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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9248

23 August 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 22
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/sri lanka
Call for end to hostilities - meeting of Co-Chairs

Brussels, 22/08/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 12 August, the Co-chairs for Sri Lanka (USA, European Union, Japan and Norway) called for the government and the Tamil Tigers to immediately cease hostilities that are in breach of the cease-fire and return to the negotiating table. In a press release they welcomed the contribution of the “Norwegian facilitator” in the peace process and announced that they will be meeting up soon to assess the situation. They are particularly worried about the...

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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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