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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9100

31 December 2005
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey
Relaxing of penal code? New developments in Orhan Pamuk case - Abdulla Gul criticises legal proceedings against MEP Joost Lagendijk

Brussels, 30/12/2005 (Agence Europe) - The trial of Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk in Turkey is starting to move in a direction that meets the demands expressed by the European Union. (EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn has commented that the trial of the novelist was a freedom of speech case that put Turkey on trial. MEPs travelled to Istanbul to attend the opening of the trial, see Europe 9090).

In the case against Orhan Pamuk, accused of deliberately insulting the Turkish identity by...

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
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SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents No. 2429: 15/16 December European Council - New EU Strategy for Africa
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