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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9656

7 May 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/mediterranean
EIB offers support to micro-finance institutions in Mediterranean region and in Arab world - assessment session in Tunis

Tunis, 06/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - The EIB (European Investment Bank) and Sanabel, the Arab network of microfinance institutions (MFI), met in Tunis on 5 May with all the bodies concerned by this gradually developing specific activity whose actors now feel the need to structure their interventions, making them more credible and secure. The aim of the session in Tunis was above all to take stock of the situation based on general experience. It was initiated by Nobel prize-winner Muhammad...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CHAD/CAR: Javier Solana visits Chad and Central African Republic
(EU) EU/GEORGIA: Georgia calls for EU support against Russia
(EU) EU/IRELAND:
(EU) PRESS:
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Expectations of Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Peter Mandelson of Lima Summit (16-17 May)
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: EU-Andean Community Association Agreement to incorporate banana trade
(EU) EP/LATIN AMERICA: Several EuroLat Assembly members call for EP to review position on MRTA
(EU) EU/PRESS: RWB examines violence against journalists in Europe
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Commission proposes to stabilise EU budget while adjusting some expenditure
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission launches debate on strengthening EMU
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Slovakia set to become 16th eurozone country
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Another avalanche of infringement procedures
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission pursues legal action against Italy over waste management in Campania and Lazio regions
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission warns nine Member States over incorrect application of “IPPC” directive
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/EP/CLIMATE: Chris Davies calls for obligatory use of capture and storage of geological carbon by 2020
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission proposes multi-annual herring plan in West of Scotland
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: EU and ACP producer countries call for stabilisation of EU banana import regime
(EU) EP/FOOD CRISIS: Jeffrey Sachs appeals for aid to African farmers and immediate reduction in biofuels programmes
(EU) EU/JHA: 17 European countries to grant Serbs free visas
(EU) EP/JHA: Commission supports “Missing Children Europe” plans to combat sexual exploitation of children
(EU) EP/JHA: Greens call for Returns Directive to be rejected
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Vladimir Spidla announces legislative proposals on European works councils
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Social economy week (Brussels 13-16 May)
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Commission approves Operational Programmes 2007-2013 for Lazio, Calabria, Campania, Apuglia and Sicily regions
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Polish region of Lubelskie to receive €1.16 billion from ERDF for 2007-2013
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Further session of agricultural discussions in Geneva
(EU) EU/ENERGY: European Union, Turkey, Arab Mashreq countries and Iraq agree to step up cooperation
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Gazprom clause annoys Moscow
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: EIB offers support to micro-finance institutions in Mediterranean region and in Arab world - assessment session in Tunis
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/CHINA:
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