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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11792

20 May 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 28
NEWS BRIEFS / Trade
Lithuania to join OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

19/05/2017 (Agence Europe) – Lithuania has completed the process to become a member of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Anti-Bribery Convention and will become the 42nd party to this convention on 15 July 2017, 60 days after the deposit of its instrument of accession on Friday 19 May.  Having entered into force in 1999, the Anti-Bribery Convention prohibits the bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions.  Through country...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
DEVELOPMENT: EU Council adopts European Consensus on Development in line with SDGs
DEVELOPMENT: Geographical scope of post-Cotonou agreement debated by ministers
DEVELOPMENT: EU still world's leading public aid donor but still far from 0.7% of GNI target
HUMAN RIGHTS: European Parliament speaks out against situation in Zambia, Ethiopia and South Sudan
ALBANIA: Mogherini and Hahn hail agreement between political parties
NORTH KOREA: EU ready to use its nuclear expertise for agreement with North Korea
INDONESIA: European Parliament delegation visit to discuss future trade agreement with EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Financial integration in Eurozone stalled in 2016, says ECB
EUROGROUP: Greece's fate to be central to Eurogroup discussions on 22 May
ECOFIN: Member states seek political agreement on tax dispute settlement mechanism
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Still no breakthroughs on reform of European asylum system
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Commission says 2016 witnessed 'serious threats' to fundamental rights in the EU
AGRICULTURE: Compromise text on organic farming sent to member states
AGRICULTURE: Commission permits Croatia to label wines 'Teran'  but sets conditions
AGRICULTURE: Commission preparing proposal on food chain
AGRICULTURE: Commission to decide itself on reducing 2017 direct aid
DIGITAL: European Parliament overwhelmingly backs new cross-border portability rules
ENERGY: PGNiG calls for fine on Gazprom
EDUCATION - CULTURE
EYCS: Ministerial meeting to focus on audiovisual media services
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Council of Europe adopts action plan on protection of child refugees and migrants
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: Lithuania to join OECD Anti-Bribery Convention
ENVIRONMENT: EU has ratified Minamata Convention on Mercury, which is now in force
PARLIAMENT: Pier Antonio Panzeri ordered to pay nearly €84,000 back to the European Parliament
TURKEY: Tusk and Juncker to meet Erdoğan in Brussels on 25 May
NEIGHBOURHOOD: European Parliament delegation visits Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia on 22-25 May
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: UK doubles down on hard Brexit pledge as EU finalises negotiating stance
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: 22/05 - 28/05
Other events: 22/05 - 28/05