login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8560

10 October 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 32 / 36
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) sport

British satellite company BSKYB has sold its 9.9% stake in British football club Manchester United, reportedly the richest club in the world with a pre-tax profit of 56.9 million EUR and a turnover of 247.5 million. BSKYB floated its stake on the London Stock Exchange for 2.39 pounds sterling per share, a total of 62 million pounds.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Lessons from high-level conference on Constitution and IGC - Latest developments on some longstanding insights from Jacques Delors
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Antonione and Prodi mention stakes at play in summit on growth and immigration management
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: Unanimous denunciation of attack in Haifa, construction of wall and targeted assasinations - is gradual approach of road map right one?
(EU) EP/LATVIA: Latvia wants "strong Union" says Vike-Freiberga, who also calls for rapprochement with Russia
(EU) EU/CHECHNYA: Union concerned at lack of pluralism in last Sunday's presidential elections
(EU) EU/BURUNDI: Javier Solana welcomes agreement reached in Pretoria
(EU) EU/DEATH PENALTY:
(EU) EP/ITALY:
(EU) EU/PORTUGAL:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Support of 25 Transport Ministers for Commission proposals on trans-European transport networks (TEN-T)
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council reaches joint guidelines on maritime safety
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Political debate on criminal sanctions for serious maritime pollution
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Three political agreements in air transport field
(EU) EU/CORRUPTION: Corruption continues to afflict accession countries, according to Transparency International - Finland least corrupt country
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Mr Verheugen confirms opinion on accession expected to be positive if Zagreb continues reforms and cooperates with TPI
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Nielson visits Serbia to close Echo mission in Balkans
(EU) UN/HCR:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Differences persist on Irish Box, but Presidency hopes for political agreement at Monday's Council
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Measures planned to limit fishing effort in Mediterranean
(EU) EU/WTO: Europeans still wondering about post-Cancun
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Growth appears to be confirmed
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission launches infringement proceedings against eight Member States for failure to transpose new regulation on electronic communication
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: 2003 report stresses importance of skilled labour capable of adapting to change in order to create jobs
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Reinforcing European dimension in Brussels
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Media:
(EU) Infrastructure:
(EU) Leisure:
(EU) Construction:
(EU) Sport:
(EU) Bank:
(EU) Watch-making:
(EU) Capital goods:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 09/10/2003: