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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9141

1 March 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/bird flu
IOE calls on Commission to help eastern European laboratories speed up detection procedures - pigeon is still a pest

Brussels, 28/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 28 February the spokesperson for Commissioner Kyprianou gave an update on the spread of avian flu in the EU. The presence of the H5N1 highly pathogenic virus has been identified in wild birds in eight countries: Greece, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Germany, France, Slovenia and Slovakia. Sweden may soon be added to this group after the discovery of the virus in two wild ducks (samples were analysed on Tuesday by the reference laboratory at Weybridge in...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Energy once more at the heart of European agenda
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Common resolve to improve transit toward Kaliningrad
(EU) EU/MONTENEGRO: Finalisation of modalities for organising referendum expected Wednesday
(EU) EU/BAVARIA: Council of Ministers meets in Brussels
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA:
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: Wolfgang Schüssel and Ursula Plassnik meet Tzipi Livni
(EU) EU/SERBIA-MONTENEGRO: Vuk Draskovic hopes his country will finally fully cooperate with international justice
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/LATIN AMERICA: Council affirms its support for enhanced strategic partnership with South America
(EU) EP/PES: Borrell and Schulz to be at meeting of Socialist and Social-Democrat leaders in Prague on 10 March
(EU) EP/SOUTH CAUCASUS: EU hopes to develop neighbourhood policy with South Caucasus, an area of great strategic importance, Elmar Brok says - Marie-Anne Isler Béguin urges for an end to twenty-year long conflict
(EU) EP/DEFENCE: Debate on EU military intervention creteria
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: GUE/NGL calls on Palestinians and Israelis to join together in fight for peace and end to violence
(EU) EP/POLITICAL GROUPS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/BUDGET: European Globalisation Fund provides additional help to those made redundant because of globalisation, but not to companies
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/ENERGY: Commission eager to respond - Giulio Tremoni meets Neelie Kroes and Charlie McCreevy
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/COMPETITION: Arcelor boss sees president Borrell
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: High level group on competitiveness, energy and environment agrees working methods and priorities
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission proposes increased protection of land freight transport
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: NGOs prepared to contribute to “competitiveness, energy and environment” group” but raise criticism of group imbalance
(EU) EU/BIRD FLU: IOE calls on Commission to help eastern European laboratories speed up detection procedures - pigeon is still a pest
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/TRADE: End of sanctions and counter-sanctions on public contract tenders in telecommunications
(EU) EU/ENERGY/BALTIC STATES: Baltic states back construction of nuclear power plant - joint statement on common energy policy
(EU) EU/JAPAN: Agreement on peaceful uses of nuclear energy
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission makes EUR 12 million available for vulnerable populations in Zimbabwe in 2006
(EU) EU/JHA/WOMEN: European Women's Lobby congratulates Sweden on its initiative to combat sexual exploitation of women during World Cup in Germany - resolution and conference to come at EP
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: New Member States progress on money laundering and confiscation of proceeds of crime - Greece lags behind
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Pharmaceutical firm Artegodan seeks damages for illegal removal of its anti-obesity medicine Tenuate retard
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Navigazione Libera del Golfo attacks Commission for refusing access to documents on exploitation of Naples-Capri line by its rival
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Belgian MP Gerolf Annemans takes action against Belgacom and Telenet before European court of law
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: IASB and FASB launch work programme for convergence of international and American accounting standards
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Conference on territorial dialogue with Günter Verheugen, Danuta Hubner and Michel Delebarre
(EU) EU/ICT: Etno pleased that Commision recognises greater competition on electronic communications market
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€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 28/02/2006: