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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9663

20 May 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 30
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / € value in different currencies on 19/05/2008

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Food crisis: a few home truths that range from US maize to Afghan wheat
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: EU/Latin America and Caribbean Summit expresses deep concern about rise in food prices
(EU) EU/BURMA: Louis Michel calls on international community to keep pressure up - Commission boosts humanitarian funding to €17 million
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Move towards “yes” in Ireland - Czech President Vaclav Klaus restates hostility towards new treaty
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Pietro Calamia wants re-examination of equal rotation in composition of Commission post-2014
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Tunisian and Moroccan enthusiasm for Union for the Mediterranean - Algeria lukewarm
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Commission to debate response on Tuesday to mandate from European Council with a view to Euro-Mediterranean Summit on 13 July
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission to unveil legislative proposals on Common Agricultural Policy “health check” on Tuesday
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: No agreement on draft regulation on authorising plant protection products
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Common position on draft framework directive on sustainable use of pesticides adopted
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/SESSION:
(EU) EU/TRADE: Lima summit obtains mixed results
(EU) EU/EMPLOY: Solid employment growth in member states, wiith exception of Hungary and Lithuania
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: France kicks off “flexicurity mission”
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS: Counterfeit product seizures at all-time high - cooperation with China improving, notes László Kovács
(EU) EU/JHA: Greece tries to keep up the pace to integrate American visa waiver scheme
(EU) EU/JHA: Launch of visa abolition dialogue with Bosnia
(EU) EU/JHA: Franco Frattini in favour of revision of Schengen convention
(EU) EU/JHA: Europol helps foil international fraud ring
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Importance, economic and civilisational, of relations between Europe and southern Mediterranean within context of globalisation
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: “Tangier MED” integrated project
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) World Bank says of Eastern Europe and former USSR:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 779
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 19/05/2008:
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 JPY  162.04  LTL  3.4528  ISK  114.01  CAD  1.5487  NZD  2.0053 
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 DKK  7.4612  RON  3.6235  RUB  36.9736  IDR  14455.46  THB  50.232 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  9.2875  TRY  1.9177  KRW  1621.57  ZAR  11.7030 
 GBP  0.79760  SKK  31.482  AUD  1.6325  MXN