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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9348

20 January 2007
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/general affairs
Balkans and Africa the focus of Monday's Council

Brussels, 19/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - Largely dominated by external policy issues, in particular the humanitarian crises in Africa and the situation in the Middle East, the General Affairs/External Relations Council on Monday 22 January will also cover parliamentary elections in Serbia held the day before. Foreign ministers are also expected to endorse the negotiating brief for an enlarged partnership agreement with Ukraine. On the fringe of the Council on Monday evening, a troika will be...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Balkans and Africa the focus of Monday's Council
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Olli Rehn “shocked” by the murder of Hrant Dink, “a defender of freedom of expression in Turkey”
(EU) EU/CHINA: Benita Ferrero-Waldner welcomes thawing in relations between Beijing and Tokyo
(EU) EU/DEATH PENALTY:
(EU) EU/COMMUNICATION: Commission would like information rights to be included in constitutional treaty
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Margot Wallstrom sceptical about idea of EU-wide referendum in 2009
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EP/ARMS: European Parliament calls for strict controls on arms exports
(EU) EU/ISRAEL/PALESTINE:
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG/COMMISSION:
(EU) EP/UNITED NATIONS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Long and winding road before big trading powers compromise over farm products
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission and IAEA reactivate Liaison Committee to establish nuclear safeguards
(EU) EU/JHA/TERRORISM: EU's blacklist to be reviewed in February in light of new demands from Court of Justice
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission still awaiting official response from Madrid on conditions imposed on E.ON
(EU) EU/BSE:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Ms Fischer Boel calls 2007 “year of delivery”
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Recommendations on anti-pneumococcal vaccination
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission inspections in calcium carbide sector carried out in several Member States
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears proposed acquisition of Sportfive by Lagardère
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Construction sector sees rise in output
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COHESION POLICY/PORTUGAL: Danuta Hubner backs Portugal's National Strategic Reference Framework for 2007-2013
(EU) EP/ROAD SAFETY: European Parliament urges Commission to speed up road safety reforms
(EU) EU/SOCIAL TROIKA: European social partners in Berlin exchange points of view on “quality of work”
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Repayment of export refunds can be demanded if product's final destination is not the place stated on export refund request form
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Important legislation published in the Official Journal
(EU) EU/GMO/DEVELOPMENT: ISAAA predicts 200 million hectares of biotech crops in world by 2015
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
TIMETABLE
(EU) Main European activities from 22 to 29 January 2007:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 19/01/2007: