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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9640

11 April 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/multilingualism
Commissioner Orban receives petition on use of German language in EU institutions

Brussels, 10/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 10 April, Commissioner for Multilingualism Leonard Orban received a German delegation in order to discuss the use of the German language in the EU institutions. Headed by Volker Hoff, German Minister for European Affairs in Hessen, Michael Gahler MEP (EPP-ED) and Oliver Paasch, the education minister of the German-speaking community of Belgium, the delegation gave the commissioner a petition signed by about 50 MEPs and representatives of 18...

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(EU) EP/BUDGET: Funding from globalisation fund for Portugal and Malta
(EU) EP/BUDGET:
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Better management of licences in third countries
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Parliament wants to know about impact of individual transferable quotas
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Economic model to defend market regulation
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission boosts humanitarian aid for victims of SIDR cyclone by €12 million
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: International urban design competition opens for facelift to European quarter of Brussels
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Commission presents Europe-wide credit system in vocational education and training, ECVET
(EU) EU/MEDIA: “Television without borders” directive provisions on advertising upsets media programme partner, Switzerland
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: MAVISE launch, new database on channels and television companies in European Union
(EU) EU/TECHNOLOGY: EIT seat expected to be made known on 30 May
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission supports move to lower termination rates in Italy
(EU) EU/MULTILINGUALISM: Commissioner Orban receives petition on use of German language in EU institutions
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/EIB/CENTRAL ASIA:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court upholds ruling against Deutsche Telekom for internet service prices
(EU) EU/COURT: Adidas sees its “three stripes” intellectual property get further court of justice backing
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official journal of EU
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 10/04/2008: