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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9210

14 June 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 13/06/2006

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Constitutional treaty: battle of ideas at European Parliament
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Josep Borrell wants to know whether European Council intends amending current agreement on site of European Parliament
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/TRANSPARENCY: Ombudsman calls on 25 to finally increase transparency of work at Council
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Javier Solana expects Iranian response to offer made by “Six” by end of this week
(EU) EU/TURKEY: With first chapter provisionally closed, Olli Rehn puts pressure on Ankara regarding customs union compliance
(EU) EU/PALESTINE/EUROPEAN COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/JHA: EU calls for closure of Guantanamo
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Council condemns lack of cooperation of Balkans with ICTY, insists that Albania continues reforms and calls on countries of region to take ownership of regional cooperation process
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/MONTENEGRO: EU recognises the Republic of Montenegro
(EU) UE/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/LIBERALS: Summit Thursday afternoon
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: Considerable progress in bilateral relations is call for satisfaction despite some “friction”, mainly regarding Middle East
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION: Political groups want to move forward
(EU) EP/GUANTANAMO: EP officially calls for closure of Guantanamo
(EU) EP/JHA/TERRORISM/CIA: Temporary committee on CIA activity accuses intelligence agency of extraordinary rendition in Europe - Right is divided
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMU: Balance in black for first year's application of revised stability pact leads to renewed credibility but preventive arm calls for more effort from Member States
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: In mid-term review of Transport White Paper, Commission expected to favour contribution of all modes of transport, including road
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/DOHA: Council reaffirms support for Commission strategy - Mr Mandelson considers he has room for manoeuvre
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/PLENARY SESSION:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/INNOVATION: Danuta Hübner affirms that EU's response to challenge of globalisation is innovation - conclusions of Brussels conference
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: 34 European countries agree on facilitating access of all Europeans to internet
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to acquisition of Athlon by De Lage Landen
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises joint venture between Sonae Indústria and Tarkett
(EU) EP/SPORT/PROSTITUTION: Franco Frattini and Anna Zaborska denounce FIFA's attitude towards combating forced prostitution during World Cup 2006
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Member States reach political agreement on European Fisheries Fund
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: New fisheries agreement with Sao Tomé e principe
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Call for evidence on transparency in bond markets and other non-equity markets
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN: Special report on sports betting
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/REGIONS:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Conference-debate on “EU social balance sheet for 2005” report
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Quarterly fall in production in construction sector
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Nordbrandenburger UmesterungsWerke does not qualify for regional investment bonus for SMEs
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Editor of Asterix still opposes Danish telephony firm Orange's Mobilix Community trade mark
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: President Skouris' Head of Cabinet appointed head of Court library
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 13/06/2006:
 USD  1.2571  HUF  270.73  SKK  38.1  RUB  34.065  KRW  1208.89 
 JPY  144.14  LTL  3.4528  CHF  1.5517  TRY  2.026  MYR  4.6322 
 CYP  0.575  LVL  0.6961  ISK  94.19  AUD  1.697  NZD  2.0254 
 CZK  28.333  MTL  0.4293  NOK  7.808  CAD  1.3905  PHP  67.029 
 DKK  7.4544  PLN  4.034  BGN  1.9558  CNY  10.0668  SGD  2.0066 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  9.2553  HRK  7.2582  HKD  9.759  THB  48.438 
 GBP  0.68335  SIT  239.64  RON  3.5379  IDR  11936.16  ZAR