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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9646

19 April 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/audiovisual

18/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - A new international film festival, BLIFF, organised by the newly formed Film Institute Banja Luka and Taskovski Films London, will take place in Banja Luka, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 2-9 May 2008. Over 100 fiction and documentary films in seven categories will be screened over the course of the BLIFF. Prizes will be awarded in three categories: best full-length film, best documentary and best student short. There will also be live concerts, children's...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Croatia to open two new negotiating chapters on Monday - Meeting with Turkey cancelled
(EU) EU/RUSSIA:
(EU) EU/FRANCE:
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: EPP-ED and PES draw up profile of Franco Frattini's successor
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network notes failings in Neighbourhood Policy
(EU) EU/PALESTINE:
(EU) EU/IRAQ:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA: Member states extends Europol's powers
(EU) EU/JHA: Move towards criminalising incitement to terrorism
(EU) EU/JHA: EU ready to negotiate with Washington on visa scheme
(EU) EU/JHA: EU adopts explosives action plan
(EU) EU/JHA: No discrimination in reception of refugees says Slovenian Presidency
(EU) EU/JHA: Council backs Greece against accusations of failing to comply with Community asylum rules
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Over half of all Europeans regularly use internet, Commission report states
(EU) EU/GAMBLING: Consumer protection is king in regulating online gambling
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Timetable for reaching compromise comes clearer - Launch of agriculture/NAMA horizontal process foreseen for 5 May
(EU) EU/TRADE: Ankara denounces asymmetry of its trade regime
(EU) EU/TRADE: Most EU member states hostile to rapid lifting of ban on imports of chlorinated chicken from United States
(EU) EU/TRADE: Peter Mandelson visits Japan and China on 20-26 April
(EU) EU/TRADE: WTO forecasts slowdown in trade in 2008
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Economic consequences of zero tolerance regime for unauthorised GMOs
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Launch of campaign to “save” European tobacco producers
(EU) EU/FOOD: Victory for sea salt producers
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: New US proposal judged severely by EU
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/EMU: Changeover to euro in Cyprus and Malta
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Second business community summit adopts recommendations for next G8 heads of state meeting
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: No state aid for Alitalia before 2011
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Clearance, subject to conditions, for proposed acquisition of Vedior by Ranstad
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission gives go-ahead to three acquisitions
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE:
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Guimarães and Maribor, candidates for European Capitals of Culture 2012
(EU) EP/YOUTH: Group of MEPs want ban on Mosquito buzz boxes
(EU) EP/AUDIOVISUAL: Parliament wants TV programmes subtitled
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL AFFAIRS: ERDF, Cohesion Fund and ESF to invest €2.56 billion in Estremadura in Spain
(EU) EU/REGIONAL AFFAIRS: ELISAN and Committee of the Regions define where efforts can be pooled in 2008-2009
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS:
(EU) EP/ILLEGAL ORGAN TRADE:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Major legislation published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Transport intrastructure in Western Mediterranean
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) COUNCL OF EUROPE:
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