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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10740

29 November 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 33
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) belarus

28/11/2012 (Agence Europe) - Füle's call for respect of human rights. On Monday 26 November, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Füle called on the Belarusian authorities not to harass human rights defenders. “Concerned by information about restrictions against (the human rights centre) Viasna in Belarus. Don't harass human rights defenders”, Füle said on the social network Twitter. On Monday, the headquarters of the NGO in Minsk was closed and sealed...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: A few comments on different aspects of the way the EU works
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) BOOSTING EMU: Commission unveils roadmap
(AE) GREECE: Athens will launch debt buyback next week
(AE) RATING: Trilogue agreement on credit rating agency reform
(AE) STATE AID: Restructuring of four Spanish banks approved
(AE) COMPETITION: ABN AMRO and Rabobank participation in HVEG approved
(AE) COMPETITION: Kinnevik takeover of Billerud approved with conditions
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) CLIMATE: Doha must ensure bridge is made between old and new systems
(AE) GMOS: Despite Seralini study EFSA says no re-examination of NK603
(AE) FRAUD: SMEs welcome initiative on tackling marketing scams
(AE) TRANSPORT: Taking stock of TEN-T guidelines and CEF
(AE) TRANSPORT: Kallas disappointed over market opening
(AE) COHESION: Slow reform negotiations with rapporteurs' mandate extended
(AE) REGIONS: Hahn calls for more cooperation on Danube Strategy
(AE) RESEARCH: MEPs give their opinion on Horizon 2020
(AE) JHA: Parliamentary committee adoption of priorities for Justice programme
(AE) JHA: EP committee gives opinion on Eurosur system
(AE) JHA: European Parliament-Council Dublin II agreement sealed
(AE) JHA: Joint EU-US operation on counterfeiting
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) SYRIA: London and Paris want only three-month arms embargo extension
(AE) BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVENA: Sarajevo still lagging behind
(AE) HUMAN RIGHTS: Greater cooperation with NGOs (Lambrinidis)
(AE) SIERRA LEONE: EU congratulates President Koroma on his re-election
(AE) BELARUS:
(AE) EGYPT:
(AE) TRADE: Norway in firing line for protectionism
(AE) TRADE: Ministers expected to give go-ahead to talks with Japan
EDUCATION - CULTURE
(AE) EDUCATION: Parliament committee adopts Pack report on Erasmus for All
(AE) CULTURE: New stage in EU-China cultural dialogue
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) LOBBIES: New Transparency Register goals for 2013
(AE) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Brussels chamber to be closed for 2013
BUSINESS NEWS NO 42
(AE) Luxury goods:
(AE) China: