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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9118

27 January 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 38
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 26/01/2006

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Progress in European Democracy to the advantage of the citizens
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: Given Hamas' victory, EU is willing to cooperate with any government that pursues peaceful means to achieve its goals
(EU) EU/BELARUS: New Commission initiative in favour of access to free and independent media - EUR 2 million for consortium including Russian and Belarusian journalists
(EU) EU/IRAN: Beijing gives support to Moscow's proposal to relocate Iran's uranium enrichment activities
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Foreign affairs committee calls on Commission to specify and define EU “absorption capacity”
(EU) EP/CIA: Carlos Coelho is to chair European Parliament's temporary committee, and Claudio Fava is to be its rapporteur - Sarah Ludford suggests inviting Marty, Solana, Frattini, De Vries and a member of US Administration
(EU) EP/DEFENCE:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/COMMUNISM: Parliamentary Assembly condemns crimes of totalitarian Communist regimes but does not call for official statement
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Parliamentary Assembly criticises Committee of Ministers' failure to act over Chechnya
(EU) EU/PES/FUTURE OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/TRANSPARENCY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: 99% of available funding paid out to Member States in 2005 explains Danuta Hubner - Electrolux relocation does not involve EU aid
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Czech Republic justifies rejection of agreement on reduced VAT rates - Austria continues derogation negotiated in 1994
(EU) EU/WTO: Trade Ministers in the spotlight in Davos - G10 contribution to break deadlock
(EU) EU/JHA/UNITED STATES: Commission wants to strengthen police cooperation with United States
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: European Parliament Transport Committee, Austrian EU Presidency and Commissioner Barrot express concern about funding of trans-european transport networks (TEN-T)
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT/AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY: Transport safety the core of Austrian Presidency priorities
(EU) EP/MEDIA: Viviane Reding briefs Parliament on draft review of the Television Without Frontiers Directive - Ethics of product placement
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: EU licence for air traffic controllers given the go-ahead
(EU) EP/ENERGY: Greater political will only way to substantial energy efficiency dividends, according to European Parliament hearing with national parliaments
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Debate on challenges of ERTMS
(EU) EP/ENERGY/CAUCASUS:
(EU) EP/LISBON STRATEGY: Mitigated welcome for Commission's report
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Parliamentary Assembly's economic and financial committee meets in Lisbon and its working group in Tunis, on creation of Euro-Mediterranean bank
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/STATE AID/TRANSPORT: Commission against German system of part-reimbursement of lorry motorway tolls
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission brings proceedings against Italy and Belgium for failing to recover illegal aid
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Adidas buys Reebok
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY/EMPLOYERS: Ernest-Antoine Seilliere asks politicians to put competitiveness at top of EU and national agenda and to agree on timetable of measures to improve European governance to escape from European institutional crisis
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: European Defence Agency to focus on developing EU C3 capacities, in-flight refuelling and heavy airlift
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR: Euratom joins International Forum on new generation of nuclear research
(EU) EU/CHINA:
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: German tax exemption scheme for nuclear power stations is not State aid
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: 26/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - Italy required to include university assistants' years of service in calculation of remuneration, on pain of 265,500 euro/day fine
(EU) EU/ITALY/VENETO:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 26/01/2006:
 USD  1.2254  HUF  249.54  SKK  37.32  RUB  34.283  KRW  1187.41 
 JPY  141.85  LTL  3.4528  CHF  1.55  TRY  1.623  MYR  4.5897 
 CYP  0.5739  LVL  0.6961  ISK  74.86  AUD  1.6223  NZD  1.7788 
 CZK  28.395  MTL  0.4293  NOK  8.069  CAD  1.4149  PHP  64.223 
 DKK  7.4632  PLN  3.8282  BGN  1.9558  CNY  9.8792  SGD  1.9875 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  9.2512  HRK  7.3645  HKD  9.5043  THB  47.664 
 GBP  0.6859  SIT  239.47  RON  3.621  IDR  11469.74  ZAR