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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11912
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 29
SECTORAL POLICIES / Biodiversity

Forests and unique wild species under threat in all of Europe's Danube-Carpathian region

Environmental crimes are legion in the central and Eastern European region of Danube-Carpathia, endangering the last virgin forests and unique animal species in European biodiversity and UNESCO world heritage, explain the United Nations and WWF.

The warning was issued by the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), the WWF and Eurac Research in a report published on Friday 24 November.

The report shows that illegal logging, the illegal caviar trade, mass-killing of wild...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: EU and Eastern Partnership countries want stronger cooperation
ARMENIA: EU and Armenia sign new partnership agreement
BURMA/MYANMAR: EU hails signing of bilateral repatriation agreement between Myanmar and Bangladesh
SYRIA: EU regrets Russian veto on mandate renewal for joint investigative mechanism on chemical weapons
AFRICA: NGOs from Europe and Africa call for stronger AU-EU cooperation on climate
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: EU wants to speed up improved electricity interconnections between member states
ENERGY: Third PCI list cut back to 173 projects, with four on CO2 transport
ENERGY: Ambition of draft revised renewables directive put to first major test in Parliament
DIGITAL: No agreement at EU Council on revised e-privacy rules by the end of year
CLIMATE: Inter-institutional talks on non-ETS effort-sharing and Lulucf could conclude in mid-December
BIODIVERSITY: Forests and unique wild species under threat in all of Europe's Danube-Carpathian region
JUSTICE: Criminal records – summary of positions of European Parliament and Council on ECRIS-TCN system
REGIONS: MEPs present recommendations for improving macroregional strategies
COHESION POLICY: Commission department recommends greater use of financial instruments post-2020
TRANSPORT: EU and Armenia agree on common airspace
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EIB: Inter-institutional agreement in sight on revision of mandate for loans outside EU
BANKS: EU banks are more robust, but non-performing loans and low rates are adversely affecting their profitability, says EBA
PAYMENTS: Adoption of technical security draft rules for payment services expected on 27 November
STATE AID: Green light to capacity mechanism for joint Irish and Northern Irish electricity market
STATE AID: Green light for Greek plan to exchange Eurobank preference shares with Tier 2 bonds
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Tusk finds it possible to take up 'huge' challenge of moving on to free trade negotiations in mid-December
EU2019BG: Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council wants to put Balkans at heart of European agenda in 2018
NEWS BRIEFS
PATENTS: EPO and China's State Intellectual Property Office renew cooperation
CATALONIA: European Free Alliance launches campaign in support of Catalan detainees
COHESION POLICY: CEMR and Commission launch 60 local dialogues on cohesion policy
MIGRATION: Italy to receive extra €40 million in emergency aid
CORRIGENDUM
INTERNAL MARKET: Clarification about French authorities' memo on European services card
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: 27/11 - 03/12
Other events: 27/11 - 10/12