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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade

Tbilisi blocks Russia's joining WTO

Brussels, 30/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 29 April, Tbilisi announced that it was suspending bilateral talks with Moscow on Russia's accession to the WTO in protest at the Russian decision to cooperate with the self-proclaimed breakaway Georgian republics of Abkhaszia and South Ossetia. The move was immediately condemned by Moscow. In 2007, Georgia revoked its signature of the bilateral protocol on Russia's accession to the WTO, demanding the legalisation of Customs posts on roads...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: In order to avoid deadlock, Doha round must scale down its ambitions
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/LATIN AMERICA: EUROLAT plenary session opens with controversy over including MRTA on EU terrorist list
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Commission quietly prepares communication on UfM
(EU) EU/TURKEY: EU welcomes amendment of Article 301 of Penal Code but calls for other measures to ensure freedom of expression
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA:
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Moderate points of contention despite deadlock over partnership agreement - Differences on Georgia
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission clarifies rules on allocating slots
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission adopts guidelines on State aid to railways
(EU) EU/TRANSPORTS: Commission authorises aid to modernisation of rolling stock in Czech Republic
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Rescue aid for WestLB approved
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission requests Austria to recover around €55 million from buyer of Bank Burgenland
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Inflation falls but so does business confidence
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro zone unemployment stable at 7.1%
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Mandelson tries to reassure Dublin over agriculture deal before Lisbon Treaty referendum
(EU) EU/TRADE: Tbilisi blocks Russia's joining WTO
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Greece joins South Stream gas pipeline project
(EU) FOOD SAFETY: Commission says it has been reassured by EFSA and is satisfied with market measures for recalling adulterated sunflower oil
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission launches consultation on potential impact of eliminating creosote used in treatment of wood
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: EU ship-owners in favour of reinforceable “From Sea to Table” control system, to include imports
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Europe has a new instrument in fight against terrorism
(EU) EU/JHA: Blacklist of terrorist organisations to be published in June
(EU) EU/JHA: Presidency prioritises enactment of judgements by default
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EP/SESSION: Ten years of EMU, European Works Council, human rights and lobbying activities at heart of debate
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: European integration workshops, colloquia, conferences and seminars on in May 2008
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