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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/structural funds

Commission launches second programme for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and Border Regions with Irish Republic

Brussels, 23/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - Michel Barnier, European Commissioner for regional policy, signed, on Thursday in Belfast, the second Community programme for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and in the border region with Ireland (2000-2004).

Concrete illustration of the EU support for the peace process inaugurated by the Belfast agreements, the second programme for peace and reconciliation has as aim to tackle the economic and social consequences of thirty years of...

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(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission prosecutes Denmark, which limits marketing of enriched foodstuffs, and Greece, which discriminates against imported orthopaedic devices
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(EU) EU/STRUCTURAL FUNDS: Commission launches second programme for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland and Border Regions with Irish Republic
(EU) EU/STRUCTURAL FUNDS: Commission approves EUR 1,514 million regional aid programme to contribute toward "sustainable prosperity"
(EU) EU/STRUCTURAL FUNDS: Commission approves three programmes in favour of Greece and its regions
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(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Supporters of liberalisation of transport and postal services call on Commission to draw lesson from "Deutsche Post" precedent on crossed subsidies
(EU) EU/POST: Deutsche Post AG favourably welcomes end of investigation opened by Commission for abuse of dominant position
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