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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9628

26 March 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 3 / 29
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/middle east
Commission grants €300 million to Palestine

Brussels, 25/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - Three months after the donors' meeting for Palestine in Paris, the European Commission has just made available €229 million to the Palestinian-European socio-economic management PEGASE mechanism and €71 million to support United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees. Support includes the EC's regular contribution to the general budget (€66 million), as well as support to UNRWA's Special Hardship Cases scheme for the most...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU, Serbia and Kosovo: two key points that will ease the situation
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/MIDDLE eAST: APPEAL FOR MORE CREDIBLE PEACE NEGOCIATIONS
(EU) EU/Middle East: Commission grants €300 million to Palestine
(EU) EP/PLENARY SESSION:
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: EU welcomes new hope of reconciliation in Cyprus
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN: EU welcomes appointment of new prime minister
(EU) EU/TAIWAN: EU welcomes elections in Taiwan
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: date of ministerial meeting remains uncertain
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: European and US industry concerned by flexibility granted to emerging nations in revised compromise on Nama
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: BUSINESSEUROPE highlights importance of markets open to investment
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: ALTER-EU calls for unrepresentative advisory groups to be dissolved
(EU) EP/2006 BUDGET: Parliament expected to give Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of 2006 budget
(EU) EU/ACP/FOOD SECURITY: Joint Assembly calls on ACP States to make agriculture a priority sector and calls for moratorium on biofuel crops
(EU) EU/ACP: Joint Assembly calls on ACP to take inspiration from achievements of European regional integration and on EU to respect ACP regional integration process
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Given pressure from Washington, question of chlorine washes for poultry meat could divide European Commission
(EU) EP/EPIZOOTICS: Franco-German dispute over bluetongue vaccination intensifies
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: EEB and Portuguese NGOs criticise project to build 12 hydro-electric plants in Portugal
(EU) EU/hEALTH: Batches of anti-Parkinson drug withdrawn
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: European institute of Fiesole highlights complex social and political challenges following company restructuring in EU27
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Conference on social impact of globalisation - participation from Hans-Gert Pöttering, José Manuel Barroso, Vladimir Spidla and Marjeta Cotman
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Slovenian Presidency conference on future of cohesion policy
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/MARITIME: 20 May, European Day of the Sea
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Danuta Hübner attends event launching South East Europe Transnational Programme
SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 771
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