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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/afghanistan

EU aid suspended while waiting for results from donors' conference on 20 July

Brussels, 13/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 13 July, the EU's Special Envoy to Afghanistan announced that the EU had decided to temporarily suspend its aid programme to Afghanistan (worth €600 million) while waiting for the results from the international donors' conference on 20 July in Kabul. Vygaudas Usackas, the EU's special representative to Afghanistan, informed AFP that “the European Union had intentionally postponed its three-year aid programme to September, so that they...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: New vision of agriculture and line taken by European Parliament have implications for EU relations with third countries
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Commission wants to speed up accession negotiations
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: José Manuel Barroso reiterates EU's political and financial support to Palestinian Authority and announces further aid
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: EU aid suspended while waiting for results from donors' conference on 20 July
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Member states stand ready to recapitalise banks further to stress tests
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Belgian Presidency is determined to swiftly reach compromise on reform of financial system - other priorities
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Estonia is to adopt single currency on 1 January 2011
(EU) EU/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Excessive deficit procedures against four countries, including Denmark and Finland
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Broad economic policy guidelines adopted
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Jean-Claude Juncker hopes financial stability fund will be ready at end of July despite reticence from Slovakia
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Taskforce wants stronger Stability and Growth Pact and increased macro-economic supervision
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: European Commission allocates €20 million for creation of functional airspace blocks
(EU) EU/GMO: Commission suggests member states should have freedom to allow, restrict or ban cultivation of authorised GMOs on their territory
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Detailed views on future of dairy sector from COPA-COGECA
(EU) EU/JHA: Council endorses Swift agreement
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission seeking to simplify intra-corporate transfers of foreign workers
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission wants to regulate seasonal work
(EU) EU/JHA: Napolitano downplays Esta tax
(EU) EU/JHA: OECD forecasts further international migration
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission likely to appeal against WTO ruling on American complaint on Airbus
(EU) EU/TRADE: Brazil was EU's 10th largest trading partner in 2009
(EU) EU/ANTI-DUMPING: Re-assessment of duties on Chinese bicycles
(EU) EP/REGIONS: Multi-governance, guarantee of more efficient cohesion policy
(EU) EU/EIB/ITALY: €150 loan to Veneto Banca group for small businesses
(EU) EU/EIB: £50 million in JESSICA funding for business and transport hubs and “green” housing in Scotland
(EU) EU/EIB: Environnementale II credit line launched in New Caledonia
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/CORRIGENDUM:
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