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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9771

29 October 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 28/10/2008

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Eurogroup has to be able to meet regularly at heads of state and government level
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Croatia makes progress in accession negotiations - Turkey not happy with speed of talks
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Kouchner believes Nice Summit could lead to resumption of negotiations on new agreement
(EU) EU/AUSTRALIA: Adoption of new “partnership framework”
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Last-ditch attempts by co-presidencies to prevent Marseilles ministerial conference failing
(EU) EP/SYRIA: Véronique de Keyser criticises US raid in Syria
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENERGY: First glance at second strategic energy review
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: EU's bold stance on bluefin tuna
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Council decides to reduce fishing for deep water species
(EU) EU/EPIZOOTICS: Commission prepared to allocate more money to combat blue tongue
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: much energy and effort still needed to get compromise on common agricultural policy health review
(EU) EU/HEALTH/CONSUMERS: Commission organises high level conference on EU health policy challenges and consumer protection
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves German support for banks
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Consultation on regulation on mergers
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission ready to use Community financial assistance mechanism to help Hungarian economy
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/GAMBLING: Policy paper on regulating online betting is being prepared by Council
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS: Companies voice concern about lack of common standards regarding authorised economic operator status
(EU) EU/TRADE: Europeans and South Koreans determined to achieve swift conclusion of negotiations for bilateral free trade agreement
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Pakistan now connected to international scientific community through GÉANT network
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: European research pools resources to promote green energy technologies
(EU) EU/JHA: EU strengthens arsenal to combat organised crime
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Citizens' Energy Forum to help strengthen consumer rights
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Mayors of large European towns pledge to adopt “climate plans” for combating climate at local scale
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission grants €186 million to 143 new LIFE Plus projects
(EU) EU/FINANCE: Employers' group at EESC urges European banks and EU authorities to re-establish business confidence
(EU) EU/NORTHERN IRELAND: EESC president Mario Sepi and Jane Morrice underline ground breaking and innovative involvement of EU in peace process
(EU) EU/LOCAL AUTHORITIES: New multilingual website on twinning
(EU) EU/PUBLIC SERVICES: New publication by Council of European Municipalities and Regions and European Federation of Public Service Unions
(EU) EU/EIB/GREECE:
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/SEMINARS:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 28/10/2008:
 USD  1.2526  HUF  262.00  CHF  1.4520  BRL  2.7570  MYR  4.4874 
 JPY  119.42  LTL  3.4528  ISK  305.00  CAD  1.6133  NZD  2.2684 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.7096  NOK  8.5500  CNY  8.5665  PHP  61.590 
 CZK  24.340  PLN  3.7003  HRK  7.2006  HKD  9.7118  SGD  1.8864 
 DKK  7.4549  RON  3.7250  RUB  34.1862  IDR  13528.08  THB  43.753 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  9.9473  TRY  2.9571  KRW  1828.80  ZAR  13.2494 
 GBP  0.79790  SKK  30.479  AUD  2.0037  MXN