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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11046

26 March 2014
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS - SPORT - CULTURE / (ae) culture
Council adopts decision on Capitals of Culture

Brussels, 25/03/2014 (Agence Europe) - On 24 March, the Council of Ministers adopted (in Point A) the proposal for a decision establishing European Union action in favour of the European Capitals of Culture for 2020-2033. The new action aims to increase the efficiency of the current procedures for designating the European Capitals of Culture - procedures which date from 2006 and are applicable until 2019. The new arrangements aim to ensure a smooth transition for the European Capitals of...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) CONSUMERS: China still top of dangerous product list
(AE) CLIMATE: EU urged to respect report being finalised by IPCC experts
(AE) FOOD: Council divided over origin labelling for meats
(AE) FOOD: Slovenian initiative to promote honey in schools
(AE) AGRICULTURE: European rice sector struggling
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Commission wants to develop organic without weakening it
(AE) FISHERIES: TAC for sandeel reduced by 21% for 2014
(AE) DIGITAL: eHealth is getting better, but needs to be rolled out
(AE) DIGITAL: “Get Online Week” - digital skills are indispensable
(AE) INDUSTRY:
(AE) COHESION: Half of all partnership contracts still to be submitted
(AE) TRANSPORT: Council approves anti-noise contamination measures at airports
(AE) TRANSPORT: Exemplary urban transport in Rivas Vaciamadrid and Ljubljana
(AE) TRANSPORT:
(AE) SPACE:
(AE) JHA: Greens already highly critical of results of EU-United States summit
(AE) JHA/DATA: Facebook, Google and Twitter sued in France
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - SPORT - CULTURE
(AE) SOCIAL: Europe at halfway point of a lost decade
(AE) SPORT: Europeans are too sedentary says Eurobarometer
(AE) CULTURE: Council adopts decision on Capitals of Culture
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) ECB: Jens Weidmann refuses to rule out European quantitative easing
(AE) ECONOMY: Prague begins preparing to sign Budget Pact
(AE) FINANCE: Finance Watch worries about lowest common denominator approach in TTIP
(AE) ANTITRUST:
(AE) TAXATION: Europe's banks concerned about revised savings tax directive
(AE) STATE AID: Luxembourg to examine Commission's demands
(AE) MERGERS: Acquisition of FEIH given go-ahead
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) RUSSIA: G7 threatens further sanctions
(AE) SERBIA/KOSOVO:
(AE) EGYPT: EU shocked by death penalty for 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters
(AE) CHINA: EESC wants appointment of special EU representative for Tibet
(AE) CHINA: Second round of negotiations for investment agreement
(AE) NEW ZEALAND: Free-trade negotiations being considered
(AE) CANADA: Political green light for strategic partnership agreement
(AE) MOROCCO: Parliamentary dialogue with EU in symbolic location
(AE) ALGERIA: Two European experts to observe 17 April elections
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Clarification regarding Gaza desalination project
(AE) SOUTHERN NEIGHBOURHOOD: Human rights activists sound the alarm
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) EP 2014: EPP in lead according to new poll
(AE) AUSTRIA: