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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9575

9 January 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 30
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/culture
Multicultural societies must give way to intercultural societies, says Jan Figel at launch of European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008

Brussels, 08/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, Culture Commissioner Jan Figel, Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik, Slovenian Culture Minister Vasko Simoniti and Marko Peljhan, ambassador for the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (organised jointly by the European Union, the Culture Ministry of the Republic of Slovenia and the University of Primorska) opened a two-day international conference on intercultural dialogue (see EUROPE 9573). The aims of the conference were...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Advantages and pitfalls to future extended Presidencies of European Council
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/SERBIA: Slovenian presidency would like to sign SAA on 28 January - moves to setting up “task force”
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Rupel and Rehn say Zagreb risks “major” problems in its accession negotiations
(EU) EU/SLOVENIAN PRESIDENCY: Commission and presidency determined to work hand in hand to make 2008 a “year of results”
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY:
(EU) EU/GEORGIA: Despite shortcomings, EU welcomes Georgian presidential elections
(EU) EU/FRANCE: Nicolas Sarkozy champions a protective Europe
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission sticks to its aim and signs on welfare of laying hens
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Operational programmes for fisheries assistance are adopted
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Doubts over Ignalina-2 nuclear power plant
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission adopts equivalence mechanism on third country accounting standards
(EU) EU/ACP: Senegal continues its revolt against EPA in hope that negotiations will be re-orientated
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Vladimir Spidla makes official visit to China and Japan
(EU) EU/EURO: Euro is responsible for 0.6% inflation, says Janez Jansa
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Retail sales fall in Europe
(EU) EU/EMU/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/JHA: Athens accuses Ankara of failing to prevent mass arrival of illegal immigrants
(EU) EU/JHA:
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(EU) EU/CULTURE: Multicultural societies must give way to intercultural societies, says Jan Figel at launch of European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008
(EU) EU/RELIGIOUS PRACTICE: Muslim Charter for Europe to be signed
(EU) EU/UN/CIVIL PROTECTION: EU makes contribution to UN relief effort in Kyrgyzstan
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Proposed new directive on reducing industrial emissions welcomed by environmental NGOs
(EU) EU/EIB: €60 million from CDC Enterprises and EIB to support SMEs in France
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
(EU) EU/EIB/UGANDA:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 08/01/2008: