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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9692

28 June 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Finland threatens to tax freight transport from Russia

Brussels, 27/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - Ahead of the EU-Russia Summit at Khanty-Mansiysk in Russia, Finland's trade minister, Paavo Väyrynen, has thrown the cat among the pigeons by announcing in Helsinki, on Thursday 26 June 2008, that Finland is looking into the option of taxing road freight transport from Russia. This is reported to be in retaliation for the high tariffs levied by Russia on exports of Russian wood that are damaging Finland's wood processing industry, which includes two of...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Analysis, explanations and plentiful suggestions after the Irish no vote
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Negotiations on new agreement will be launched on 4 July - EU is reassured by Medvedev's conciliatory remarks at summit
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: EU believes elections of 27 June are a scandal and without value
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: “Little likelihood” treaty will take effect in time for European elections June 2009, says Jean-Claude Juncker
(EU) EP/LISBON TREATY: Work suspended on new treaty
(EU) EU/ESDP: EU activates one of its five operations headquarters
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2007: Dalia Grybauskaité sounds alarm regarding €227 million funds cancelled in 2007
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: European school system continues to suffer from serious dysfunction
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Informal EP/Council/Commission compromise to include civil aviation in ETS in 2012, with two-stage emissions reduction
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Proposal to adjust fishing quotas during course of year
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/TRADE: Finland threatens to tax freight transport from Russia
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Backed by the Greens, former EU Commissioner Michaele Schreyer calls for European Renewables Community
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Madrid hosts 19th World Petroleum Congress
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves Avnet's plan to buy up Horizon Technology
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises buy-up of Hispasat by Abertis, SEPI, CDTI and INTA
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission gives go-ahead to CVC's acquisition of Schuitema
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Restructuring plan for Polish naval yards
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Germany must recognise driving licences issued by other member states, except where normal issuing conditions are not met
(EU) EU/JHA: Jacques Barrot to monitor detention centres
(EU) EU/JHA: Poland and Hungary tight-lipped about CIA secret sites
(EU) EP/JHA: MEPs intervene to protect privacy on the internet
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: High prices and lack of transparency cause anxiety for data roaming customers
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Internet phonecalls getting popular in European homes
(EU) EU/BUSINESS: SME bodies lay stress on implementation and follow-up of measures in Small Business Act for Europe
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission opens seven infringement procedures in VAT, direct taxation and taxation of dividends
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: BUSINESSEUROPE expectations of French Presidency
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COLLOQUIA: Workshops, colloquia, conferences and seminars dedicated to European integration in July
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