Brussels, 28/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - On 27 February, the European Commission approved a series of aid programmes under "Objective 2" for regions in the United Kingdom for the period 2000-2006 (except for aid to the region of East Wales which is to be spread over a 7 year period). The EU's financial participation, amounting to over 4 billion euro, will go to economic and social reconversion projects, the achievement of which should lead to the creation of close to 280,000 new jobs and the...