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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8764

7 August 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
Dutch Presidency conference on inland navigation in EUROPE

Brussels, 06/08/2004 (Agence Europe) - The promotion of navigation on inland waterways is one of the priorities of the Dutch Presidency which is organising a conference from 10 to 12 November in The Hague on "The Power of Inland Navigation". The conference will be attended by a number of speakers including Dutch Transport Minister Karla Peijs (former MEP) and Karel van Miert, who was former Transport Commissioner first and then former Competition Commissioner. It will focus on various themes...

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GENERAL NEWS
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(EU) EU/CYPRUS: EUR 2.5 million for mine clearance operation
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Association and Stabilisation Agreements are to be priority of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia Montenegro, Commissioner Potocnik says
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: Technical agreement on identification of origin of goods exported by Israel to EU
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Association of European Airlines is "surprised and concerned" about Commission's decision on "open skies"
(EU) EU/EIB/TRANSEUROPEAN TRANSPORT NETWORKS: EUR 200 million for south-west Prague bypass
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Dutch Presidency conference on inland navigation in EUROPE
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: First Convention of European river navigation operators
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/JHA: Amnesty International calls on EU to "close gap between rhetoric and practice" for its justice, asylum and immigration policies
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: France hopes other EU members will also take measures to fight digital piracy
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