Brussels, 23/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - As we indicated (yesterday's EUROPE, p.12), the Agriculture Council of the EU reached political agreement on Monday on the improvement of conditions for the transportation of animals to be slaughtered. Speaking to the press, the new Commission for health, Markos Kyprianou, welcomed this "excellent compromise, which is satisfactory to all", but regretted that they had been unable to go further in terms of reducing travel times and loading densities. In...