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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9575

9 January 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 30
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 08/01/2008

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:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(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:
 USD  1.4705  HUF  254.45  CHF  1.6428  BRL  2.5796  MYR  4.8100 
 JPY  161.23  LTL  3.4528  ISK  91.38  CAD  1.4724  NZD  1.9084 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.6977  NOK  7.8895  CNY  10.6822  PHP  59.945 
 CZK  26.125  PLN  3.5944  HRK  7.3476  HKD  11.4727  SGD  2.1047 
 DKK  7.4485  RON  3.5914  RUB  35.9800  IDR  13896.96  THB  43.772 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  9.3806  TRY  1.7055  KRW  1381.24  ZAR  10.1090 
 GBP  0.74450  SKK  33.413  AUD  1.6712  MXN