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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9608

23 February 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/croatia/epizootic

22/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 21 February, the European Commission announced that it was sending an emergency veterinary team to Croatia. The team of EU experts will help Croatian authorities to respond rapidly to and contain outbreaks of classical swine fever, recently discovered in the municipality of Crecan in the north of the country, near Slovenia. The decision allowing Community emergency veterinary teams to be set up rapidly, to help the Commission support member states and...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Reservations about Mediterranean Union increase
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ESDP: Defence ministers decide to keep European troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina
(EU) EU/ESDP: Javier Solana and Henri Bentégeat launch debate on reinforcement of availability of military capability
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Turkish offensive “not best response”, says Javier Solana
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: EU appalled at violence in Belgrade
(EU) EU/LEBANON: At Association Council, EU reaffirms its full solidarity with Lebanon - Warning sent out to Syria
(EU) EP/TIMOR-LESTE: Parliament condemns assassination attempts on President and Prime Minister of Timor-Leste
(EU) EP/BELARUS: Parliament deplores lack of progress in deomcracy and human rights
(EU) EP/DRC: Parliament horrified by crimes perpetrated in North-Kivu
(EU) EP/CENTRAL ASIA: Parliament calls on EU to put human rights at centre of relations with countries of region
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS: Seventh session of UN Human Rights Council promises
to be “crucial”
(EU) AU/ARMENIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Contribution to European summit and joint technological initiative on menu of ministers' meeting
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Ministers of economy approve internal market strategy revision presented by Commission
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission put ball in Council's Court before continuing to explore ambitious measures to combat VAT fraud
(EU) EU/AFRICA/EPA: AU writes to José Manuel Barroso to ask for immediate resumption of negotiations on EPA at highest level
(EU) EU/TRADE: Peter Mandelson in China to discuss future economic and commercial dialogue mechanism
(EU) EU/DRUGS:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission sceptical of Microsoft announcement of measures to promote interoperability
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/CROATIA/EPIZOOTIC:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Parliament calls for “demographic renewal” and “clear and reasoned” approach to immigration
(EU) EP/HOUSING: Parliament gives green light to regular collection of comparable information on population and housing - First census in 2011
(EU) EP/IMMUNITY:
(EU) EP/IMMUNITY:
(EU) EP/AUDIOVISUAL: Adoption of report on Swiss joining Media
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Eurydice report observes significant diversity of reforms linked to school autonomy in Europe
(EU) EU/JHA: CEPOL to improve training activities in 2009
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/JHA:
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