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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8851

18 December 2004
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/bosnia
International community again sanctions Republika Srpska authorities for failing to cooperate with the ICTY - Paddy Ashdown denounces Bosnian Serb leaders

Brussels, 17/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - The international community announced on Thursday new sanctions against the authorities in the Republika Srpska (Serbian Republic of Bosnia), a Serbian entity which forms Bosnia along with the Croat-Muslim Federation and which is accused of failing to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the Hague by protecting those charged with war crimes who are still on the run. The EU and international community's...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: EU takes historic decision to begin negotiations with Turkey - long wranglings over Cyprus - open process but without special partnership
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Accession treaties with Bulgaria and Romania to be signed in April - March 2005 starting point for accession negotiations with Croatia
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Twenty-five want enhanced relations with Ukraine, but without going beyond neighbouring country policy
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/TERRORISM: 25 determined to combat terrorist threat
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/TURKEY/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/TURKEY/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/TURKEY/ARMENIA:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/ESDP: For establishment of EU civil and military operation planning cell by end of the year and reinforcement of civil capacities by 2008
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/MIDDLE EAST: Israelis and Palestinians must cooperate closely to guarantee smooth running of Palestinian elections
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Summit wants report on future EU diplomatic service for June 2005
(EU) EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Twenty-Five restate attachment to European Security Strategy - Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan
(EU) EUROPEAN COUNCIL: EU gives very clear support for Kofi Annan
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Council and Commission are invited to examine feasibility of new framework agreement with China
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/EP: Parliament wants to be consulted on any possible suspension of negotiations with Ankara, says President Borrell. Financial perspectives: "strange" that States in favour of further enlargement are "those that are least in favour of adequate funding"
(EU) EU/BOSNIA: International community again sanctions Republika Srpska authorities for failing to cooperate with the ICTY - Paddy Ashdown denounces Bosnian Serb leaders
(EU) EU/SERBIA:
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA:
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/TURKEY:
(EU) EP EUROPEAN COUNCIL/TUNISIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Agreement on Financial Perspectives expected for June - Delicate balancing act between solidarity and budget discipline
(EU) EU/CLIMATE CHANGE: EU Emissions Trading Scheme unveiled for the first time to global audience, but US and emerging economies refuse to agree to cut greenhouse gas emissions post-2012
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial production down 0.5% in eurozone and 0.3% in EU25 in October
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/EQUALITY: Directive adopted on gender equality outside workplace
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: EU25 and euro zone inflation down to 2.2%
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Zsuzanna Jakab may become first director of European Disease Prevention and Control Centre
(EU) EU/HEALTH: European agency for medicinal products warns against use of anti-depressants under eighteen years of age
(EU) EP/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/UN/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
(EU) EP/HUNTING:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Parliament gives go-ahead to Europass
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Social partners generally happy with 'Maastricht Communique'
(EU) EU/REGIONS: CEMR calls for debate on role of local public services and extension of EU town twinning programme to countries bordering EU
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN: Ombudsman says Commission fails to take sufficient account of safety standards
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB and Interamerican Development Bank sign memorandum of understanding
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB Bureau in Nairobi
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 54.6 million loan for financial sector in Africa
(EU) EU/EIB: New FEMIP micro-credit support for Morocco
(EU) EU/CALENDAR: Major European activities next week
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Document N° 2389: Turkey's EU accession progress: Parliament's position at European Council
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