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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9644

17 April 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 40 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 16/04/2008

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Shedding some truth on risks of world food crisis
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Iraqi Prime Minister stresses progress made towards democracy - EU and Iraq move closer to agreement on energy
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Moscow ups ante on Lithuania and Poland for opening negotiations on new partnership agreement
(EU) EU/SERBIA: Pro-Europeans around President Boris Tadic urge EU to sign SAA by 11 May elections
(EU) EU/UKRAINE:
(EU) EU/RUSSIA:
(EU) EP/IRELAND: Pöttering condemns attack on Proinsias De Rossa
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Frattini takes further leave
(EU) EP/ITALY: EPP-ED welcomes Berlusconi victory
(EU) EU/NEPAL:
(EU) EU/BOLIVIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA: Agreement likely on making Europol a Community Agency
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Informal meeting of EU Health Ministers in Brdo on 17-18 April
(EU) EU/HEALTH: EURODIS calls on Commission to distinguish between patient and consumer
(EU) EU/CIVIL PROTECTION: Forest fire exercise on Sardinia
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Ferrero-Waldner argues for genuine European Diplomatic Service
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Andris Piebalgs underlines importance of nuclear energy in transition towards low carbon economy
(EU) EU/TRADE: Hanoi pleads in favour of keeping in place Vietnam's preferential access for its exports of sports equipment
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Launch of Ljubljana Process
(EU) EU/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS:
(EU) EU/BANKING: Commission says it was “informed” about project to set up new banking card network
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Commission calls for €225 million increase in current budget, particularly for fight against bluetongue
(EU) EU/BUDGET:
(EU) EU/BUDGET:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Examination of proposed directive on intra-Community defence procurement finally to start
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Stavros Dimas takes part in Paris meeting of countries which contribute most to global warming
(EU) EU/ALCOHOLISM: Androulla Vassiliou welcomes commitment of 46 companies to fight alcohol abuse
(EU) EU/CHEMICAL PRODUCTS:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission consults on systematic creation of supervisory bodies for crossborder banks
(EU) EP/CULTURE: Graça-Moura report on European culture in a globalising world is adopted
(EU) EU/ROAD SAFETY: ETSC renews call for reduction in rate of blood alcohol content for young
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Unjustified renewal of fixed-term contracts is illegal
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: EC treaty articles cannot be applied to factors that occurred before articles' entry into force
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission launches two investigations into transport sector
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission endorses €180 million aid to Italian factory manufacturing liquid crystal TV screens
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro area annual inflation up to 3.6%
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 16/04/2008:
 USD  1.5928  HUF  254.26  CHF  1.5896  BRL  2.6641  MYR  5.0229 
 JPY  161.41  LTL  3.4528  ISK  117.81  CAD  1.6073  NZD  2.0223 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.6972  NOK  7.8985  CNY  11.1365  PHP  66.778 
 CZK  24.848  PLN  3.4213  HRK  7.2570  HKD  12.4135  SGD  2.1551 
 DKK  7.4603  RON  3.6278  RUB  37.2390  IDR  14639.42  THB  50.149 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  9.4038  TRY  2.1189  KRW  1576.39  ZAR  12.7100 
 GBP  0.80610  SKK  32.355  AUD  1.7069  MXN