New member states gain from EU budget

EU budget figures for 2004 show that for all 10 new Member States, the 2004 accounting budgetary balance was visibly and significantly better than in 2003, when they were outside the EU.

Building permits resume decline in June

But values still rising The number of building permits authorised resumed their decline in June, falling by 5.3% compared with June 2004, to reach 754 permits. This is the third month in