EUROPEAN UNION
| 26/01 - | BRUSSELS: - General Affairs and External Relations Council (and 27/01) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: committees: economic and monetary (and 27); legal and internal market (and 27); industry, external trade, research and energy (and 27); environment, public health and consumer policy (and 27); agriculture and rural development (and 27); culture, youth, education, media and sport (and 27) |
| 27/01 - | BRUSSELS: - EU-Uzbekistan Co-operation Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: foreign affairs, human rights, common security and defence policy committee |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Ms Diamantopoulou at signing of agreement between European Railway and European Transport Workers Federation as part of social dialogue |
| 28/01 - | BRUSSELS: - European Parliament: plenary session (and 29/01) |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Visit to the Commission by Mr Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the UN |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: ruling T-180/01 Euroagri/ Commission (agriculture), joined cases ruling. T-142/01, T-283/01 OPTUC/ Commission (fisheries policy), joined cases ruling T-146/02 - T-153/02 Deutsche SiSi-Werke/ OHIM (intellectual property) |
| 29/01 - | DUBLIN: - Ms Reding launches European Year of Education through Sport and attends Troika of Education and Sports Ministers |
| - | BRUSSELS: - EP/session: ceremony to award Sakharov Prize to Mr Kofi Annan and all United Nations staff |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: ruling C-209/02 Commission/ Austria (environment and consumers), ruling C-218/02 Commission/ R.-U. (EAEC) |
| 30/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Mr Prodi meets Mr Tassos Papadopoulos, president de Cyprus |
OTHER EVENTS
| 26/01 - | STRASBOURG: - Parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe: session (to 30/01) |
| 27/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Speech by Mr Liikanen: "The European ceramics and glass sectors - creating the conditions for a sustainable industry" |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Mr Lamy attends debate on future of the WTO, with the Kangaroo Group |
| - | STRASBOURG: -Parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe: committee on equal opportunities - colloquium on "Conflict prevention and resolution- the role of women" |
| 29/01 - | PARIS: - OECD: meeting of Ministers and high-level officials for science and technology "Science, technology and innovation for the 21st century" (and 30/01) |
| - | COPENHAGEN: - Speech by Mr Liikanen "Innovation and opportunities in the enlarging Europe" at the Business and Industry Conference |
| 30/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Ms Diamantopoulou's closing speech to the conference "The European Social Fund, Cohesion Policy and the European Employment Strategy (on the mid-term revision of the ESF) |