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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8949

19 May 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 44 / 46
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) tourism

British on-line travel company LASTMINUTE.COM has accepted an offer of £ 577 million fro US company SABRE - 153 pence per share. At the end of the agreement, LASTMINUTE.COM will be absorbed into TRAVELOCITY EUROPE, the US travel group's on-line subsidiary.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Timely change in EU's dealings with Brazil, Russia and China
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Portugal takes reins for six months - Russia proposes another European Summit
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/ESTONIA: Solana welcomes border agreement
(EU) EU/SUDAN: EU confirms determination to step up support to African Union mission in Darfur - reflection continues
(EU) EP/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/SUDAN: EP condemns Khartoum for its part in build-up of Darfur conflict
(EU) EU/CONGO: EU welcomes adoption of constitution and condemns attack on MONUC blue helmets in Ituria
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/USA: Commission proposes initiatives for facilitating trade and developing trans-Atlantic economic relations - making partnership with Washington “more strategic”
(EU) EU/CANADA: Negotiations kick off for bilateral agreement to boost trade and investment
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/JHA:
(EU) EU/CHINA/TRADE/TEXTILES: Beijing says measures taken by Brussels are “unfair” - Mr Barroso maintains EU is “prepared to go further”
(EU) EU/EUROMED: High level civil servants prepare Luxembourg ministerial - Ad hoc meeting on terrorism
(EU) EU/EMU: Commission recommends repealing excessive deficit procedure against Netherlands - Procedures against Italy and Portugal ? - Italian growth rate falls in 2005
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/BANKS: Commission to send letter to Italian authorities in coming days
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2004: Smallest budgetary surplus since 1997
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Informal Council on 20 and 21 May in Luxembourg will discuss strategic guidelines for Structural Funds 2007-2013, including for European Social Fund, on basis of document from Commission services - Participation by Danuta Hübner and Vladimir Spidla
(EU) E/INTERNAL MARKET/PPP: Towards European initiative on service concessions
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: US treasury expects sign from Beijing on reform of its exchange rates in next six months
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2006: EU enlargement in 2007 and information policy EP priorities for 2006 budget
(EU) EP/CULTURE: European Parliament calls for better preservation of European cinematographic heritage
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Anne Van Lancker thinks her report and that of Evelyne Gebhardt on “services” directive are “broadly complementary”
(EU) EU/EIB: 100 million EUR for student loan mechanism in Hungary
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan of 25 million EUR for Serbian education sector
(EU) EU/AVIATION/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/REGIONS/DECENTRALISATION: Opening on Thursday in Wroclaw of EUropean Summit of Regions and Cities in presence of Danuta Hübner and Jean-marie Halsdorf
(EU) EU/REGIONS/LISBON STRATEGY: “Ambitious objectives of the Lisbon Strategy will only be reached through coherent European policies and the EU budget adapted to the challenges emerging from the last enlargement and globalisation” says Onno Hoes
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Committee of the regions wants to get voice heard in new Commission communication strategy
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Confederation of European paper industries encourages forest certification
(EU) EU/WHO/HEALTH: In Geneva Mars Di Bartolomeo calls for “health provision for mother and babies to be made absolute imperative”
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court presents no challenge to EC/Hungary agreement protecting “Tokaj” denomination against Italian “Tocai” wine
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Spanish “la baraja” card game available to all and cannot be registered as Community brand
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/HOMOPHOBIA:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/TRAINEES:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Publishing:
(EU) Real estate:
(EU) Information technology:
(EU) Aeronautics:
(EU) Clothing:
(EU) Tourism:
(EU) Toys:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 18/05/2005: