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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10004

23 October 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib
Western Balkans Investment Framework launched

Brussels, 22/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 21 October, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank (EIB), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), with the backing of EU member states, agreed on the Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF), providing a joint grant facility and a joint lending facility to finance priority projects in the region. The WBIF agreement will be signed in the coming weeks.

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Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Enlargement: Turkey is a special case and requires special solutions
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MEPs want power to control EEAS - Pressure on future HR to be confirmed by EP
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL:
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES: Parliament recommends strengthened transatlantic cooperation for security, financial regulation and climate
(EU) EP/GEORGIA: Commission and Parliament call for action to assist displaced persons in wake of Georgian conflict
(EU) EP/SAKHAROV: Sakharov Prize 2009 is awarded to Memorial
(EU) EP/TUNISIA: Hélène Flautre, Catherine Trautmann and Marie-Christine Vergiat denounce repeated and unbearable human rights violations
(EU) EP/CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Commission's draft review of EU budget takes cash from farming and cohesion and gives it to growth, jobs and tackling climate change
(EU) EP/2010 BUDGET: European Parliament increases draft budget to ensure EU is able to provide a more effective response to financial crisis
(EU) EP/BUDGET: European Parliament approves EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund aid for Rheinland-Westphalien in Germany
(EU) EU/CHINA/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Member states to allow accused persons to have right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings
(EU) EU/JHA: ECRE backs new asylum rules
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: In EU, 60% of cross-border internet shopping cannot be completed - Strategy for removing obstacles to e-commerce
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Prospect of European safety standards being adopted for sleeping products for newborn babies and young children
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Plan to reduce red tape would allow businesses to save €40 billion in total
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Council invites EU to ratify IMO convention on ship dismantling - European strategy receives green light
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Commission launches reflection on digital single market for creative content online
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: First wave of modified rural development programmes for tackling new challenges and crisis
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: 2007-13 ERDF and cohesion fund projects in Bulgaria progressing, with more than € 1 billion already allocated
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: action plan on future of European Research Council
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission proposes label of origin pilot scheme
(EU) EU/TRADE: Medvedev confident of Russia's accession to WTO
(EU) EU/WTO:
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EU/EIB: Western Balkans Investment Framework launched
(EU) EU/EIB: Further loans for car industry
(EU) EU/EIB/HUNGARY:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court clarifies translation “slip” in Schengen Borders Code
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: An employer cannot reduce compensation for dismissal because of parental leave
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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