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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9248

23 August 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 22
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 22/08/2006

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LEBANON: Meeting of Cops on Wednesday and EMPA bureau on Thursday - Italy prepared to head peace keeping force, requests for special foreign affairs meeting - Louis Michel refers to humanitarian crisis, Stavros Dimas in Athens, oil slick
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) EU/DRC: EUFOR participates in MONUC intervention in Kinshasa
(EU) EU/SUDAN/DARFUR: EU's representative Haavisto in region
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA: Call for end to hostilities - meeting of Co-Chairs
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Following thwarted terrorist attacks in London, Commissioner Frattini announces proposals on detection of explosives
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/integration: according to Jan Delhey report on trust between different nationalities, enlargement does not necessarily weaken trust but readiness to do so varies according to nationality in question
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/USA: Commission announces measures to protect Europeans against non-authorised genetically modified rice from US
(EU) EI/ITER: Proposals for joint company based in Barcelona
(EU) EU/TELEVISION: Commission pleased that Europe's television broadcasters on average devote over 60% of their programming time to European works
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATION: Commission gives green light for access of new market entrants to Deutsche Telekom's broadband networks
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: “Statement of Objections” regarding merger project between Suez and Gaz de France
(EU) EU/ANIMAL HEALTH: Measures backed after Bluetongue discovered in farms in Netherlands, Germany and Belgium
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: 0.9% increase in GDP in second half of 2006
(EU) EU/ENVIRONEMENT: legal action against illegal bird hunting
(EU) EU/ENVIRONEMENT: Procedures against Ireland (wild salmon)
(EU) EU/BIODIVERSITY/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/MOBILITY/EMPLOYMENT: First European jobs fair on 29-30 September
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: According to CEEP more analysis is needed before liberalisation of entire European postal sector
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/POST:
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€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 22/08/2006:
 USD  1.2812  HUF  277.53  SKK  37.655  RUB  34.2730  KRW  1225.28 
 JPY  149.17  LTL  3.4528  CHF  1.5777  TRY  1.8649  MYR  4.7097 
 CYP  0.5759  LVL  0.6960  ISK  89.85  AUD  1.6804  NZD  2.0089 
 CZK  28.168  MTL  0.4293  NOK  8.0275  CAD  1.4317  PHP  65.738 
 DKK  7.4610  PLN  3.9005  BGN  1.9558  CNY  10.2066  SGD  2.0177 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  9.1973  HRK  7.2880  HKD  9.9632  THB  48.192 
 GBP  0.67840  SIT  239.59  RON  3.5290  IDR  11621.12  ZAR