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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10052

9 January 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/humanitarian aid
Commission provides €1.3 million for victims of drought in Guatemala

Brussels, 08/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to allocate €1.325 million in emergency humanitarian aid for the most vulnerable people in the Guatemala “dry corridor”, a region bordering on Honduras and Salvador and which has been suffering from a severe drought caused by the El Nino phenomenon.

The funding will come from the budget of ECHO (European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office) and will enable 20,000 beneficiaries to survive the period between the...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Herman Van Rompuy and Spanish Presidency inaugurate new era of very close cooperation
(EU) EU/SPANISH PRESIDENCY: José Luis Zapatero wants EU to introduce binding economic policy targets
(EU) EU/SPANISH PRESIDENCY: Miguel Angel Moratinos aims to accelerate EU accession negotiations with Turkey - Iceland may have to wait
(EU) EU/TURKEY/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/THINK-TANKS:
(EU) EU/CUBA:
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Government adopts legislative plan with view to meeting conditions for membership in 2010
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: William Kennard is new US ambassador to EU
(EU) EU/COLLOQUY: State of Union examined by new think-tank
(EU) FEDERALISTS:
(EU) EU/SOMALIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECB: EU seeks successor to Lucas Papademos
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Unemployment reaches 10% in eurozone in November 2009 - 9.5% in EU as a whole
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro area GDP up 0.4% during third quarter 2009 - 0.3% rise in EU27
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: New social dialogue committee launched on 14 January in metallurgy, engineering and technology sector
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Conference on matching supply and demand for skills on labour market
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission provides €1.3 million for victims of drought in Guatemala
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Talks with industry break down on copying levies system
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EU/INSURANCE:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission planning regulation on body scanners
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/CULTURE/YOUTH: Developing creativity and innovation central to Commissioner-designate Androulla Vassiliou's concerns
(EU) EU/MEDIA:
(EU) EU/HEALTH: First report on application of directive on handling human tissues and cells
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/DOCUMENT N° 2529: The Spanish Presidency - clearing the way for a smooth and coherent introduction of the Lisbon Treaty
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