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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10038

11 December 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internet
“.eu” internet domain name available in all EU languages

Brussels, 10/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - From Thursday 10 December, individuals, businesses and organisations established in the European Union can register .eu website names using characters from all 23 official languages of the European Union, including Greek or Cyrillic. This was made possible thanks to new EU rules adopted by the Commission in June 2009 (see EUROPE 9932). “The launch of international domain names under .eu will respond even better to the needs of a multilingual and...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Jerzy Buzek calls on EU27 to say how much aid they will be giving developping countries to help them cope with climate change
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Summit expected to rubberstamp increase in number of MEPs despite controversy about French MEPs - EP may call for a “Convention” warns Andrew Duff
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Liberals want more EU-based financial supervision
(EU) EU/EUROMED: What exactly is the point of UfM?
(EU) EU/EU PRESIDENCY: Three countries set out their work programme
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Barely in force, Lisbon Treaty is raising many concerns among member states
(EU) EP/INTERGROUPS: Parliament to have 27 intergroups
(EU) EU/DEBATE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Andorra now the last European country on OECD grey list of tax dodgers
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: 22 Member States call for a 'Common European Agriculture and Food Policy'
(EU) EU/FOOD: Neapolitan Pizza given protected denomination status
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: New European Commission decisions on Polish and Estonian carbon quota plans expected on Friday
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission welcomes IPCom's public statement
on FRAND
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Surprise inspections in pharmaceutical sector
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/JHA: France pushing for EU anti-drugs pact
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Thomas Hammarberg calls for public enquiry into European boat people
(EU) EP/ACP: Review of Cotonou Agreement moves forward within Parliament and Joint Parliamentary Assembly
(EU) EU/INTERNET: “.eu” internet domain name available in all EU languages
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: ACI EUROPE says air traffic in Europe is recovering
(EU) EU/EIB: Loans for transport infrastructure development in Poland
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/SESSION: Points on agenda of European Parliament include results of Swedish Presidency, results of European Council and 2010 general budget
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Europe wants to maintain skills-levels, Cedefop says
(EU) EU/ADMINISTRATION: Member states to resume discussions on officials' salary increases on Friday
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Sylvie Goulard and Mariusz Szczygiel take 2009 European Book Prize
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: ALDE think-tank seminar on social provisions of Lisbon treaty highlights need for “more social Europe” and importance of Charter of Fundamental Rights
(EU) EU/UNITED NATIONS/EMPLOYMENT: ILO report assesses impact of crisis on labour markets and looks at situation in EU
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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