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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8641

10 February 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/humanitarian aid
30 million EUR for refugees and displaced persons in Burundi and Tanzania

Brussels, 09/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has approved humanitarian aid to vulnerable populations in Burundi and Tanzania, to a total of 30 million EUR. The funds, made available through Echo (the Community's humanitarian aid office), will be allocated as follows:

Burundi: 15 million EUR to reduce the mortality rate among refugees, displaced persons, those returning home, women and children (food and nutritional aid, support for the national programme to control malaria...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Towards defining a European legal framework for services of general economic interest? Guidelines, hopes, differences of opinion
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/ENLARGEMENT: Council and EP receive list on Monday of ten new designated Commissioners who have President Prodi's "full approval" - "New Commissioners will strengthen College" - All are ministers or former ministers (or former Secretaries of State)
(EU) EU/COLOMBIA: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on visit to Brussels and Strasbourg
(EU) EU/ROMANIA:
(EU) EU/NATO: Joschka Fischer suggests transatlantic initiative for Middle East - Peter Struck expects initiative similar to 1967 Haermel report to come out of Istanbul NATO summit
(EU) EU/NATO/AFGHANISTAN: Ministers of Eurocorps countries set conditions for ISAF command takeover
(EU) EU/BERLIN SUMMIT:
(EU) EU/IGC:
(EU) EU/ALBANIA: EU and United States condemn violent demonstrations in Albania
(EU) EP/CHECHNYA: Open letter from Olivier Dupuis to Joschka Fischer
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA/ASIA/AFRICA: 90-party summit in Madrid
(EU) EU/FRANCE/GERMANY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL/TAXATION: Ecofin Council expected to oppose Switzerland's line on Schengen negotiations and savings tax - negotiations with Andora, Monaco and San Marino
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Spring Summit, updated stability and convergence programmes of seven Member States, G7, tax on savings and reduced-rate VAT on agenda of meeting at which few decisions are expected
(EU) EU/ECB/EURO ZONE:
(EU) EU/EP/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES:
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Stability of exchange and accession of new Member States to the exchange mechanism on agenda of Monday evening's meeting
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE/STABILITY PACT: President Skouris tells Die Welt that Commission's appeal in Stability Pact case "is not as dramatic as all that" - the Commission's appeal
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Commission's communication on EU/Russian relations
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: 30 million EUR for refugees and displaced persons in Burundi and Tanzania
(EU) EU/ACP: In Mauritius, Pascal Lamy sings praises of future economic partnership agreements, and pleads for relaunch of negotiations with WTO
(EU) EU/BIODIVERSITY: At international conference in Kuala Lumpur Margot Wallström is to urge for establishment of global network of protected areas
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission appeals to national authorities to end competition restrictions in professional services
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission takes action against Netherlands following judgement delivered by Dutch Supreme Court on posted workers
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Formal requests sent to six Member States for failing to transpose second anti-money laundering directive
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Formal requests sent to Portugal and Italy
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Third rail package in interservice consultation
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Interreg aid for Greek/Turkish cross-border cooperation - Barnier and Verheugen pleased
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/FEBRUARY SESSION: Michel Barnier sure about cohesion policy's future - Election of president - Education and sport, trans-european transport networks, EU external border traffic, immigration and jobs at centre of work
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT/RYANAIR AFFAIR: Gianni Pittella expresses concern
(EU) EP/TOBACCO: Tobacco sector supports Rapporteur Sergio Berlato
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Network of excellence on asthma and allergies
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/ECB:
(EU) EU/PALESTINE/OLAF:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 584
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