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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7770

3 August 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 34
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) media

The British group PEARSON (taxable profit GBP 123 million in first quarter 2000) bought for USD 2.5 billion the American educational services company NCS - NATIONAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS. This company, which has an annual turnover of USD 630 million with a workforce of 5,000 people, provides software, services, systems and Internet technology aimed at gathering, managing and interpreting data.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ESDP: First EU/NATO meetings and "15+15" reassure EU partners - COPS/NAC meeting mid-September, meeting on 21 November with third country Defence Ministers - Initial version of forces catalogue to be polished by November's ministerial
(EU) EU/CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Trade Union Confederation disappointed with draft Charter
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: Prodi congratulates President Katzav
(EU) EU/IVORY COAST:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/BELARUS:
(EU) GREECE/TURKEY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/PUBLIC HEALTH: Probability of BSE risk in countries spared by epidemic is weak, but variable - Conclusions of Scientific Steering Committee on assessment of geographical BSE risk
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: The Report 2000 on barriers to trade turns in particular to legislation in emerging sectors
(EU) EU/UNITES STATES/WTO: Favourable verdict in EU over conflict over wheat gluten
(EU) EU/ACP/CUBA: ACP group send high level UN mission to Cuba
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/REFORM: Trade unions criticise lack of dialogue on assessing needs of personnel and on reforms
(EU) EU/ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: Greece and Turkey react strongly to Italy's accusations
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/EASTERN EUROPE: EU signs road transit agreements with Hungary and Bulgaria, while awaiting final conclusion of negotiations with Romania
(EU) EU/BULGARIA: EIB grants EUR 100 million for main East-West Bulgarian motorway
(EU) EU/EASTERN EUROPE: TEMPUS III could be extended to non-associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/GREECE:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: French mutual system is once more brought into question by European commission - Last stage before financial fines
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission calls for immediate abrogation of French practices concerning insurance products
(EU) EU/GERMANY/COMPUTING:
(EU) EU/TAX/CIGARETTES: Italian Finance Minister backs Commission initiative against "multinationals" and urges other governments to follow suit
(EU) EU/ACP: Armand Guy Zounguere-Sokambi, Central Africa Ambassador, President of the Committee of ambassadors for six months
(EU) EU/CROATIA:
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 01/08/2000: