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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/committee of the regions

Results of Committee Bureau work in Pilsen

Brussels, 20/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - The decentralised meeting of the Committee of the Regions (CoR) held in Pilsen (Czech Republic) on Thursday 15 and Friday 16 January (see EUROPE 9816) allowed the spadework to be done for the European Summit for Regions and Cities, to be held in Prague on 5 and 6 March. The key themes of the summit will be cohesion policy and current developments in the world economy, said Pavel Bem, Mayor of Prague and EPP member of the CoR. Six hundred mayors of...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Gas crisis: considerations on economic and political implications
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: MEPs criticise lack of ambition in Commission proposal - Eneko Landaburu defends it
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Commissioners adjust political and legislative work programme for last ten months of mandate
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: EU Presidency does not foresee any specific measures for protesting against violations of humanitarian law in Gaza
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Two meetings in Brussels with Israel and Arab countries to confirm ceasefire and organise aid distribution and control at border crossing points
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Presidency experts in Gaza to assess humanitarian situation - Louis Michel to be on spot on 25 and 26 January
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Eurogroup calls for dealing with crisis
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Ministers reaffirm principle of consolidation of public finances
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: France notes progress in discussions with Germany on reduced VAT rates
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: European Commission to look into matter of harmonised investment fund depositaries' liability
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Conclusions on banks' own funds
(EU) EU/LATVIA:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EP/TRADE POLICY: Czech presidency calls for free trade
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission lays base for maritime transport without barriers
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Formal adoption of regulation on 2009 quotas
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Implementation of European Fisheries Fund in 2007
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Go-ahead for Avnet acquisition of Abacus
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for Arizona acquisition of Abieta
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Workers' mobility and working time directive on agenda of EU informal ministerial session
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Salmonella declines in EU but Campylobacter cases increase and listeriosis remains worrying
(EU) EP/EDUCATION/CULTURE: Priorities of Czech Presidency
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Results of Committee Bureau work in Pilsen
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Poland hopes to create first CO2-free industrial complex
(EU) EU/RUSSIAN/UKRAINIAN GAS CONFLICT: Gas flowing again but Barroso still disappointed by Kiev and Moscow
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Sick leave must not prevent workers' access to paid holidays
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Copyright applies uniformly across EU
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/JHA:
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