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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8492

27 June 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 36 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 26/06/2003

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: At Washington Summit, Europeans and Americans stress what unites them but do not deny opinions still differ (on Middle East, International Criminal Court, GMOs)
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: UCP assures President Papadopoulos of its support for any initiative based on EU values for resolving Cypriot issue
(EU) EU/TORTURE: Commission supports application of Istanbul Protocol
(EU) EU/TERRORISM:
(EU) EU/FYROM:
(EU) EU/BURMA:
(EU) PES/MALTA:
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION: EPP will call on IGC not to dismantle Constitution presented by Convention and to complete its work end 2003
(EU) EP/PES: Delegation of Socialist group meets future Italian presidency and opposition
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS: Amnesty International wants Italian Presidency to establish new human rights agenda
(EU) EU/OSCE: Launch of European Forum to observe national elections
(EU) EP/DEFENCE:
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Parliamentary Assembly criticises United States for attempting to undermine International Criminal court
(EU) EU/CAMBODIA: European Union Election Observation Mission for Parliamentary Elections on 27 July
(EU) EU/BELARUS: EU calls on Belarus to put immediate halt to harassment of media and independent journalists
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Agreement on CAP reform respects ideas behind Commission proposals
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Disagreement over GMOs at Washington Summit
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: “We want to be seen as equals” Papandreou and Cox tell Grossmann and Bereuter
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/EUROCHAMBRES:
(EU) EU/USA/TRANSPORT: Move towards negotiations for "open sky agreement"
(EU) EU/USA: EU and USA committed to promoting "hydrogen economy"
(EU) EU/USA: Relaunch of dialogue between business communities
(EU) HUMANITARIAN AID: New IES directives for UN guiding cooperation between humanitarian organisation, weapons and civilian protection in emergency UN led operations
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Members of International Competition Network meet in Mexico where they adopt series of recommended practices
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Aid to European Optic Media Technology is approved
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) OECD/ITALY:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Cost of cross-border payments in Euros to be aligned with national transfers as of 1 July
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council's common position on second rail package adopted
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/TRANSPORT: European Advisory Committee's first meeting on road transport - NGOs fear industry and its interests will dominate Committee
(EU) EU/TOWNS: 5th General Assembly of Atlantic Arc cities
(EU) EP/JULY SESSION: Thessalonica Summit, Assessment of Greek Presidency, Italian Presidency's programme - Chechnya - WTO: Cancun preparations -financial markets - public tendering, food safety, GMOs, Single Sky and ecopoints - ECB 2002 Report
(EU) EP/SINKING OF THE PRESTIGE: Two MEPs join calls for investigation committee to be set up to look at the sinking of the Prestige
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 26/06/2003:
 USD  1.1432  CHF  1.5394  EEK  15.6466  ROL  37700  HKD  8.9149 
 JPY  135.78  ISK  87.27  HUF  262.97  SIT  233.8740  NZD  1.9619 
 DKK  7.4257  NOK  8.2655  LTL  3.4525  SKK  41.660  SGD  2.0040 
 GBP  0.68700  BGN  1.9461  LVL  0.6452  TRL  1650000  KRW  1356.64 
 SEK  9.1855  CYP  0.58500  MTL  0.4260  AUD  1.7174  ZAR  8.7445 
 CZK  31.470  PLN  4.4665  CAD