Brussels, 10/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - According to the annual report from the European Commission and the European Environment Agency (EEA) on bathing water quality, published on Thursday 10 June, 95.6% of coastal bathing areas and 90% of bathing sites in rivers and lakes (out of over 20,000 areas tested) complied to minimum standards in 2009. This rate is slightly down compared to last year, but it cannot be refuted that progress has been made over the past few years.
“Over the last 30...