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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9164

31 March 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 32 / 32
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 30/03/2006

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Can market rules be applied without alteration to energy?
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Bosnian Prime Minister Terzic admits he is not pleased with Serbian cooperation with ICTY - Commissioner Rehn says content of 5 April talks with Serbia will depend on how cooperation has developed
(EU) EU/BULGARIA:
(EU) EU/LIBERIA:
(EU) EU/EPP CONGRESS: Wilfried Martens confirmed aS head of EPP- Pope wants EU to draw from its Christian heritage in search for European social model
(EU) EU/IRAN: UN security council gives Tehran a month to comply with IAEA demands
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/BELGIUM: Verhofstadt in favour of “core” of States based on eurozone - And United Kingdom? asks Schäuble
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP: 1st Summit for European citizenship initiative urges for direct democracy in Europe - Campaign for initiative at EU level despite frozen Constitution
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/CIA: Venice Commission gives detailed opinion on CIA activity in Europe
(EU) EP/SPAIN/BASQUE COUNTRY:
(EU) EP/MOLDOVA:
(EU) EP/EUROMED/PALESTINE:
(EU) EP/EUROMED/CORRIGENDUM:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission should adopt communication on 4 April assessing implementation of “posting of workers” directive
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Final report on simulation exercise for influenza pandemic identified many shortcomings at EU and Member State level - preparatory work follows its course with setting up of more efficient crisis management system
(EU) EU/MICROSOFT: Microsoft voices its arguments - British MEPs criticise fact that meeting takes place behind closed doors
(EU) EU/YOUTH COUNCIL: At Bad Ischl, European Ministers and youth organisations discuss fundamental issues for future of young Europeans: more and better-paid jobs, recognition of out-of-school qualifications and youth participation
(EU) ACP/EU: ACP wants to see development at heart of future economic partnership agreements with EU - disappointment at lack of progress in multilateral trade negotiations
(EU) EU/FRAUD/HEALTH: Expert debate on illegal trade in agricultural products
(EU) EU/JHA/BIOTERRORISM: Launch of European taskforce on bioterrorism - Commission seeking tenfold increase in budget on bio-security over next three years - Commission Green Book
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT:
(EU) EP/APRIL SESSION: New “services” directive - Spring Summit results with Chancellor Schüssel, Broad Economic Policy Guidelines, orientations for employment policy, restrictions on free movement of workers, Trans-European Energy Networks - Doha round, better legislation - elections in Israel, Belarus and Ukraine - speech by Maltese president
(EU) EP/ACP: Parliament slams €2 billion cut decided by December's European Council for 10th EDF - Assent for review of Cotonou Agreement is subject to clarification
(EU) EP/EMPLOYMENT: Kosane Kovacs report stresses need to increase worker mobility
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY/FRANCE: Danuta Hübner worried by how far France is behind in research and innovation
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY/TOWNS: Danuta Hübner at conference on integrated urban development
(EU) EU/HEALTH: ECDC worried about rise in tuberculosis in Eastern Europe - forthcoming Finnish Presidency taking steps
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Stockholm Network stresses need for more effective measures on cholesterol
(EU) EU/COLLOQUIA: Conferences and Seminars in April 2006
(EU) EU/SPAIN:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 30/03/2006:
 USD  1.2096  HUF  265.4  SKK  37.67  RUB  33.559  KRW  1180.69 
 JPY  141.9  LTL  3.4528  CHF  1.5746  TRY  1.6285  MYR  4.4643 
 CYP  0.576  LVL  0.696  ISK  86.14  AUD  1.6962  NZD  1.984 
 CZK  28.615  MTL  0.4293  NOK  7.977  CAD  1.4108  PHP  61.992 
 DKK  7.4618  PLN  3.9262  BGN  1.9558  CNY  9.7095  SGD  1.9589 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  9.4163  HRK  7.3308  HKD  9.387  THB  46.991 
 GBP  0.6946  SIT  239.61  RON  3.5201  IDR  11049.7  ZAR