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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8037

31 August 2001
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) chemicals

The Austrian group CE OIL AND GAS BETEILIGUNG UND VERWALTUNG has just announced that it now has a 59% stake in BORSODCHEM, Hungary's second largest chemicals company, specialised in polymers. CE OIL AND GAS, which already had a 16% stake in BORSODCHEM, said that it acquired the additional 43% of the capital in the Hungarian firm for 111 million euro.

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) NATO/MACEDONIA: Over one third of weapons already collected, parliamentary procedure to begin on Friday
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Solana to begin next week with trip to Middle East
(EU) EU/CONGO: EU welcomes outcome of Gaborone meeting
(EU) EP/PES/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Baron calls on Prodi to make concrete proposals with view to Laeken Summit
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Prodi urges for supranational government
(EU) EU/RACISM: World Conference against Racism opens to backdrop of polemic over Zionism and compensation to victims of slavery
(EU) EU/GREECE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EC/ECB: ECB decides to reduce its rates by quarter of a point
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Fabius and Eichel on the subject of European growth
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission sends further statement of objections to Microsoft on the subject of Windows 2000 and Media Player
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Swoboda suggests Parliament reject Commission's proposal to do away with ecopoint system "108% clause"
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Schmitt report proposes EP strengthen the independence of the future European Aviation Safety Agency
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Next week, Parliament to debate enhancing security of information infrastructures and combating cyber-crime
(EU) EU/ACP:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Disagreement within power coalition in Prague over EU membership
(EU) EU/DRUGS: EMCDDA says there is a big gap between Member States concerning drug-taking in prisons
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Tobacco:
(EU) Photography:
(EU) Agri-food:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Paper:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Imagery:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 30/08/2001: