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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10586
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) azerbaijan

Eurovision with human rights violations as backdrop

Brussels, 30/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - As the date for the Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan in May, draws near, MEP Ulrike Lunacek (Greens/EFA, Austria), speaking on Thursday 29 March, highlighted the excesses of the repressive authoritarian regime and the persistent human rights violations in the country. Numerous Azeri human rights activists have accused the regime of successive attacks on the independent press and the rights of freedom of expression...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Financial perspectives provide arena for debate about tomorrow's Europe
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) EUROGROUP: Bailout capacity to be capped at €700 billion
(AE) SPAIN: Madrid seeks Eurogroup backing for its 2012 budget
(AE) GREECE: Pressure on bond-holders
(AE) ECB: Executive Board appointment postponed
(AE) BANKING: Barnier takes a preventative approach
SECTORAL POLICY
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Ciolos wants stronger product promotion policy
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Consultation on environmental targets
(AE) CLIMATE/ETS: Court of Justice finds in favour of Poland and Estonia
(AE) JHA: Drowning of migrants - Council of Europe critical of failures
(AE) JHA: Parliament approves refugee resettlement programme
(AE) JHA:
(AE) INDUSTRY: Access to credit for SMEs - Commission and EIB to cooperate
(AE) TRANSPORT: €160m for rail, maritime and inland waterway transport
(AE) TRANSPORT: Kallas takes time for reflection on super lorries
(AE) TRANSPORT: Forum on rolling stock maintenance
(AE) REGIONS: CoR gets important support from EP
(AE) REGIONS: ERDF could be used to get East European researchers to go home
(AE) WOMEN'S RIGHTS: Delegation visits USA to discuss gender equality
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: EU and Ukraine initial association agreement
(AE) ICELAND: Four new chapters are opened - two of them are closed again
(AE) ALBANIA: Füle welcomes adoption of government's action plan
(AE) BURMA: EU deploys expert team for 1 April elections
(AE) DEMOCRACY: MEPs want more effective European action
(AE) CROATIA:
(AE) SYRIA:
(AE) LIBYA:
(AE) ALGERIA: EU supports Algerian electoral process
(AE) SUDAN/SOUTH SUDAN: EU calls for heads of state summit to proceed
(AE) AZERBAIJAN: Eurovision with human rights violations as backdrop
(AE) CENTRAL AMERICA: Association agreement is step to more mature relationship
(AE) TRADE: WTO/Doha - breaking the deadlock on agriculture
(AE) TRADE: EU calls for proportionate response to Schmallenberg
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) ECJ: Conclusion of tax cases pending for more than a decade compatible with EU law
(AE) ECJ: You-Q may not use the word “Beatle” in a trademark
(AE) CJEU: Polish legislation on foreign medicines contrary to EU law
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) CITIZENSHIP: ECI - a chance and a challenge for citizens and EU
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