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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) court of justice

Judge Leif Sevón from Finland is appointed President of Finland's High Court

Luxembourg, 06/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - Leif Sevón, a Judge of Finnish nationality at the European Court of Justice, has been appointed president of the Finnish High Court. The magistrate will leave the Court in Luxembourg as soon as his successor has been appointed. Leif Sevón has been at the Court since January 1995, when Finland entered the EU. He was the rapporteur judge in the mad cow affair that opposed the United Kingdom and the Commission (EUROPE of 6 June 1998) and also in the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: A few lessons to be drawn from the media agitation surrounding Romano Prodi, the fear of a Board, a claimed plot against Italy and other more or less pleasant "affairs"
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Brussels conference dominated by issue of peace and violence in the Middle East and anti-terrorism
(EU) EP/LAOS: Arrest of Dupuis raises indignation among his colleagues
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM: What the Permanent Representative Nigel Sheinwald is expecting from the Laeken Summit
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Finance ministers confirm agreement on tobacco excise and note progress made by Ireland in budgetary adjustment
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Ministers remain relatively confident about growth prospects - Pedro Solbes says five countries have met their public deficit targets this year
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission concerned about discrimination on Italian law on repatriation of capital
(EU) EU/CLIMATE CHANGE: Ministers take over from experts in the Marrakesh negotiations as they enter decisive phase
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/ENERGY/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission stresses difficult progress in justice and home affairs in "globally positive" assessment
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Spanish banks suspected of concerted agreement
(EU) EU/WTO: Lamy stresses EU's flexibility - Fischler assures EU will play a positive role in agricultural talks
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Research Ministers approve GMES
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Lomdon may resume exports of sheep and goat meat
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/BIOTERRORISM:
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Thursday's Council to focus on new Union policy geared to eradicating poverty and the financing of public aid to development
(EU) EU/CULTURE COUNCIL: Viviane Reding calls on ministers to be bold enough to allocate necessary means to culture policy
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission pursues investigation concerning Microsoft
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Judge Leif Sevón from Finland is appointed President of Finland's High Court
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate General Philippe Léger, who proposes Greece should be found guilty, supports European Commission's fight for the survival of sea turtles
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Union contributes EUR 145 million to business sector investment of 4 regions of the United Kingdom
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: Programme of conferences and other events in November
(EU) EU/ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE: Conference on organised civil society and European governance, with the participation of Michel Barnier and Isabelle Durant
(EU) EU/AERONAUTICS:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 06/11/2001: