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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12001

14 April 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 26
NEWS BRIEFS / Culture
Council endorses special funding for the European Youth Orchestra until 2020

13/04/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 12 April, the Council of the EU officially endorsed the exceptional annual funding for the European Youth Orchestra (EUYO), following a similar move by the European Parliament in mid-March (see EUROPE 11982).  The new regulation will take the form of an amendment to Regulation 1295/2013 establishing the Creative Europe programme, which includes the award of a special subsidy of €600,000 a year for the orchestra until 2020.  Founded in 1976, the...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: Nobody can talk seriously about creating European security without Russia and much less against Russia, according to Russia's ambassador to EU Vladimir Chizhov
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Foreign Affairs Ministers to discuss responses to attack on Douma at their Council meeting
AZERBAIJAN: EU calls on Baku to remedy numerous shortcomings observed during elections
KYRGYZSTAN: Good progress in negotiations for new EU-Kyrgyzstan partnership and cooperation agreement
DRC: EU pledges €77 million in emergency aid at Geneva donors' conference
USA: EU remains uncertain about compensation Washington wants for EU's request for exemption from steel taxes
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: Member states advocate slight reform of EU electoral law
POLAND: Polish parliament amends controversial laws on judges
PARLIAMENT: Debate on future of Europe with Emmanuel Macron, Facebook scandal, Syria and Russia on plenary agenda
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: Seven countries, including Spain, to call for landing obligation rules to be relaxed
ANIMAL HEALTH: No European Parliament committee of inquiry into transport of live animals
ENERGY: Finland approves construction of section of Nord Stream 2 in its territorial waters
JUSTICE: Mady Delvaux says European Parliament does not want to give robots human rights
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European financial supervisory authorities express concern at cyber-risks
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COMPETITION: Advocate General proposes to cancel EGC's judgment against Infineon Technologies
NEWS BRIEFS
URBAN AGENDA: Cities prepare to launch a move to introduce a raft of European social rights
ENERGY: EIB lends €100 million to support energy efficiency efforts in Portugal
HUNGARY: Council of Europe's Venice Commission to decide in June on the 'Stop Soros' legislation
CULTURE: Council endorses special funding for the European Youth Orchestra until 2020
DIGITAL: Formal adoption of European rules for cross-border parcel delivery
EP2019: New European radical left-wing movement launched ahead of elections of May 2019
SLOVAKIA: Still firmly opposed to refugee relocation, Bratislava promises to adopt a constructive attitude
TRANSPORT: European Environment Agency recommends wider deployment of alternative fuel infrastructure
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Backstop to the future?
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: 16/04 - 22/04
Other events: 16/04 - 29/04