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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8825

11 November 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 44 / 45
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) telecommunications

In order to defend itself from a hostile takeover bid, the group NEWS CORP (29.5% held by Rupert Murdoch) has decided to offer its shareholders half-price shares in the group to make it prohibitively expensive for any third party to increase their stake beyond 15%. This "poison pill" will break up the NEWS CORP capital and therefore make any hostile takeover much more difficult. LIBERTY MEDIA is said to be the main target of this procedure. It launched an operation last week to take its...

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: Our offices will be closed on 11 November, Remembrance Day bank holiday in Belgium. Issue 8826 of the EUROPE newsletter will be dated Saturday 13 November 2004.
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS, BY FERDINANDO RICCARDI: HEALTH OF LISBON STRATEGY REMAINS WORRYING
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Luxembourg referendum 10 July 2005 - Belgium wants to ratify in May at the latest
(EU) EU/FYROM: Javier Solana believes Macedonia is on way to European integration
(EU) Eu/TURkey: Czech republic supports opening negotiations
(EU) EU/palestinian autority: EU money not been embezzled
(EU) UE/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/CÔTE D'IVOIRE: Proposed opening of negotiations between EU and Côte d'Ivoire still on table, notes Commission - Ball is in Member States' court
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Poland takes over Presidency of Council of Europe until May 2005
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: 49% of Danes will vote for Constitution
(EU) EU/INDONESIA: Independent, high level Indonesian delegation to Europe discuss EU-Indonesia relations and bilateral cooperation
(EU) EU/ASIA/LIBERALS:
(EU) WEU/ASSEMBLY: Mr Bot, Mr Frieden and Mr Solana attend November session - Election of President
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: After referendum in Macedonia, Terry Davis stresses need to pursue implementation of Ohrid Agreement
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMU: Commission calls upon future Euro zone Member States to start preparing now
(EU) EU/INTERNATIONAL TRADE: Commission adopts strategy to boost fight against piracy and counterfeiting beyond borders of EU
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: In a climate that has apparently finally calmed down, negotiators will soon find ITER solution
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates EUR 3.5 million to Cambodia to help fight against high rate of infant mortality
(EU) EU/AUDIO-VISUAL: Ms Reding promises close collaboration with Media
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Presidency highlights importance of integrating immigrants in Europe
(EU) EU/WTO/TRADE: "As long as he is Commissioner, Mr Lamy will not comment" on possible WTO candidacy
(EU) EU/BIODIVERSITY: EU and NGOs agree to step up fight to save wild birds - Recommendations for forthcoming Environment COuncil
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: In 2003 EU unemployment rates varied widely between 2% and 31.8%
(EU) EU/SERVICES/SGI: UNICE, CEEP and EPSU differ over proposed "Bolkestein" Directive
(EU) EU/REGIONS/SGI: Regions summit in Vienna to discuss future of services of general interest in Europe
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: CCBE objects to draft money laundering directive
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Denmark argues that TV2 has not received state aid
(EU) EU/EIB/FINLAND:
(EU) EU/PRESIDENCY/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Aart Jan de Geus urges EU to make work pay
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY/THE EPC: European Policy Centre's Growth Task Force, chaired by Nick Clegg, rejects pessimism, listing ten do's and don'ts for sustainable growth in Europe
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/SOCIAL COHESION: Social Forum calls for Council of Europe action on ethical economy
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: 10th anniversary of COR - Jacques Delors taking part - Giacomo Filibeck to present president Delors with point of view of young people on European constitution
(EU) EU/COR/NOVEMBER SESSION: European constitution, youth, public procurement, European trans-border grouping at centre of committee's work
(EU) EU/EIB/SYRIA:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisations- France:
(EU) Steel:
(EU) Coal:
(EU) Materials:
(EU) Finance:
(EU) Finance:
(EU) Shoes:
(EU) Postal services:
(EU) Publishing:
(EU) Telecommunications:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 10/11/2004: