EU THREATENS NATIONS WITH LAWSUITS OVER SIBERIA OVER FLIGHTS

The European Union has threatened to charge seven more EU nations including the UK, Sweden and Italy for allowing Russian fees on airlines that fly over Siberia. The Commission said the aviation agreements the countries, along with the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and Luxembourg, signed with Russia may violate EU rules by including provisions on Siberian overflight charges. European airlines pay the fees to Russian carrier OAO Aeroflot for the right to fly between Europe and Asia. However the Commission said that this was in breach of EU antitrust law: “Airlines should not be forced into concluding a commercial agreement with