61.   Agreements were signed on investment protection and cross-border co-operation and on co-operation between St Petersburg and some Polish regions.

62.   Fuel cells are a particularly important area of activity and several collaboration agreements were signed during the year.

63.   In addition, the two countries signed an agreement of mutual defence.

64.   In Poland this week government and opposition signed an agreement which would have been unthinkable even six months ago.

65.   Poland and Lithuania have signed an agreement aimed at protecting their natural environment.

66.   Farmers within ESAs can receive grants in return for signing management agreements providing for environment-friendly farming practises.

67.   An agreement will be signed in October by the Council of Europe to protect small sea mammals, of which dolphins are the most endangered.

68.   The Vietnamese government has signed an agreement with the UN Development Programme intended to help conserve biodiversity, to be financed by the Global Environment Facility.

69.   Australia and Singapore have signed an agreement on environmental co-operation.

70.   The agreement was signed in Bonn by Albanian Environment Minister Tritan Shehu and his German counterpart Klaus Tpfer.