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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11338

19 June 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 33
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) ukraine
EU and Ukraine sign a €55 million financing agreement

Brussels, 18/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 18 June, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn and Ukraine's Minister for the Economy Aivaras Abramovicius signed a €55 million financing agreement for the EU's support programme to Ukraine - “EU Support to Ukraine to Re-launch the Economy” or “EU SURE”.

The action supports the national, regional and local authorities in developing and implementing effective economic development...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: State of emergency once again
(AE) GREECE: Debt burden has already been reduced by 50% of GDP, says ESM
(AE) BANKS: Structural reform - Paris blasts British derogation
(AE) ECONOMY: Commission creates support group for structural reform
(AE) ECONOMY: Inflation at 0.3% in eurozone and EU in May
(AE) TAXATION: Taxation on real estate - Belgium referred to Court
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) TRANSPORT: Commission opens infringement case against Germany
(AE) TRANSPORT: Council-Parliament agreement on rail package technical pillar
(AE) ENERGY: Baltic gas project by E.ON, Shell, OMV and Gazprom
(AE) ENERGY: Greece in dock over energy efficiency directive
(AE) ENERGY: Romania in Court for not having emergency gas plan
(AE) ENERGY: Austria and UK faulted over buildings performance
(AE) ENERGY: Spain and UK challenged over oil stocks
(AE) ENERGY: EHPA demands on heating and cooling strategy
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Belgium and Bulgaria referred to Court over air quality
(AE) CIRCULAR ECONOMY: MEPs present European Commission with their wish list
(AE) REGIONS: Corina Cretu reports back to Parliament on progress made in six months
(AE) REGIONS: Donchev says “we have already learned lessons” from 2007-13
(AE) DIGITAL: 12 states participate in digital jobs initiative
(AE) DIGITAL: Telecom companies want more ambition from member states
(AE) FISHERIES: Parliament fisheries committee supports EU/Madagascar agreement
(AE) WOMEN: Parliament committee criticises continuing wage inequality
(AE) WOMEN: Council takes stock of gender balance progress
(AE) WOMEN: Council adopts conclusions on retirement pensions
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Council welcomes new formula European Semester
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: EU and Ukraine sign a €55 million financing agreement
(AE) RUSSIA: EU makeS firm call for Nadiya Savchenko's release
(AE) FYROM: EU calls for utmost effort for lasting political compromise
(AE) SERBIA/KOSOVO: Discussion on freedom of movement
(AE) BAHRAIN: EU criticises sentence of Ali Salman
(AE) SAHEL: EU and Sahel G5 move to deeper and more concrete cooperation
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
(AE) JHA: Online grooming of children could be criminalised
(AE) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Muiznieks says Hungarian anti-immigration fence “ill-advised”