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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10977

5 December 2013
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 41
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) ukraine
Schmid in Kiev for talks with authorities and opposition

Brussels, 04/12/2013 (Agence Europe) - On 4 December, Maja Kocijancic, the spokesperson for High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, announced that Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Helga Schmid will visit Kiev for the ministerial Council of the OSCE on 5-6 December. Ukraine currently holds the presidency of the OSCE. Schmid will take advantage of her visit to “speak to the Ukrainian authorities and...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TRADE: India not budging in WTO Doha negotiations
(AE) TRADE: WTO approves Yemen's accession
(AE) TRADE: Ambition of opening public procurement confirmed at WTO
(AE) UKRAINE: Schmid in Kiev for talks with authorities and opposition
(AE) SERBIA: Progress in dialogue will impact on Council decision
(AE) FYROM:
(AE) TURKEY:
(AE) HUMAN RIGHTS:
(AE) CORRIGENDUM:
(AE) TUNISIA: Signature of mobility agreement postponed
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: No agreement on process before mid-2014
(AE) MOROCCO: High hopes of fisheries agreement approval in plenary
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Agriculture and food challenges in western basin
(AE) ACP: EU pledges €12.3 million to protect endangered species
(AE) SUDAN: Georgieva calls for child vaccination campaign not to be hampered
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Lampedusa - 38 proposals to prevent other tragedies
(AE) JHA: EU and Turkey finally agree on visas and migrant readmission
(AE) JHA: Press repeats data fears
(AE) TRANSPORT: Two thirds of states need convincing about clean fuel
(AE) TRANSPORT: Informal agreement on reporting aviation incidents
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Close collaboration between Greek and Italian presidencies
(AE) HEALTH: EPHA says e-cigarettes must remain available to smokers
(AE) HEALTH:
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) COMPETITION: Eight banks fined for manipulating Euribor and Libor
(AE) COMPETITION: Gazprom buys Dutch and German gas supply and storage firms
(AE) STATE AID: In-depth investigation into Belgian tax exemptions
(AE) PORTUGAL: Successful Portuguese bond issue
(AE) GREECE: Samaras says Athens will keep up the momentum
(AE) FINANCE: Agreement in principle on UCITS
(AE) ACCOUNTING RULES: Agreement on EU contribution to various bodies
(AE) ECONOMY: Lack-lustre growth in Europe in third quarter
(AE) EUROZONE: EP troika enquiry risks getting stuck in the mud
(AE) BANKING:
(AE) ECONOMY:
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) GREEK PRESIDENCY: Presidency of opportunities, not crisis
(AE) LUXEMBOURG: Longest-serving EU Prime Minister steps down
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - CULTURE - SPORT - TOURISM
(AE) SOCIAL: Commission proposes common standards for traineeships
(AE) TOURISM: Opening up tourism to persons with disabilities
(AE) CULTURE: Citizens' dialogue on culture and future of EU on 5 December
(AE) SPORT: Commission calls for more gender equality
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/DOCUMENTS N° 2576 Annotated agenda of the Sherpa meeting: