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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8651

24 February 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 36
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/cfsp

23/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Monday the Council appointed Bartholemew Kevin Carty from Ireland as Head of the EU police mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Carty will begin his job on 1 March for a one year period. He will be taking over from Sven Frederiksen from Denmark who died from a heart attack on 26 January.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Decisive progress towards recognition of services of general interest as an essential part of the European social model, but several important elements remain disputed
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Council reasserts that it won't give in on automatic extension of partnership and cooperation agreement with ten future EU Member States on 1 May
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Following Kuzart's resignation, Prodi appeals to Czech prime minister for swift appointment of new candidate
(EU) EU/IRAN: EU criticises exclusion of reformers from Iranian elections
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Seminar on human rights protection mechanism in EuroMed area
(EU) INDIA/PAKISTAN:
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE:
(EU) EU/CFSP:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/GREENS: Greens launch campaign for European elections - Symbolic baptism of European Party in Rome - Godfathers Cohn-Bendit and Fischer have different views
(EU) EP/CENTRE: Creation of European centre party on course
(EU) GREENS/ITALY:
(EU) GREENS/LATVIA:
(EU) EU/GREENS/EPP:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL: Financial perspectives, animal transport, BSE and bird flu on Tuesday meeting agenda
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Modification of regulation on wine labelling
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Several Member States are in favour of agreement in June 2005 on next financial framework - Sweden and Austria confirm their vision of austerity
(EU) EU/WTO/USA:
(EU) EU/LEBANON: Third session of Cooperation Council in Brussels on Tuesday
(EU) EU/EUROMED/AGADIR PROCESS: First "South-South" free trade agreement is signed between Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/BUDGET: Commission to adopt 2005 policy strategy on Wednesday to ensure smooth takeover
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Commission makes EUR 28 million in venture capital available for Mediterranean-rim countries
(EU) EU/GALILEO: Negotiation with United States on Tuesday and Wednesday - Commission assures Galileo is being set in place "according to plan"
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/SWEDEN:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Launch of "European Pollutant Emission Register" by Commission and EEA
(EU) EU/EESC/FEBRUARY SESSION: Loyola de Palacio attends session - Briesch/Delevski (Bulgaria) meeting
(EU) EU/EUROBAROMETER: Employment situation a cause of concern - Little interest in European elections
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Roaming inquiry continues - Telefonica Moviles files complaint about attribution of UMTS license in Italy
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/GASTRONOMY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Mid-term review of eEurope 2005 - efforts must be stepped up to share experience gained and adapt service to users' needs
(EU) EP/BRUSSEls SESSION: Commission strategy for 2005, Spring Summit; economic, budget and own resources policy orientations - new strategy to Russia, southern Caucasus, Croatian presidency
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES/TERRORISM:
(EU) EP/ARMENIA:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 586
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