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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/balkans

General Affairs Council satisfied with development of situation in Balkans

Brussels, 03/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - The General Affairs Council of 30 September reaffirmed its support for the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and called on the countries of the Balkans to fully co-operate with it. A special appeal was sent out to Croatia that continues to refuse to hand over to the ICTY the Croat General Janko Bobetko, recently indicted for his alleged responsibility in the assassination of some hundred Serbs in September 1993 in...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short Account of the European Convention - A number of perplexities over Social Europe - Defence: Michel Barnier reveals his plan
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/CONVENTION: Valery Giscard d'Estaing would like governments to provide "more input" in the Convention and insists on "quality" of outcome, even if it has to last a little longer - Meeting Thursday evening with Romano Prodi
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: MacCormick demands role for regions in controlling subsidiarity, and possibility of "internal enlargement"
(EU) EU/TERRORISM/LIST/AL-QAEDA:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/PES: Giuliano Amato presents PES priorities for Europe
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Informal Defence Council of Rethymnon to focus on EU's military capabilities and situation in Balkans
(EU) EU/BALKANS: General Affairs Council satisfied with development of situation in Balkans
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Prodi calls on Silvio Berlusconi and Gerhard Schroeder to reach agreement on Galileo as soon as possible within ESA
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council majority in favour of lowering thresholds for eligibility to "Marco Polo" financing, but no majority on overall budget
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council draws closer to compromise on amount and delay for compensating passengers not allowed embarkation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Transport Ministers invite Ecofin to extend State guarantee system to airline company insurance, despite Commission opposition
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/DISASTERS: Presidency thinks it will reach agreement on solidarity funds at next coreper meeting following BILATERAL contacts
(EU) EU/INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: US judges European position "constructive" but want more concessions - Per Stig Moeller defends European line - critical reaction from FIDH
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Commission proposes that Community signs Council of Europe convention on children's rights whose parents are separated
(EU) EU/FISHeries: details of proposals on new EU/Senegal protocol
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Content of new EU/Angola fishing protocol
(EU) EU/EUROPOL: 80 arrests in human being smuggling network
(EU) EP/MEDICINES: Environment committee proposes ban on all forms of direct communication between industry and public - against generalising centralised authorisation procedure for medicinal products
(EU) EP/CANCER: In favour of developing guidelines concerning treatment of breast cancer
(EU) EP/EU/FOOT-AND-MOUTH: Kreissl-Dorfler in favour of emergency vaccination - Commission puts off to 16 October adoption of new proposal for a directive
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission gives green light to public partnership for revonvating London tube
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises aid to German coal industry for 2002
(EU) EU/STATE AID: green light to fibre ottiche sud
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises France to support its coal industry with nearly one billion euros for 2002
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves German aid for construction of combined transport terminals
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Go-ahead to Italian aid in favour of Iveco
(EU) EU/STATE AID/TRANSPORT:
(EU) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Council guidelines for contributing to Johannesburg follow-up at international and Community level
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Additional 30 million euro for populations of Southern Africa
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Conference on Convention and partnership with Civil Society, with participation of Viviane Reding, Michel Barnier and Jean-Luc Dehaene
(EU) EP/WOMEN/CONVENTION: Klaus Hänsch considers principle of gender equality must appear in European Constitution - Anna Karamanou calls for provisions with immediate application to be supported by clear legal base
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Unemployment remains stable at 8.3% in euro-zone
(EU) EU/EMU: UNICE calls on Member States to respect stability pact commitments
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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