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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9573

5 January 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 26
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy

04/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 4 January 2008, Eurostat published a flash estimate that eurozone inflation reached 3.1% in December 2007, unchanged on November 2007. Inflation in the eurozone is calculated using the Monetary Union Index of Consumer Prices (MUICP).

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Ratification of the new Treaty: partly contradictory signals
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/SERBIA: Belgrade adopts sterner tone over ESDP mission to Kosovo, but remains optimistic about gaining candidate country status in 2008
(EU) EU/UZBEKISTAN:
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN:
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA:
(EU) EU/POLAND/CZECH REPUBLIC:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EURO: Smooth changeover to euro in Malta and Cyprus
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission announces €30 million funding for joint research in metrology and the Baltic ecosystem
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Canberra to take more proactive line in trade talks
(EU) EU/TRADE: Three countries slash wheat exports
(EU) EU/BRAZIL:
(EU) EU/RUSSIA:
(EU) EU/ACP: Greens/EFA express indignation at higher import tariffs for ACP countries not having signed Economic Partnership Agreements
(EU) EU/BURUNDI: Commission expresses concern about safety of humanitarian workers
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission earmarks nearly €370 million in aid to humanitarian hotspots around the globe for 2008, amounting to half of ECHO budget
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Next six months dominated by Council debate on Common Agricultural Policy health check
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Combating illegal fishing and review of cod recovery plan on Council agenda over next six months
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan to improve sanitation and environmental conditions in Panama
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan for construction of new aromatics complex in Poland
(EU) EU/EIB: Finansbank secures EIB loan to foster SME development
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: EDPS says privacy issues need to be addressed with more ambition regarding Radio Frequency Identification
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Liverpool and Stavanger to be European Culture Capitals 2008
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Launch of European Year of Intercultural Dialogue
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Important legislation published in EU Official Journal
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