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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9533
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid

Commission approves state aid for two regional airports

Brussels, 29/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 23 October, the European Commission gave the go-ahead to public financial aid for the development of infrastructure at two small regional airports (carrying less than a million passengers a year), one in the UK and one in Poland.

Public funding for Newquay Cornwall Airport in South-West England has been under study ever since the UK Ministry of Defence announced in November 2005 that the military flying operations at the airport would cease...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
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(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Gestures of appeasement on several subjects of friction
(EU) EP/ALGERIA: Pöttering, speaking in Algiers, supports fight against terrorism - support for reforms and democracy - reservations about Mediterranean union
GENERAL NEWS
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(EU) EU/TRADE: EU steelmakers ask EU to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese steel
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industry order books rise in eurozone and EU27
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: “Unless European Commission puts some fuel in its tank, Europe will not be able to move forward”, warns Michel Delebarre
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: European Commission hails launch of ICAP International Carbon Action Partnership as historic step towards global carbon market
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: EP's climate change committee outlines wish-list for successful EU contribution to UN climate conference in Bali
(EU) EU/SPORT: White Paper on sport and combating doping at heart of Lisbon Informal meeting
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/LUXEMBOURG:
(EU) EU/REGIONS/INNOVATION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves Owens Corning's planned acquisition of Saint-Gobain's Vetrotex business, subject to conditions
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears Basell's acquisition of Lyondell
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves state aid for two regional airports
(EU) EU/STATE AID/GREECE:
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: France Telecom offers to open its ducts to competitors to speed up optical fibre deployment
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: ETNO and UNI Global Union call for review of e-communications rules to encourage investment and jobs
(EU) EU/ITC:
(EU) EU/YOUTH:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court confirms validity of gradual introduction of agricultural aid to new member states
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court of first instance cancels out fines imposed by Commission for infringing ECSC treaty
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE:
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: Francoise Le Bail says regions and territories can encourage entrepreneurship - Launch of Enterprise Europe Network on 1 January 2008
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Cities and regions say Commission's work programme ignores services of general interest
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) China:
(EU) INDIA:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 752
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