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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7680

20 March 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 40 / 40
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / Value of the euro in different currencies 20/03/2000

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Heads of government to settle the problem of the way Council functions and coherency of Community action in their own way - Landaburu speaks out - and the Danube again
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: According to Vedrine, Council begins clarifying EU's stance on Western Balkans
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: IGC leans towards reweighting of votes in Council without introducing double majority - New subjects
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/CHECHNYA: Council regrets Russian attitude and hopes for improvement
(EU) EU/MOZAMBIQUE: Council confirms determination to continue providing substantial aid
(EU) EU/KOREA: EU welcomes proposals by President Kim Dae-jung
(EU) EP/HUMANITARIAN LAW: Council President sees new international order emerging
(EU) EP/KASHMIR: Raise the issue on a visit to India
(EU) EP/PERU: In favour of free presidential elections
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/EUROPEAN PARTIES/AUSTRIA: Socialist and Liberal Summit, postponement of EPP Summit (as well as postponement of decision on OVP)
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Council takes stock of several issues without taking decisions
(EU) EU/TRADE: Fifteen confirm stance on new round of multilateral talks making some more flexible aspects subject to adequate reciprocity
(EU) EU/BRAZIL: Lamy tries to convince Brazilian authorities of the considerable convergence of interests between the two parties, noting that they have far fewer differences
(EU) EU/AFRICA:
(EU) EU/ROMANIA: Tuesday's Association Council to focus on accession negotiations and new medium-term economic strategy
(EU) ACP/EU: Opening of 30th session of Joint Assembly - Nigerian President welcomes introduction of good governance in new ACP-EU Convention
(EU) EU/SPORT: EU Sport Ministers will meet in May to examine measures to lessen negative effects of Bosman ruling
(EU) EU/ECUADOR: WTO authorises Ecuador to impose sanctions on the EU over bananas
(EU) EU/"EDUCATION" CONFERENCE: Introduction of educational dimension in Luxembourg process and importance of lifelong training subjects of broad consensus
(EU) EU/IVORY COAST:
(EU) EU/LISBON SUMMIT: Adopting conclusions, Economic and Social Committee stresses role of synthesis between sometimes contradictory interests of different categories of civil society
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council accepts selective reduction of export refunds
(EU) EU/LISBON SUMMIT: Blair and D'Alema's priority is to put the unemployed back to work - Dublin tells of Irish experiences that could be useful at European level
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: On Tuesday, the Commission should initiate in-depth investigation into merger of Novartis and AstraZeneca agri-chemicals activities
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission receives information from Microsoft regarding Window 2000
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) NEWS OF THE WEEK: 12 to 19 March 2000
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WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
EUROPEAN LIBRARY: N° 406
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 20/03/2000:
 USD  0.9715  SEK  8.4225  CYP  0.57544  SIT  202.8925  NZD  2.0124 
 JPY  103.71  GBP  0.62010  EEK  15.6466  CHF  1.6126  GRD  333.88 
 NOK  8.1705  HUF  256.00  CAD  1.4282  DKK  7.4467  CZK  35.558 
 PLN  3.9478  AUD  1.6038  BEF/LUF  40.3399  FRF  6.55957  ESP  166.386 
 ATS  13.7603  FIM  5.94573  DEM  1.95583  IEP  0.787564  NLG  2.20371 
 PTE  200.482  ITL