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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12035

7 June 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 35
NEWS BRIEFS / Education/culture
Kosovo to take part in Erasmus + and Creative Europe programmes

06/06/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 5 June, the Kosovar authorities and European Commission signed an agreement for Kosovo's participation in the Erasmus + and Creative Europe programmes, during a ceremony attended by the European Commissioner for Education and Culture, Tibor Navracsics, the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport of Kosovo, Kujtim Gashi and the Minister of Education, Science and Technology of Kosovo, Shyqiri Bytyqi. The Agreement will still have to be ratified by the...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Commission hopes to raise more than €650 billion in private investment after 2020 with InvestEU fund
TAXATION: Bulgarian Presidency of Council declines further invitation from Parliament's 'TAX 3' committee
SECTORAL POLICIES
SPACE: Commission renames European agency responsible for Galileo and Egnos and strengthens its role
TRANSPORT: Commission outlines its proposal on Connecting Europe Facility architecture after 2020
TRANSPORT: Mobility packages, aviation competition and port facilities on ministerial meeting agenda
DIGITAL: Intra-EU calls and message prices will be capped as from 15 May 2019
DIGITAL: Commission proposes funding of almost €10 billion for 2021-2027 period
ANIMAL HEALTH: Parliament-Council agreement will reduce antibiotic use on farms
FISHERIES: Inter-institutional talks on technical measures to resume on 19 June
MIGRATION: EU-Turkey statement violates asylum seekers' rights, says Greens/EFA group
MIGRATION: Parliament concerned at how talks on overhaul of European asylum system are going
JHA: Member states prefer negative measures on visas to convince third countries to take back more of their nationals
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: 2017 saw encouraging progress despite considerable challenges, says Commission
CLIMATE: CO2 from cars and vans after 2020 - Netherlands, Luxembourg and France busy ahead of first Council debate on 25 June
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: EU working to apply rebalancing measures from July in response to US taxes on steel and aluminium
IRAN: Commission unveiled two measures to counter American extraterritorial sanctions
G7: Charlevoix summit to focus on Iran and Korea, trade, inclusive growth and ocean preservation
VENEZUELA: European Parliament considers sending delegation to assess humanitarian crisis at borders with Colombia and Brazil
MONTENEGRO: Milo Đukanović and Donald Tusk reaffirm European perspective of both Podgorica and Western Balkans countries
INSTITUTIONAL
AUSTRIA: Vienna plans to play facilitator on migration and budgetary matters
OLAF: European anti-fraud office opened 215 new investigations in 2017 and closed 197
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
UKRAINE: General Court overturns freezing of Sergej Arbuzov's funds for period March 2017 to March 2018
CONSUMERS: Advocate General clarifies conditions for law on compensation for airline passengers to be applied
COPYRIGHT: Right to family life must not automatically deprive rights-holders of protection, says Advocate General
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Maize producers confederation fears renationalisation of CAP
DEVELOPMENT: Journalists Verena Töpper and Maria Feck grand winners of Lorenzo Natali Prize
EDUCATION/CULTURE: Kosovo to take part in Erasmus + and Creative Europe programmes
ENERGY: Ukrainian gas group Naftogaz obtains attachment of Russian company Gazprom assets in Netherlands
GULF: EU works with Kuwait to find solutions to crisis between Gulf countries
JUSTICE: Facebook users' data in hands of Chinese telecom groups
JUSTICE: Parliament sets up new monitoring group on rule of law
JUSTICE: EU and South Korea step up efforts to reach data protection agreement in 2018
MADAGASCAR: EU hopes for credible, transparent and inclusive elections
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: OECD says aid for fossil fuels down in most countries of region
ANIMAL HEALTH: Eurogroup for Animals gives lukewarm welcome to post-2020 CAP proposals