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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10509
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SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISIS / (ae) ecb

ECB buys bonds to tune €3.6 billion

Brussels, 05/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 5 December, the European Central Bank announced that it bought €3.662 billion-worth of sovereign bonds in the week up to 2 December 2011. It bought €8.581bn-worth of bonds the week before.

The ECB says that it has now bought a total of €807 billion-worth of bonds under its special Securities Market Programme, activated in August 2011 and on Tuesday 6 December 2011 it will publish a call for tender for one-week deposits to mop up excess...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Developments in relations with United States and countries of Arab Spring
SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISIS
(AE) ECONOMY: France and Germany agree on greater governance
(AE) ITALY: Commission's welcomes Italy's draconian austerity programme
(AE) ECB: ECB buys bonds to tune €3.6 billion
BUSINESS NEWS
(AE) BUSINESS: Innovation - new mechanism for small businesses
(AE) COMPETITION:
(AE) COMPETITION:
(AE): COMPETITION
INSTITUTIONAL AND BUDGETARY AFFAIRS
(AE) BUDGET: 2014-2020 - difficult and tough task awaiting Danish Presidency
(AE) BUDGET: Clarification regarding funding additional ITER costs
(AE) FUTURE OF EUROPE: EPP congress and preparation of European Council
(AE) FUTURE OF EUROPE: Alternative Spinelli group summit
SECTORAL POLICY
(AE) JHA: Several countries in favour of tightening up political management of Schengen
(AE) JHA: Parliamentary committee approves single permit
(AE) TRANSPORT: Improving journey planners
(AE) TRANSPORT: Civil society and three “I”s for success of White Paper
(AE) TRANSPORT:
(AE) COHESION: Commission considers CoR's concerns unjustified
(AE) REGIONS: CoR in Durban - combating climate change starts at home
(AE) ENERGY: Nuclear issues - Greenpeace disparages stress tests
(AE) RESEARCH: Commission's first Chief Scientific Adviser
(AE) CJEU: Detention by Customs authorities of goods in transit
SOCIAL AFFAIRS-CULTURE-EDUCATION
(AE) SOCIAL: Elected representatives debate social cohesion in Europe
(AE) CULTURE: MEDIA-backed films triumph at European Oscars
(AE) CULTURE:
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) SERBIA: Candidate status still not sure despite agreement with Kosovo
(AE) FYROM: Greece should not have opposed FYROM's membership of NATO
(AE) RUSSIA: Legislative elections - ALDE and Berlin express concern
(AE) TRADE: EU negotiates agreements with Georgia and Moldova
(AE) TRADE: De Gucht hopes EU will sign ACTA before end of year
(AE) TRADE:
(AE) SOMALIA: EU makes additional €50 million available to support AMISOM
(AE) DRC: EU election observation mission denies “untruthful allegations”
(AE) MADAGASCAR: EU gives conditional yes to relaunch of cooperation
(AE) SYRIA: UN increases pressure on Syria through EU initiative
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: Young Israeli and Palestinian political leaders at EP
(AE) EUROMED: Move towards community of peoples from region
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 937