The following articles have been tagged with "Tonio_borg":
Business & Money: 19 Dec 12
The European Commission plans to ban flavoured snus, according to the final version of its proposed tobacco directive presented on Wednesday, which also calls for the current ban on snus exports to remain in place.
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Business & Money: 10 Dec 12
Sweden's Trade Minister Ewa Björling said the EU faces "all out war" with Sweden if a new health directive on tobacco being hammered out at the European Commission threatens Swedish moist snuff "snus".
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Business & Money: 5 Dec 12
Swedish moist snuff is once again under threat from a new EU directive, with a new generation of flavoured snus in particular at risk, according to Swedish media reports.
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Politics: 12 Nov 12
A Swedish member of the European Parliament has blasted Malta's European Commissioner-designate and current foreign minister Tonio Borg as a "scandal" and a "dinosaur" due to his conservative views on women's rights.
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Business & Money: 23 Oct 12
Claims by Swedish Match that a Maltese lobbyist offered to influence EU tobacco policy in exchange for €60 million ($78 million) have sparked more questions about the tobacco lobby in Brussels, AFP's Claire Rosemberg explains.
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Business & Money: 6 Oct 11
Swedish politicians are reported to be behind a proposal to allow the European investment bank (EIB) to play a key role in the rescue of troubled European banks.
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