Brussels, 24/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 24 November, the EU and Russia signed an agreement to abolish the EUR 300 million royalty charges on EU airlines flying over Siberia on 1 January 2014. Initialled on the fringes of the EU-Russia Summit in Helsinki, Finland, the deal and its associated protocol will end a situation that has been a trade irritant between the EU and Russia for a long time and which cost EU airlines EUR 300 million in total in 2005-2006. The Commission is delighted with...