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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9601

14 February 2008
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/arab league
EU and Arab League foreign ministers meet in Malta to discuss situation in Middle East

Brussels, 13/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - The foreign affairs ministers of the EU and of the Arab League met in Malta on 11-12 February 2008. The meeting was co-chaired by Slovenia (as represented by Slovenian Foreign Affairs Minister Dimitrij Rupel), Saudi Arabia and Malta. The 27 foreign affairs ministers of the EU and their 22 counterparts from the Arab League states were present. The debates focused on “the reinforcement of political debate between the EU and the Arab League in the face...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The EU does not have a foreign energy policy - Solana and Maystadt call for change - Forgotten areas
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ARAB LEAGUE: EU and Arab League foreign ministers meet in Malta to discuss situation in Middle East
(EU) EU/SLOVAKIA:
(EU) EP/LISBON TREATY:
(EU) EU/ESDP:
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Moscow will not sanction Member States which recognise independence of Kosovo, says Sergueï Lavrov
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: adoption of political priorities for 2009
(EU) EP/KOSOVO:
(EU) EP/PAKISTAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA: Frattini presents innovative proposals in a field of border Security - MEPs fear return of “Big Brother”
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission examines nine new Stability and Convergence Programmes
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Neelie Kroes welcomes EESC opinion on European competition policy in 2006
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Political agreement on the cards between Council and European Parliament on free circulation of goods
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Final adoption of VAT package
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Final adoption of recast rules on indirect taxation affecting capital companies
(EU) EU/INSURANCE:
(EU) EU/DOHA: Status report on services disappointing
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Kiev and Moscow resolve gas dispute
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Lithuania and Poland agree on consortium to build “PowerBridge”
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: New coordinator for rail corridor in South East Europe
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial production down again in December
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission hopes to be able to negotiate legally binding instrument on mercury within UNEP
(EU) EU/GMO: EU to control Chinese rice imports
(EU) EU/GMO:
(EU) EU/GMOS: Council to decide on genetically-modified cotton and soya beans
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Oscypek cheese granted protection of designation of origin
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Council discusses changes to monitoring rules
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Council adopts new EU-Ivory Coast Fisheries Agreement
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION-YOUTH COUNCIL: Thursday will see adoption of key messages to spring European Council
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Mobile Challengers Group concerned by increasing concentration of sector
(EU) EU/BLACK SEA: Committee of the Regions stresses crucial role of regional and local policy in ensuring internal stability
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai metropolis is first European Territorial Cooperation Group
(EU) EU/COHESION: Eurostat figures show wide GDP per inhabitant gaps between EU regions
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
(EU) EU/STATISTICS:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 13/02/2008: