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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/india

Negotiations on EU/India action plan continue while both partners step up dialogue on energy

Brussels, 04/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - “It is natural for the EU and India to think of each other as strategic partners”, Shyam Saran, Indian Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said last week. He hoped that the action plan, to be adopted during the EU/India summit in New Delhi on 7 September, will allow the areas of strategic partnership cooperation signed in November 2004 (EUROPE 8823) to be consolidated. During a conference at the European Policy Centre (EPC) on the trading...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Mad cows, soil-free farming, polluted water and the end of biodiversity were the fruit of the obsession with productivity in agriculture - Not an experience to be repeated
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/G8/RUSSIA: A few days ahead of G8, France, Germany and Russia reiterate willingness to cooperate on major international dossiers
(EU) EU/CENTRAL ASIA: Mr Kubis appointed EU special representative
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/LUXEMBOURG:
(EU) EU/GREECE/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/DARFUR: Council ready to adopt EU aid for strengthening Darfur mission to Darfur - beginning of African transport battalions
(EU) EU/SUDAN/DARFUR: EU calls for respect of cease-fire
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: ECAS hopes to launch debate at European level during “reflection period” opened by Council
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: 50th anniversary of Council of Europe Prize
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: President Barroso postpones presentation of thematic air quality strategy till autumn - Commission orientation debate 20 July to reconcile environment and competitiveness
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission presents its strategy for deploying harmonised European system for implementation of ERTMS/ETCS railway signalling
(EU) EU/CHINA/AVIATION: Joint declaration with view to enhanced cooperation
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN SOCIAL MODEL: "No magic formulae" in Commission's report for informal European Council this autumn
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Mr Blair criticises level of agricultural expenditure
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU bans trade in torture equipment
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to joint venture between BP and Nova Chemicals
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Idea of initiative for shareholder voting rights takes root
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: EFR supports “lead supervisor” model to improve inspections
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/TRADE:
(EU) EU/EP/ARMAMENTS:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Lobbying hots up at Commission over revision of computerised reservation systems' code of conduct
(EU) EU/EEA/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: High costs cannot justify postponed adoption of directive on driving licence, Eurocop says
(EU) EU/INDIA: Negotiations on EU/India action plan continue while both partners step up dialogue on energy
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Second generation of “Erasmus Mundus” will welcome almost 1000 third-countries graduates and academics
(EU) EP/REGIONS/COHESION FUNDS: Jeremy Smith (CEMR) calls on EP to adopt Hatzidakis and Fava reports on structural funds
(EU) UE/ENTREPRISES:
(EU) EU/MEDIA: Launch of "NEM" platform to stimulate development of new audiovisual and multi-media services
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Citizenship education is very real dimension of European education programmes, says Eurydice
(EU) UE/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Mbanga Plantations company complains of being overcharged by multinationals and demands compensation from EU
(EU) EU/EESC/JULY PLENARY: Improvement of dialogue with organised civil society and importance of participatory democracy at centre of work - Alexander Douglas and Jan Figel to take part
(EU) EU/ETUC/BRITISH PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EP/REGIONAL: Olbrycht report supports new method for promoting territorial cohesion
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 35 million loan for “Fier-Tepelene road project” in Albania
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 10 million loan to Senegal
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro-zone and EU25 unemployment down to 8.8%
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
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