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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11128

25 July 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 35
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
Poland guilty of allowing secret CIA prisons

Brussels, 24/07/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 24 July, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found Poland guilty of cooperating in the preparation of a secret CIA detention programme for suspected terrorists. Poland was found guilty for allowing the torture of a Palestinian and a Saudi on its territory between 2002 and 2003, prior to their being transferred to the US Guantanamo Bay base where they are still being held.

Poland cooperated in the preparation and execution of the CIA...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: 33 people and entities added to sanctions list
(AE) FYROM: EU calls for continuation of reforms
(AE) LIBYA: EU calls for dialogue and a halt to violence
(AE) USA: EU concerned about execution of Joseph Wood
(AE) CAMBODIA:
(AE) SOUTH SUDAN: EU increases its food aid by €14 million
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: €67 million in aid to Ecuador for 2014-2017
(AE) MOROCCO: Visit from president of European Economic and Social Committee
(AE) SWITZERLAND: EU28 refuse to renegotiate agreement on free movement
(AE) TRADE: Framework for managing financial responsibility in ISDS
(AE) ASEAN: Preparing the way for a strategic partnership
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) BANKING: German-Spanish position on contributions to resolution fund
(AE) STATE AID: Ryanair must repay French aid of nearly € 9.6 million
(AE) STATE AID: UK aid scheme for renewables gets go-ahead
(AE) STATE AID: Cypriot regional aid plan approved
(AE) COMPETITION: Marine Harvest fined €20 million
(AE) COMPETITION: ADP and Aelia's buy-up of MZLZ gets go-ahead
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) BUSINESS: EU's SME instrument delivers its first funding
(AE) ENERGY/CLIMATE: 30% energy savings target - disappointment at EP
(AE) FOOD SAFETY: DNA tests, round II - considerable drop in horsemeat fraud
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: MEPs have great expectations of Presidency on climate/energy
(AE) JHA: Poland guilty of allowing secret CIA prisons
(AE) JHA: Border fence between Bulgaria and Turkey completed
(AE) DIGITAL: 1st French and European project bond for superfast broadband
(AE) GREECE: Commission task force says reforms are going as planned
(AE) COHESION: CoR highlights growing development disparities
(AE) EMPLOYMENT: EGF to be used for Spanish wood sector
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Milk - Swiss example worries EU producers
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Organic going from strength to strength, says study
(AE) ANIMAL HEALTH: First cases of swine fever in Poland
(AE) FISHERIES: Illegal fishing - three third countries given more time
(AE) FISHERIES: Council adopts TAC for anchovy in Bay of Biscay
(AE) FISHERIES:
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) SOCIAL: Italy guilty of abusing fixed-term contracts in education sector
(AE) SOCIAL: Police are not firefighters so age cannot affect recruitment