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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12266

30 May 2019
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NEWS BRIEFS / Csdp
Antti Hartikainen to be appointed Head of Mission for EUAM Ukraine

29/05/2019 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday, 4 June, the ambassadors on the Political and Security Committee (PSC) are expected to appoint Antti Hartikainen as head of the EU advisory mission on civil security sector reform in Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) for the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020. The 56-year-old Finn, who is currently the Director General of Finnish Customs, will succeed Kęstutis Lancinskas, from Lithuania, who has held the position since February 2016. Mr Hartikainen was...

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ASCENSION: Dear subscriber, our offices are closed on Thursday 30 and Friday 31 May. EUROPE 12267 will be dated 4 June 2019
BEACONS
BEACONS: A post-election period of selection
EXTERNAL ACTION
WESTERN BALKANS: Commission reiterates its recommendation that accession EU negotiations be opened with Albania and North Macedonia
WESTERN BALKANS: for Mr Zamfir, “no country is immune to malign influences”
TURKEY: country's accession negotiations with EU still at a standstill
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SECURITY: EU Member States call for further action to combat hybrid threats
SECTORAL POLICIES
SPACE: “European preference is a must!”, says Jan Wörner
RESEARCH: several Member States recall importance of investing 3% of national GDP in R&I
DIGITAL: Commission shall detail Regulation on free movement of data which has entered into force
JUSTICE: prosecutors from eight countries will have a reduced term of 3 years in European Public Prosecutor's Office
MIGRATION: ministers called on 7 June to set first modalities of ‘migration’, ‘borders’ and ‘internal security’ funds
ENERGY: launch of a €100 million investment fund for clean energy
FISHERIES: confirmation of differences between Member States on certain aspects of EMFF fund 2021-2027
FISHERIES: European agency in Vigo is helping to monitor fisheries in West Africa
ANIMAL HEALTH: EU Council insists on measures to prevent spread of transboundary animal diseases
CLIMATE: too many Member States benefit from energy transition aid without turning their backs on coal, according to CAN Europe
CLIMATE: Christos Stylianides wants to strengthen public/private partnerships in the EU's adaptation strategy
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: Commission asks Rome for explanations on its budgetary trajectory
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Commission submits its analysis of offers of four countries wishing to host European Labour Authority
INSTITUTIONAL
CATALONIA: UN and ECHR are blowing hot and cold toward independence fighters
COURT OF JUSTICE: 14 judges appointed to EU General Court
COMMISSION: Commission appoints new Directors-General to its departments for energy and for trade
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
AZERBAIJAN: ECHR pinpoints Baku for non-compliance with a judgment calling for release of Ilgar Mammadov
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: EIB provides €73.5 million loan to modernise urban bus fleet in Barcelona
TRADE: member States confirm their interest in a public procurement instrument
FINANCE: Commission adopts technical standards on European Single Electronic Format
TAXATION: OECD adopts its work programme on global tax reform
INDUSTRY: ‘Dieselgate’, recall of rigged cars is still very slow, according to T&E
JUSTICE: large international trafficking of heroin substitute dismantled
DIGITAL: worried Huawei calls on American justice system to speed up its assessment
WTO: continued strong opposition to allocation of post-Brexit tariff quotas
CSDP: Brigadier General Christian Habersatter to head EUTM Mali
CSDP: Antti Hartikainen to be appointed Head of Mission for EUAM Ukraine
TRANSPORT: Drone Alliance Europe welcomes adoption by Commission of regulations applicable to UAVs
VENEZUELA: meeting between International Contact Group and Lima Group in New York on 3 June
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 03/06 to 09/06/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 9 June 2019