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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8915

24 March 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission authorises acquisition of Hungarian stock exchange and clearing house

Brussels, 23/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - Plans of the joint company made up of the Austrian Wiener Börse AG, Österreichische Kontrollbank AG (ÖKB), Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG, Erste Bank der österreichischen Sparkasssen AG and the Hungarian subsidy of the Germany group HVB, HVB Hungary, has been approved by the Commission. The five companies plan to acquire the Budapest stock exchange (BSE), the Budapest Commodity Exchange (BCE) and the Central Clearing House, which is also the...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CROATIA/SPRING SUMMIT: Task force to verify level of Croatian cooperation with ICTFY
(EU) EU/UN/SPRING SUMMIT: EU firmly resolved to playing a major role in United Nations
(EU) EU/LISBON/SPRING SUMMIT: EU reaffirms position
(EU) EU/CHINA:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Netherlands wants to entrust key role of coordination of military means and development cooperation to EU planning cell
(EU) EP/DEFENCE: Karl von Wogau calls for additional means against weapons of mass destruction
(EU) EU/SERBIA-MONTENEGRO: Feasibility study on Serbia-Montenegro would be on European Commission's agenda for 12 April
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(EU) EU/CLIMATE: European summit works on compromise - EU to keep up impetus for post-2012 by defending target of reducing emissions in all industrialised countries by 15-30% in run up to 2020 - No explicit targets for 2050
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/RESEARCH/TAXATION:
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(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/STABILITY PACT: Heads of State endorse, without change, report by finance ministers on Stability and Growth Pact
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/WORLD BANK: Paul Wolfowitz expected to be given hearing on his programme before 31 March
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Member States ready to go into battle - Chirac renews attack against British cheque
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/TRANSPORT: Initial cautious contact with view to resumption of negotiations on aviation agreement
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Commission sends formal notice to Greece on European public procurement legislation
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Three infringement procedures underway against six Member States
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises acquisition of Hungarian stock exchange and clearing house
(EU) EU/SPACE: Experts' report emphasises strategic dimension of space for European security
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission welcomes “e-mobility” platform, set up by 15 companies
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan of nearly 121 million EUR for Soyouz Arianespace project
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan of 30 million EUR for sanitation infrastructure in Turkey
(EU) EU/ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION/ITALY/LIBYA: Frattini - Pisanu meeting
(EU) OECD/IMMIGRATION: Most recent OECD report reveals trend towards stabilisation in immigration flows
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