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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7670
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) sport

The British satellite television group BSKYB has announced the purchase of 9.9% of the English football club CHELSEA for £40 million. The company that the football club CHELSEA VILLAGE GROUP and BSKYB have also set up a joint-venture to develop a CHELSEA VILLAGE Internet site, site that will later be floated on the stock market.

 

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The Lisbon Summit is meant to be a turning point in the economic history of Europe, but it is being prepared amidst institutional confusion and a profusion of documents - An attempt to clarify the stakes, objectives and tactics
(EU) ASTERISKS:
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ESDP: First meeting, 7 March, of Interim Military body
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Seixas da Costa Group discuss extension of qualified majority and possible inclusion of other topics
(EU) EU/SERBIA: EU worries over violations of right5 to freedom of expression
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/EP/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM:
(EU) EU/KOSOVO:
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS: According to Patten, EU sanctions should preferably be "targeted" - Understanding for Mrs. Robinson who would like UN Commission to discuss Chechnya in Geneva
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA: Dini says that conditions for bilateral relations could be normalised - Statement by Fischler
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/DISCRIMINATION: Commission investigates certain Belgian practices relating to Austria, Austrian Government examining possibility of proceedings before the Court of Justice
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Record confidence in Euro-area in February 2000
EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/TRADE POLICY: Provisional antidumping duty on cast iron products originating in Japan, China, Brazil, Korea, Thailand and the Czech Republic
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: France to approve "parallel imports" of medicines - Commission services examine Spanish decision to allow dual-pricing system
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: On 14 March Commission could allow meager of Alcan and Alusuisse and block merger of Alcan and Pechiney, but discussions continue
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Scania/Volvo put forward new concessions to gain Commission approval
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: European Commission sends reasoned opinion to Belgium over discriminatory tax regime
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission takes France and Belgium to court for violation of citizens access to environmental information
(EU) EIB/ITALY: EUR 95 million loan to Fiat subsidiaries FMA and Teksid
(EU) EIB/ITALY: EUR 129 million loan for urban regeneration in Rome
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves France's regional planning grant map
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission continues examination of new version of Belgian regional aid map
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission opens investigation on the reduction of social contributions in northern Sweden
(EU) EU/JUSTICE/HOME AFFAIRS: Informal session in Lisbon makes significant progress towards area of freedom, justice and security - Council to decide on 27 March on "Scoreboard"
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Poul Nielson in Tanzania and Rwanda
(EU) EP/UNITED LEFT: Employment in Group's Centre for Seminars
(EU) LISBON SUMMIT: Public seminar from European Parliament's Socialist group on need to make Social Europe progress
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EP/GENDER EQUALITY: Initiatives and intentions of the Socialist Group - For a growing role for women in the peace and reconstruction process - Support for quotas
(EU) EU/CHINA: Eurocommerce and FTA recommend flexibility in negotiations on China's accession to WTO
(EU) EU/CONFERENCE:
(EU) NEWS OF THE WEEK: 28 February to 5 March 2000
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
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(EU) Engineering:
(EU) Automobile equipment:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU0 Stock market:
(EU) Agri-food:
(EU) Sport:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
EUROPEAN LIBRARY: N° 404
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 06/03/2000: