08/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - Sweden has opened a website on its forthcoming European Union Council Presidency (1 January - 30 June 2001). The address is: http: //http://www.eu2001.se/. The site offers three versions - Swedish, English and French. It gives a description of the priorities of the Swedish Presidency: enlargement, employment and environment, followed by progress in equal opportunities, improved consumer protection, modernisation of Union working procedures, openness and transparency, and cooperation between the Union and Russia.