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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10023

20 November 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport

19/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 17 November, the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) attributed two new contracts for sea oil recovery in the Baltic Sea and North Atlantic. The contracts, for a total value of €8 million over three years, will allow a ship belonging to the Belgian shipowner Aegean Bunkers (tanker Sara) and a ship belonging to the Finnish shipowner Finstaship (tanker Kontio) to be transformed into anti-pollution ships. These should be operational during the second...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton likely future President and High Representative
(EU) EU/AFRICAN GREAT LAKES: Commissioner Karel De Gucht welcomes continuing rapprochement between DRC and Rwanda
(EU) EU/SOMALIA:
(EU) EU/VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Socialist group invites Initiative of Geneva for discussion at European Parliament
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU “dismayed” by Israel's decision on Gilo settlement
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Environment Council is to meet on Monday to take stock of talks before Copenhagen - Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy still want binding commitments
(EU) EU/GHANA: Voluntary partnership agreement on legal timber felling and export to EU signed
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Approval for state aid for purchase of low-carbon buses in England
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves state aid for Groningen airport runway extension
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2010: Complete agreement on next year's budget - €4bn for economic recovery and €300m for milk sector
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Standard & Poor's scrutinised by Commission for abuse of dominant position
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Green light for capital injections of almost €103 million in favour of Mortgage and Land Bank of Latvia
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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(EU) EU/HEALTH: Commission lays foundations for discussion on tackling problem of antimicrobial resistance
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: European Coalition on Homeopathic and Anthroposophic Medicinal Products calls on European decision-makers to set harmonised European environment in place
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Towards international convention to combat counterfeit medicines
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Commission and member states pledge to expand transparency and e-governance
(EU) EU/INTERNET: Sharm El Sheikh forum says Internet governance still dominated by United States
(EU) EU/CREATIVITY: The role of creative industries
(EU) EU/CREATIVITY: Twenty-four hour creativity challenge for young people
(EU) EU/LANGUAGES: Commission wants to recruit more French interpreters
(EU) EU/ENERGY: EU member states and energy community prepared for possible cuts in supply this winter
(EU) EU/ANTI-DUMPING: Most member states against extending duties on Chinese and Vietnamese shoes
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: IATA promotes standardisation of air sector
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
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(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Trade mark “CANNABIS” cannot be registered for beverages containing hemp
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Just like those with cancelled flights, passengers whose flights are delayed may be entitled to compensation
(EU) EU/EQUALITY: Špidla wants “Europe of women, for women, by women”
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/MULTILINGUALISM:
19 NOVEMBER 2009
(EU) EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Herman Van Rompuy and Catherine Ashton are unanimously chosen by 27 heads of state and government
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