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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7873

4 January 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 42
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) telecommunications

The Belgo-Norwegian group SAIT-STENTO has signed a protocol agreement with TELENOR BROADBAND SERVICES (Norwegian group TELENOR) for the sale of all its shares in SAIT COMMUNICATIONS, for approximately 30 million euros.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Letter to our readers: for once, let's talk about ourselves
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ARMS EXPORTS: second report on the code of conduct has greatre number of notified refusals
(EU) EU/TURKEY: most Turks oppose joining the EU on the conditions that have been set
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Mr Ajello special representative for the Great african Lakes - Extension of Mr Hombach's mandate in the Balkans
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/RUSSIA/CHECHNIA:
(EU) EU/SWEDEN: In a report for Notre Europe, Olof Petersson analyses Sweden's "ambivalent" attitude to the EU and regrets the "Swedish silence" on institutional issues
(EU) EU/EURO-MEDITERRANEAN PROCESS:
(EU) FRY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COUNCIL: Timetable of formal and informal Council sessions during the Swedish Presidency - Meeting with European Commission on 9 January in Stockholm
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Timetable for 2001 - Swedish Presidency's programme at first January session in Strasbourg - Six sessions in Brussels
(EU) EU/EURO/GREECE: Effective 1 January 2001, Greece is part of the euro area - Final interest rate cut in Athens
(EU) EMU/ECB: Meeting of Board of Governors on 4 January - Meetings in Dublin in March and Vienna in October
(EU) EMU/EURO: An ECB site and information campaigns will acquaint the public with the characteristics of euro notes and coins
(EU) OECD/COMMONWEALTH/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission releases unisource from its regular reporting obligations
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Unemployment rate down to 8.1% in November 2000 in EU, Euro-Zone unemployment unchanged at 8.8%
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Greece raised concerns of the timing and not the substance of the approval of a Meda grant to Turkey
(EU) EU/MAD COW: Rapid screening tests for BSE begin in Member States with variable degrees of difficulties
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/TRADE POLICY: Introduction of definitive anti-dumping duties on imports of certain electronic scales
(EU) EU/TRADE POLICY: Review of anti-dumping measures for fax machines from several Asian countries
(EU) EU/GULF:
(EU) EU/TUNISIA:
(EU) EU/THAILAND:
(EU) UN/REFUGEES:
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: Programme of conferences and other European events being held in January
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM: New 2001 series of the insight Europe Programmes
(EU) EU/JOURNALISTS: Journalists' study programmes on European Affairs for 2001-2002
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) NEWS OF THE WEEK: 27 December 2000 to 2 January 2001
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Engines:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Remote services:
(EU) Agri-foodstuffs:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Factoring:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Banks:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 03/01/2001: