91.   It hopes that the collective effort to open up Mediterranean countries to each other as well as to the EU will bring other benefits as well as economic development.

92.   Juppe said the meeting between the EU and Mediterranean countries to be held in Barcelona in November would not discuss issues linked to the peace process.

93.   Leisure International Airways, which mainly takes holidaymaker to and from Mediterranean countries, Florida and the Caribbean, said the measure would be introduced next summer.

94.   Ministers from the European Union and southern Mediterranean countries are holding an unprecedented conference in Barcelona with high hopes that it will launch a new regional partnership.

95.   Mauritania is attending the conference between European Union and southern Mediterranean countries in Barcelona in the role of observer.

96.   MEDA programmes cover aid to Mediterranean countries.

97.   Once resolved, it is likely to unblock trade between Mediterranean countries and those to the north, particularly in the textiles sector.

98.   Plans for waste incinerators and landfills in southern Mediterranean countries pose a hazard to public health and the environment, a Greenpeace report published here Wednesday said.

99.   Similar accords have already been concluded between the EU and eight other Mediterranean countries, and negotiations are underway with Syria.

100.   Spain, backed by France and Italy, urged a stronger NATO stand in the face of fundamentalist unrest in some Mediterranean countries.