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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9609

26 February 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 33
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy
Washington gets behind Nabucco gas pipeline project

Brussels, 25/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 20 February, the United States confirmed its support for the Nabucco gas pipeline project, due to be completed in 2012, which will connect Europe with the Caspian Sea area in order to provide the EU with gas from the Middle East and Central Asia via Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria, avoiding Russia (EUROPE 9551). “Nabucco will be built” because its “commercial logic” is far greater than the other gas pipeline projects...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU/Kosovo: Official line doesn't reveal whole truth
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Presidential elections will not alter transatlantic relations or US climate change policy, which is “more ambitious” than EU's, says Boyden Gray
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Election of Mr Christofias offers opportunity to relaunch reunification process of island, says Mr Barroso
(EU) EU/SLOVENIA: Mr Barroso and Mr Solana pay tribute to Janez Drnovšek
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA:
(EU) EU/CENTRAL AMERICA:
(EU) EU/COLOMBIA:
(EU) EP/UNITED KINGDOM:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Ministers hope to make free movement of knowledge “fifth European freedom”
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Conclusions on re-examination of single market
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Council calls for balance between needs of combating climate change and those of industry competitiveness in climate-energy package
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: European code of conduct for sovereign wealth funds
(EU) EU/TRADE: 4th negotiation session for agreement on EU/Iraq trade and cooperation
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS: US and European customs seize 360,000 counterfeit integrated circuits
(EU) EU/EURO: EMU commemorative coin chosen
(EU) EU/JHA: EU still awaiting responses from Poland and Romania on secret CIA flights
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Washington gets behind Nabucco gas pipeline project
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Aluminium producer Alcan suspected of abuse of dominant position
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises purchase of Arysta by Permira
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Nicolas Sarkozy hastens to define new objectives of Common Agricultural Policy before EU budget review
(EU) EP/BUDGET: Audit reveals aberrations in payments to MEPs' assistants
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL: Preparation of Tripartite Social Summit and Spring European Council - protection of persons with disabilities and review of single market on agenda
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Very clear improvement of EU employment situation in 2006-2007 - youth unemployment a subject of major concern, states Commission's 2008 joint report
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: John Monks criticises inertia of social Europe and appeals for European works committees that are more efficient and will make boardrooms more honest
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Commission prepares transplant action plan and directive of quality and safety of transplants
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Hydrogen could greatly reduce consumption of petrol in road transport
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission launches research programmes in fields of embedded information technology and nano-electrics
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Ministerial conference on information society
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Education:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 767
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