login
login
Image header Agence Europe
Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9471
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 30
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ukraine

Mandelson says there is no serious obstacle to WTO accession and confirms his wish to see FTA negotiations

Brussels, 18/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, at the end of meeting with the Ukrainian minister for foreign affairs, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Peter Mandelson declared that many questions remained pending but none of them were too serious (within the bilateral negotiations framework between the Commission and Kiev authorities) to obstruct Ukraine from joining the WTO. The commissioner for trade welcomed Kiev's proposals for joining the multilateral organisation responsible for governing world...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Biofuels: Need for balanced debate that takes everything into account
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LIBYA: EU hopes for repatriation of Bulgarian medical staff
(EU) EP/PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY: External priorities oriented towards south
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission kicks off debate on how to best tackle challenge of water shortages and droughts in Europe
(EU) EU/MULTIMEDIA: Commission wants to speed up opening of market for mobile TV services
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Main points of Falconer/Stephenson draft compromise on modalities
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Mandelson says there is no serious obstacle to WTO accession and confirms his wish to see FTA negotiations
(EU) EU/ENERGY: High level group on nuclear safety and waste management will be operational after summer
(EU) EU/ENERGY: EP energy committee approves appointment of four coordinators for several priority energy projects
(EU) EU/GERMANY/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission takes action to bridge gender pay gap
(EU) EU/JHA/VISAS/UNITED STATES: EU considers setting up its own electronic visa system in response to Washington's plans
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Appointments to several important posts
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises acquisition of Télé 2 France by SFR subject to conditions
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission gives go-ahead to Italian move to clarify toll motorway authorisation procedures
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Climate change, preventing water shortages and maintaining biodiversity are Portuguese presidency's three priorities
(EU) EP/EDUCATION/CULTURE: Priorities of Portuguese presidency
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Savings generated by simplification of milk CMO must return to producers, according to Elisabeth Jeggle's report
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/CULTURE: Favourable reception for Descamps report on a European digital library
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court considers several Member States for failing to transpose directives on wild bird habitats
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE:
(EU) EU/FRANCE/STATE AID: Commission approves €1.8 billion in state aid for French overseas departments (DOM)
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission requires Greece to recover illegal tax exemptions
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission closes proceedings against past roaming tariffs in UK and Germany
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Production in construction sector on increase
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 18/07/2007: