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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9552

28 November 2007
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 34
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/social affairs/regional affairs
EU provides €20.3 billion for 13 regional Operational Programmes in Greece

Brussels, 27/11/2007 (Agence Europe) - EU Regional Policy Commissioner Danuta Hübner, EU Social Affairs Commissioner Vladimir Spidla and Greek Economy and Finance Minister Georges Alogoskoufis signed 13 operational programmes (OPs) at a ceremony in Brussels on Monday 26 November for the Greek regions. Total EU funding for all regions in Greece amounts to €20.3 billion. The Solidarity Fund will provide €9.3 million to offset the cost of flood damage in eastern Macedonia and north-eastern...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU/ACP: Clarifications and a few principles, but no solutions yet
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: On eve of Annapolis conference, Quartet welcomes politicians' desire to relaunch peace negotiations
(EU) EU/TREATY: Study of likely problems in applying Lisbon Treaty's institutional innovations
(EU) EU/KOSOVO:
(EU) EP/POLITICAL GROUPS:
(EU) EU/AFRICA: EU/Africa Summit is unique opportunity to establish genuinely strategic partnership, says Louis Michel
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Jean-Pierre Jouyet defends Mediterranean Union project before EMPA representatives
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Commission to propose new legal framework on Wednesday 5 December for cross-border Healthcare
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Markos Kyprianou launches appeal against stigmatisation of people living with HIV
(EU) EU/ACP: Commission concludes temporary agreements ahead of full EPAs in 2008 with certain countries of southern and eastern Africa
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs take stock of transposition of Services Directive
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Unanimous agreement over transposing bluefin tuna recovery plan into EU law
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: EU and Norway reach agreement on shared fishing quotas in North Sea
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Galileo, maritime package and railways
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Five points on menu for Telecoms Council
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: EU well on way to achieving its Kyoto objective if Member States implement all measures being examined - Stavros Dimas encourages them to do so
(EU) EU/ENERGY: First round of Nuclear Forum in Bratislava - Commission stresses leading role which nuclear power could play
(EU) EU/ENERGY: 56 MEPs sign declaration affirming role of nuclear power in a low-carbon economy
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Greens refute global revival of nuclear power
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Report on employment in Europe in 2007 notes improvement in European labour markets
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Restructuring Forum aims to create best practice exchange and discussion platform on how SMEs can adapt to change
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS/REGIONAL AFFAIRS: EU provides €20.3 billion for 13 regional Operational Programmes in Greece
(EU) EU/DRUGS: Major increase in consumption of cocaine in EU
(EU) EU/JHA: EU approves agreements on visas and readmission with Moldova
(EU) EU/POLAND: Accession to eurozone as soon as possible, but not before 2011
(EU) EU/DENMARK: Majority of Danes in favour of euro and European defence, but not cooperation in field of JHA
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: €23.6 million from EDF and EIB to improve access to drinking water in Senegal
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB opens regional office for the Pacific
(EU) EU/EESC/COMMUNICATION: Civil society calls for network of ambassadors in member states to improve communication on Europe
(EU) EU/CHINA: European leaders at Beijing Summit will not fail to express their frustration on trade and monetary issues
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Major acts published in EU Official Journal
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