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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9347

19 January 2007
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 24
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/bulgaria/libya/aids
Council and Commission working for release of Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor under sentence of death - MEPs consider future of relations with Tripoli

Strasbourg, 18/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Wednesday afternoon, MEPs spoke out against the “nightmare” - the term used by Dutch Green MEP Kathalijne Buijtenweg - which the five Bulgarian nurses and the Palestinian doctor have been living since 1999. They are accused of having deliberately injected around 400 children with the AIDS virus in a hospital in Benghazi. The death sentence was confirmed in December by the Libyan Supreme Court (see EUROPE 9341). During the debate,...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Energy: unity, vigilance and firmness are essential for EU's dealings with Russia
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM: Mandelson calls on London to adopt more constructive approach on Europe
(EU) EU/FIJI: EU looks at its cooperation with Fiji
(EU) EP/BULGARIA/LIBYA/AIDS: Council and Commission working for release of Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor under sentence of death - MEPs consider future of relations with Tripoli
(EU) EP/IRAQ: Messrs Brie and Casaca proposed that Iraqi Kurdistan be used as platform for launching projects for whole of Iraq
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Quartet meeting in Washington probably at start of February - Condoleezza Rice meeting with German Presidency of EU
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE/KURDS:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission to propose inclusion of fruit and vegetable sector in single farm payment scheme
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: International agreement on 2007 catches of north-east Atlantic herring
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Given strong French reticence over unbundling, Andris Piebalgs defends European stance
(EU) EU/CHINA: Benita Ferrero-Waldner hopes to win Beijing over to European cause on climate, but gently
(EU) EU/EMU: Joaquin Almunia expects growth in 2007 to be similar to that in 2006
(EU) EP/RAIL TRANSPORT: In third reading MEPs amend third railway package - rejection of opening up of national railways
(EU) EP/JHA/ROME II: MEPs reintroduce regulation on law applicable to non-contractual obligations in case of road accidents and defamation - MEPs satisfied
(EU) EP/JHA: Several MEPs call for respect of human rights under asylum and immigration policies
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission advocates system for sounding alarm when children are kidnapped
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Consultation on auditor liability
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Industry and consumers disagree regarding early reimbursement of mortgage loans
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate General concludes that remuneration does not count as “working conditions” in sense of framework agreement on fixed term work
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
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