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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10108

30 March 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib/austria
EIB continues to work with BAWAK P.S.K. on small businesses

Brussels, 29/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 26 March, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and BAWAG P.S.K. (Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft und Österreichische Postsparkasse A.G.) signed an agreement under which EIB will lend €100 million to the Austrian bank to finance small and medium-sized projects by its business customers. BAWAG P.S.K. will use up to half of the EIB funding to support a wide range of projects implemented by Austrian SMEs and mid-cap companies, particularly in the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Building for Euro-zone economic governance begins - new framework creating a lot of problems
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LIBYA: EU welcomes end of visa crisis between Switzerland and Tripoli
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Accession talks progress depends on legislative reforms to be adopted by Turkish parliament
(EU) EU/SERBIA: Boris Tadic wants his country officially recognised as candidate for accession by end 2010/early 2011
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Moratinos and Berlusconi attend "Arab Summit", which returns low level of consensus between countries of region
(EU) EU/TUNISIA: Commissioner Füle pays first working visit to Tunisia, candidate country for "advanced status"
(EU) EU/DISARMAMENT:
(EU) EU/RUSSIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA: New proposals to fight against trafficking in human beings and child sex abuse
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission wants dialogue with Malta after its refusal to accept Frontex operations
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: No consensus at Council on ways of making food supply chain more efficient
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Need to keep market measures in future supported by majority of countries
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Rejection of EU's position on bluefin tuna leads to ill-feeling
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: EU consumer markets scoreboard exposes obstacles to cross-border trade and decline in consumer conditions brought by crisis
(EU) EU/EMU: European federalists to join debate on economic governance
(EU) EU/SPORT: Eurobarometer survey reveals large disparities in attitudes to sport and physical exercise
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT: Parliament calls for tax on financial transactions and moratorium on debt to mitigate impact of crisis on developing countries
(EU) EP/ROM: Commission must update comprehensive European strategy for Roma inclusion
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Green taxation, relaunch of single market and consolidation of public finances constitute tax priorities of Commission
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS: consultation on revision of European customs rules regarding counterfeit goods
(EU) EU/TRADE: Kirk hits back on De Gucht's charges of US protectionsism
(EU) EUROPEAN COUNCIL/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Cool response form aviation sector on Open Skies agreement
(EU) EU/EIB/AUSTRIA: EIB continues to work with BAWAK P.S.K. on small businesses
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: “Baltic Max Feeder” scheme investigation closed
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Alstom and Schneider's acquisition of Areva T&D approved
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Takeover of Cégélec by Vinci group approved
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banks:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 864
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