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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9100
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) privatisation

- Nigeria: ORASCOM TELECOM of Egypt has won the bidding (USD 256.5 mil) for a 51% stake in the Nigerian state telecommunications company NITEL. Nigerian company NEWTEL offered USD 154.9 mil. ORASCOM's bid was below the government's reserve price so the offer will now be referred to the Nigerian privatisation council, which will take the final decision.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
: Our offices will be closed on 2 January 2006 for the New Year holidays. Newsletter EUROPE 9101 will be dated 4 January 2006 - We wish you a Happy New Year for 2006!
(EU) EU/BULGARIA: Serguey Stanishev meets Chancellor Schussel and Heinz Fischer in Vienna - Franco Frattini to visit Bulgaria in January
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Iran softens stance and considers Russian nuclear offer
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Relaxing of penal code? New developments in Orhan Pamuk case - Abdulla Gul criticises legal proceedings against MEP Joost Lagendijk
(EU) EU/UN: British Presidency welcomes agreement to set up a Peacebuilding Commission at the United Nations
(EU) EU/LEBANON/UN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Meeting with Austrian Presidency on 9 January - Weekly meeting on 11 January to focus on British deficit and GMOs
(EU) EU/ECB/ITALY: European Central Bank and European Commission welcome appointment of Mario Draghi's appointment as governor of the Bank of Italy following Antonio Fazio's resignation
(EU) EU/ECB: First Governing Council meeting on 12 January - Meeting in Madrid in June and Paris in October
(EU) EU/EIB: Philippe Maystadt's term of office as EIB President is renewed
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/ENERGY: 25% of natural gas consumed in EU comes from Russia
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/JANUARY PLENARY: European Constitution, Austrian Presidency, citizenship, human trafficking, Neighbourhood Policy, Chechnya, assassination of Rafiq Hariri, WTO, sugar and air travel
(EU) EU/SPORT: Commission proposes to build on success of European Year of Education through Sport
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Culture 2000 Programme supports 217 pan-European projects in 2005
(EU) EU/DRUGS:
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Increasing recognition of women's work
(EU) EU/AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY: Controversy surrounding obscene posters
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Steel:
(EU) Cars:
(EU) Hotel and catering:
(EU) Robots:
(EU) Electronics:
(EU) Electronics:
(EU) Agri-food:
(EU) Holding:
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents No. 2429: 15/16 December European Council - New EU Strategy for Africa
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 29/12/2005: