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It's better in Belarus, telecoms boss warns Brussels

By Stefan Wagstyl in London

Published: February 29 2008 02:00 | Last updated: February 29 2008 02:00

Belarus is better for business than Brussels, the chief executive of a top European telecommunications group said yesterday, in an out-spoken attack on the European Commission's efforts to cut mobile phone charges.

"We have been much better treated in Belarus than in Brussels. That's not a political statement. That's a business statement," Boris Nemsic, head of Telekom Austria, told the Financial Times in an interview.

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