter: . . . Tobaccogate is the story of the year. Mind-blowing.
Oct 20, 2012
New York Times Blogs
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Oct 21, 2012 16:48
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[Belgium, Malta, Sweden] Brussels anti-tobacco NGOs 'overturned, ransacked by intruders'
48 hours after John Dalli resignation, anti-tobacco NGOs speculate over reasons behind ransacking of their fifth-floor offices.
Oct 18, 2012
Malta Today (mt)
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Oct 19, 2012 03:35
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[Europe, Malta, Sweden] EU Details Official's Role in Tobacco Lobbying ($$)
European officials have given new details of an alleged cash-for-influence scandal that has forced the resignation of European Union Health Commissioner John Dalli, while Mr. Dalli has defended himself, saying he was told to quit and claiming that a tobac
Oct 19, 2012
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
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Oct 19, 2012 03:33
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[Belgium, Europe, Malta, Sweden] Anti-smoking campaigners accuse tobacco lobby after office break-in
Brussels police have swept the offices of two major public health organisations for bugs following a break-in at a building in the rue de Tréves in which laptops and documents relating to their battles against the tobacco industry were stolen.
Oct 18, 2012
The Guardian (uk)
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Oct 18, 2012 22:40
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[Europe, Sweden] Uproar as Commissioner quits in tobacco-linked fraud case
In the video and in other statements to the Maltese media, Dalli said he was asked to resign by Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso at a quick meeting Tuesday although he was innocent and had not even been shown the OLAF report. At a separate news
Oct 18, 2012
AFP - Agence France Presse (fr)
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Oct 18, 2012 15:44
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[Europe, Sweden] EU commissioner pleads innocence
Malta's John Dalli on Tuesday evening (16 October) first hit back at allegations of improper conduct with the help of New Europe, an online newspaper on EU affairs, which emailed his statement to journalists in Brussels.
Oct 17, 2012
EUobserver.com
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Oct 18, 2012 09:15
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[Europe, Malta, Sweden] Snus: an export ban and EU tobacco rules
The product is banned under the EU's Tobacco Product Regulation Directive that defines tobacco for oral use as "all products for oral use, except those intended to be smoked or chewed".
Oct 17, 2012
Times of Malta (mt)
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Oct 18, 2012 08:29