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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9682

14 June 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Hungarians to be granted visa waivers by the United States

Brussels, 13/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - By 358 votes in favour with 3 abstentions on 3 June 2008, the Hungarian parliament adopted a bilateral agreement with the United States on exchange of information which means that Hungary can now aspire to being added to the United States' Visa Waiver Program (VWP) in the near future. The agreement signed in Budapest on 21 May 2008 by Gyorgy Szilvasy, the Hungarian minister responsible for the secret services, and the United States ambassador to...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Calls for immediate relaunch of European integration between the peoples and countries which want it
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Irish 'no' vote sends EU into new institutional crisis - Discussions at European Council - Brian Cowen and Jose Manuel Barroso say treaty is not dead
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Irish “No” vote will upset agenda for Monday's Council - European Summit, Cuba, Balkans, Iran, Africa
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: EU welcomes reconfiguration of international presence
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: Uneasy talks between Member States on reinforcement of relations with Israel
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: Over $20 billion pledged in aid
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Tunis does not defend Kadhafi's comments on Union for the Mediterranean
(EU) EU/SOMALIA:
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: Collective letter from Arab ambassadors against strengthened cooperation with Israel
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Agreement on cabotage
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: EU favours increasing aid to rail infrastructure managers
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Council mandates Commission to negotiate comprehensive air agreements with Australia and New Zealand
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL: Greece welcomes likely extension of ENISA mandate
(EU) EU/POSTAL SERVICES: Deutsche Post brings a complaint against Netherlands over postponement of definitive liberalisation of its postal market
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/EMU: Commission calls on Romania quickly to get on top of deficit
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: EU employment up in first quarter
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: First quarter sees rise in labour costs in euro area and EU27
(EU) EU/TRADE: Launch of investigation into EU exports of B99 biodiesel
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: EU to suspend import duties on cereals until 30 June 2009
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission ends bluefin tuna fishing early
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Talks continue on ways of helping struggling fishermen
(EU) EU/GMO: GMO controls in Greece are 'adequate but disproportionate'
(EU) EU/JHA: Hungarians to be granted visa waivers by the United States
(EU) EU/JHA: New database on Return Migrants to the Maghreb
(EU) EU/JHA: Private security industry calls for more clarity on its role in EU
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/JHA: FIDH calls on Parliament to correct “returns directive”
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commissioner Piebalgs celebrates 35th anniversary of Russian gas supplies to German energy company VNG
(EU) EP/INCLUSION/ROMA: Socialists call for European Roma inclusion policy
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: “Green agenda is biggest agenda we need for future”, says Vladimir Spidla - “Putting desire for Europe back on agenda”, says Luc Ferry
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/HEALTH: "Healthy workplaces: good for you. Good for business" campaign launched
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Janez Potocnik travels to Japan for G8 science and technology meeting
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Important legislation published in EU Official Journal
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