27 May, 1999EUROPEAN UNION: The Technical Committee of the European Union voted, on May 4, to ban chrysotile, or white asbestos, throughout the entire European Union.

27 May, 1999GENEVA/VIENNA: The IMF is inaugurating a new project in a major transnational automotive parts producer, Magna International, with a two-day meeting which began yesterday in Vienna of the IMF Magna Internet Action Group.

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26 May, 1999The IMF's shipbuilding meeting issued a unanimous statement in Tokyo on May 18, 1999.

26 May, 1999Bulgarian metalworkers join forces for their "Day of Protest of Bulgarian Metalworkers".

4 May, 1999European Union votes for EU-wide ban on chrysotile.

3 May, 1999GENEVA: IMF General Secretary Marcello Malentacchi states that the solution for Yugoslavia is the integration of the Balkans into the European Union.