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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9812

7 January 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 18
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 06/01/2009

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: A few pointers for understanding direction taken by Czech EU Council Presidency (although some perplexity remains)
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GYMNICH: Russia/Ukraine gas dispute, transatlantic links and Lisbon Treaty on agenda of informal Council in Prague (8 January)
(EU) EU/CZECH PRESIDENCY: New EU Presidency presents priorities and work programme
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Egypt suggests suspending all EuroMed activities
(EU) EU/GHANA: European Commission welcomes smooth unfolding of presidential elections in Ghana
(EU) EU/BRAZIL: Biofuels, financial crisis and dialogue on migration among priority actions in EU/Brazil strategic partnership
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Czech presidency intends to continue Common Agricultural Policy reforms
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/UKRAINE: Coordination group to decide Friday on measures to offset reduction of gas supplies to EU
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: EU harmonises rules for navigation on inland waterways
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Inflation rate down to 1.6% in December 2008
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court upholds validity of taxation on Spanish property transactions
(EU) EU/JHA: Peter Hustinx reappointed
(EU) EU/EIB:
(EU) EU/EIB: MCCF purchases carbon credits from Ukrainian cement company and sugar producer
(EU) EU/EIB/ITALY: Loan to Piaggio & C. SpA to fund investment in R&D
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Launch of European Year of Creativity and Innovation
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in official Journal of EU
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 06/01/2009:
 USD  1.3332  HUF  266.67  NOK  9.3850  CNY  9.1138  NZD  2.2700 
 JPY  125.84  LTL  3.4528  HRK  7.2835  HKD  10.3369  PHP  62.570 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.7070  RUB  38.8859  IDR  14665.20  SGD  1.9719 
 CZK  26.410  PLN  4.0200  TRY  2.0256  INR  64.8270  THB  47.755 
 DKK  7.4530  RON  4.0675  AUD  1.8727  KRW  1753.58  ZAR  12.4521 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  10.5675  BRL  3.9517  MXN  17.7949  ISK  290.00 
 GBP  0.91760  CHF  1.5018  CAD  1.5850  MYR