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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8282

24 August 2002
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/middle east

23/08/2002 (Agence Europe) - Sponsored by President Jacques Chirac, the "West-Eastern Divan Orchestra", conducted by Daniel Baremboim and including equal numbers of Israeli, Palestinian and Arab musicians, will give a concert on 2 September in Strasbourg during a session of the European Parliament in support of peace in the Middle East. Information: Isabelle Coustet, EP Bureau in Marseilles, Tel: 33 4.91.46.00; E-Mail: icoustet@europarl.eu.int

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
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(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Per Stig Moeller writes to colleagues inviting them to informal Elsinore meeting - work to focus essentially on enlargement and Middle East
(EU) EU/KALININGRAD: Meeting with Danish Foreign Affairs Minister President Putin's special representative for Kaliningrad
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/BALKANS: State of play with a view to the future State of Serbia and of Montenegro
(EU) EU/GREENLAND: President of the Greenland Home Rule Government wants to intensify co-operation between EU and Nordic countries
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung synthesises proposals on the table for future Constitution
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/USA: Latest US list will now exempt 50% of EU steel exports from safeguard measures
(EU) EU/JHA: Strong denial by Danish Presidency following rumours of project obliging E15 to impose telecommunication data retention measures
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: In response to fllods, German farmers will benefit from advance of 50% of arable payments - Other measures linked to flood crisis
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: EUR 443 million for conversion of vineyards
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: EUR 32.1 million for promotion campaigns
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: New protection for Piment d'Espelette, two types of beef meat from Portugal and German carp
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: EUR 16.7 million for Afghanistan
(EU) EU/BIO-DIVERSITY: EU makes safety assessments on GMOs available to WHO meeting in Harare
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Weber foundation asks EU to stop seal skin product imports from Canada
(EU) EU/JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT:
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Fifth European Forum Gastein to review the future of European health systems
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Conference-debate on pension funds (Brussels, 12 September)
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT:
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) COURT OF AUDITORS:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 23/08/2002: