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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7818

12 October 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 40 / 45
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) insurance

Britain's PRUDENTIAL has taken an 88% stake in CPSITE - CORE PACIFIC SECURITIES INVESTMENT TRUST ENTERPRISE, a Taiwanese joint investment fund that managed £1.2 bn end-June 2000. The cost of the purchase amounts to some £72 million.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
Romano Prodi no longer a "man alone in Brussels: "
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/SERBIA: Vedrine meets Kostunica, who will go to Biarritz - Meeting between President Prodi and Patriarch Pavle
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Solana meets President Mubarak
(EU) EU/CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Commission considers that Charter should incorporated, sooner or later, in the Treaty
(EU) BELARUS:
(EU) EU/NORTH KOREA: Towards a strengthening of relations
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS: Second annual report places emphasis on situation in EU
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA: Irregularities during election campaign
(EU) EP/NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS: Jospin, Védrine, Moscovici and Guigou to take part in work of COSAC
(EU) CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: NGOs in social sector call for immediate inclusion of reference to Charter in Treaty
(EU) EU/BIARRITZ SUMMIT: "Counter Summit" of Basque movements
(EU) EU/BIARRITZ SUMMIT/EUROPEAN MOVEMENT: Debate in Pau on 14 October
(EU) EU/BIARRITZ SUMMIT:
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM/COMMISSION: Barnier and Patten react positively to Blair's speech
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: For the European Policy Centre, intergovernmental cooperation can only be an intermediary stage
(EU) UEF/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE: Commission defines work programme to finalise White Paper on "Enhancing Democracy in the European Union" by mid-2001
(EU) EU/EURO: European Commission recommends series of measures aimed at practical preparation, in 2001, of transition to euro for citizens and for economic activity as a whole
(EU) EU/PENSIONS: Bolkenstein explains aims and possible effect of proposal on Pension Funds
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Ground prepared for noise policy - Encouraging debate on climate - Other results
(EU) ACP-EU: Nielson places emphasis on enhancing effectiveness of aid
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Morillon report proposes creation of Euro-Turkey forum, insists on solution to Kurdish problem and calls for progressive reduction of army influence in Turkey
(EU) EP/CYPRUS: Before European and Cypriot MPs, European Commission says it is ready to take part in proximity talks in Geneva
(EU) EP/CROATIA: Parliament approves granting of EIB loans up to EUR 250 million
(EU) EU/JORDAN: First EIB facility in venture capital funds for development of Information Society
(EU) EU/COLOMBIA: Council announces in "conclusions" the establishment of European programme for supporting peace process in Colombia
(EU) EP/DISCRIMINATION: Parliament strengthens Community action programme and anti-discrimination Directive - MEPs welcome first regulation giving European rights to 37 million handicapped
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: According to parliament, equality between men and women must be prior condition to benefit from EU aid - Initiatives announced by Council and Commission
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission gives conditional approval to AOL/Time Warner merger
(EU) EU/SINGLE MARKET: Commission to refer to Court of Justice certain arrangements for privatisation of British Airports Authority (BAA)
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Infringement proceedings against Germany over gas
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Frits Bolkenstein remains attached to creation of common framework for minimum taxation of energy products
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Campaign by European air traffic controller to increase awareness of their position in face of airlines
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Tourism:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Tools:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Printing:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 11/10/2000: