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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9477

27 July 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib
EIB shareholder of first privately-managed seed fund in Tunisia, Phenicia Seed Fund

Luxembourg, 26/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) officially signed, on 13 July, the first privately-managed seed fund in Tunisia. Called the Phenicia Seed Fund, the fund will go to innovative Tunisian companies that are starting up or that are less then five years old. It will support projects put forward by private persons or businesses, academic departments, enterprise zones or technology centres.

Initiated and promoted by the European Investment Bank in the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: New European Treaty: Real problems of IGC and referendums
THE DAY IN POLITICS
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(EU) EU/IGC/TREATY: After two days of trouble-free work on draft treaty, legal experts suspend work until 29 August
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GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Initial opinion in EU divided over use of specific mechanisms, such as “golden shares”, to protect strategic European sectors from emerging countries' sovereign funds
(EU) EU/ENERGY: On initiative of Lithuania and Poland, Vilnius will host energy summit and 2nd NESCO meeting on 10-11 October
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA: EEA now has 30 members - Contribution to regional development in Bulgaria and Romania
(EU) EU/CHINA: Mutual protection of agricultural geographical indications
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Formal procedures against Electrabel and EDF
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Further set of rural development programmes
(EU) EU/AFRICA/AGRICULTURE: Proposal for cooperation for African agricultural development and African priorities
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves proposed joint venture between SES Astra and Eutelsat
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/JHA/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court suggests creation of new urgent preliminary ruling procedure
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Europeans want improved mobility and better environmental protection
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: GPS and Galileo systems will be interoperable
(EU) EU/INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY: Rights to European companies' designs and models soon to be protected in entire world
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: European Banking Federation pleased with growth despite expected slowdown
(EU) EU/SOCIAL SECURITY: Publication of average annual costs for retired person or family
(EU) EU/JHA: edps says directive on data protection must be applied correctly
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB shareholder of first privately-managed seed fund in Tunisia, Phenicia Seed Fund
(EU) EU/EIB: FEMIP creates risk capital fund to invest in innovative SMEs in Lebanon
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: EU current account deficit in first quarter of 2007
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
(EU) EU/LIBYA:
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