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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9172

12 April 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/development council
Member States reach agreement on concept for common European aid programme on voluntary basis - € 300 million for peace facility in Africa - exploratory debate on migration and development

Brussels, 11/04/2006 (Agence Europe) - A unanimous green light has been given by EU Development Ministers on the Commission's proposals for improving the efficiency of European aid (communication, “Strengthening the European impact: a Common Framework for Elaborating Strategy Documents per Country and Common Multi-annual Programming”: EUROPE 9143) and their agreement for taking € 300 million out of the European Development Fund (EDF) for re-financing the Peace Facility in Africa over...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Jean-Claude Juncker proposes new EU and Council of Europe partnership - enthusiastic welcome from parliamentary assembly
(EU) EU/LEBANON: First session of association council
(EU) EU/ISLAM: Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner at European imams' conference in Europe
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Quartet meeting likely at end of April - beginning of May
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Positive assessment of Croatia's progress in preparation for EU accession
(EU) EU/MOLDOVA: Joining the European Union remains Moldova's priority objective
(EU) EU/AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY/ICT: Ursula Plassnik and Philippe Kirsch sign cooperation and assistance treaty
(EU) EU/EUROMED/ANNA LINDH FOUNDATION: Campaign for dialogue between young people
(EU) EU/JHA/TERRORISM/CIA: New report from Amnesty International claims CIA used private planes for secret flights
(EU) EU/JHA/TERRORISM:
(EU) EP/NIGERIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: Member States reach agreement on concept for common European aid programme on voluntary basis - € 300 million for peace facility in Africa - exploratory debate on migration and development
(EU) EU/EPIZOOTICS: Revised measures for classical swine fever in North-Rhine Westphalia
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Commission to recruit more women for top jobs
(EU) EU/BUDGET:
(EU) EU/NEW ZEALAND:
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Essen, Pécs and Istanbul, as expected, European Capitals of Culture 2010
(EU) EU/INNOVATION: Candidates from 11 countries compete for European inventor of the year prize
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Former Judges Melchior Wathelet and Edward David were part of Chamber ruling on IMS Health in 2004, a judgement deemed crucial in Microsoft versus Commission case
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission calls on Hungary to abolish restrictions on cable TV services
(EU) EU/WTO: Pascal Lamy says Doha Round will not be concluded at very last moment - It is in Union's strategic interest to be on “offensive”
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: ICFTU expresses concern for social impact that multilateral talks will have on services
(EU) EU/GMO: Following on closely from Experts Conference on co-existence of GMO and conventional crops, Commission to hold exploratory debate on Wednesday
(EU) EU/DEFENCE/INDUSTRY: Steering Board of European defence agency prepares entry into force of future EU code of conduct
(EU) OECD/TAKE-OVERS:
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND:
(EU) EP/CULTURE: MEPs approve new system for selecting European Capitals of Culture
(EU) EP/CITIZENSHIP: MEPS adopt Takkula report and call for Europe for citizens, not the opposite
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN SCHOOLS/HANDICAPS:
(EU) EP/OMBUDSMAN/TRANSPARENCY:
(EU) EP/JHA/VISAS: EP decides to facilitate transit of third country nationals requiring a visa
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/EUROCOP:
(EU) EU/EUROCOP/SLOVAKIA:
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Parliament wants fight against diabetes to be taken more seriously
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: It is not yet necessary to extend universal service to mobile communications and to high-speed internet services, Commission says
(EU) EP/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/EMPLOYERS/BOOST TO EUROPE: UNICE calls for boost to Europe
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB loan for post-Tsunami reconstruction in Sri Lanka
(EU) EU/EIB: € 50 million loan to Maldives
(EU) EU/EIB: € 50 million loan to Bulgaria
(EU) EU/EIB: loan to education sector in Scotland
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR ENERGY/ULB:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 11/04/2006: