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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10794

27 February 2013
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 31
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport
European railway prizes 2013

Brussels, 26/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - On 26 February in Brussels, Benedikt Weibel former CEO of the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) and Dr Johannes Nicolin, Technical Director, AAE Holding AG (technical achievements) were awarded the European Railway Award. The Association of the European Rail Industry (UNIFE) awarded these prizes for political achievements and technical achievements respectively. European Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas opened the ceremony and declared that “Europe's...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Are we moving towards a two-speed Europe? Further accessions and association agreements - testing changes - Turkey: we are at the turning point
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) ITALY: Stable government is needed as soon as possible
(AE) LATVIA: Riga shows how to get out of crisis
(AE) GREECE: Provopoulos says work must continue but be shared out
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) FISHERIES: End of discards at sea causes waves of unrest
(AE) FISHERIES: Council adopt measures to protect young fish
(AE) AGRICULTURE: €414 million in irregular expenditure to be recovered
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Council mostly agrees over transparency of aid
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Borg to speed up work on meat labelling
(AE) CLIMATE: ETS - Conditional yes to temporary exemption for third-country flights
(AE) GMO: 3-month tests on rats - animal welfare defenders up in arms
(AE) DIGITAL: Fresh €50 million to develop 5G technology
(AE) TOURISM: New instrument for encouraging sustainable tourism
(AE) REGIONS: Commission refutes Court of Auditors' criticism on Aquila
(AE) TRANSPORT: Interlining service under review
(AE) TRANSPORT: European railway prizes 2013
(AE) JHA: Co-funding of “migration/asylum” projects validated by EU27
(AE) RESEARCH: EIB loan for automobile sector
EDUCATION - SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Prospect of agreement in Council on “Youth Guarantee”
(AE) SOCIAL: Social Investment Package is fine but there is still much to be done
(AE) HEALTH: Commission hopes to amend five directives on chemicals
(AE) MEDIA: Better protection from misleading advertising for minors
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) JHA: Court gives clarification on European arrest warrant and extradition
(AE) TRANSPORT: Connecting flights delayed
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: EP calls on Kiev to take concrete measures
(AE) ALBANIA: Elections must not slow reforms (Füle)
(AE) TURKEY: Angela Merkel calls for new chapter to be opened
(AE) ALGERIA: Memorandum of Understanding to be signed
(AE) SYRIA: Coalition will ultimately attend meeting of Friends of Syria
(AE) INDIA: Services are key component of Free-trade agreement
(AE) TRADE: WTO/Doha - pressure is kept up for partial agreement in Bali