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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9824

23 January 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 22/01/2009

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Europe must take UN study on agricultural trade into account
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: Dispute foreseen between European Parliament and Council on procedures for appointing future Commission president
(EU) EP/LISBON TREATY: Prague refuses any kind of “pressure”
(EU) EP/GUANTANAMO: MEPs call on EU to take in prisoners
(EU) EP/CROATIA:
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: EU insists on improving humanitarian aid to Gaza
(EU) EU/GAZA: Consternation of human rights NGOs
(EU) EU/EUROMED/EMPA: EMPA committee meeting postponed
(EU) EU/ESDP: Parliament foreign affairs committee backs SAFE initiative and wants White Paper on security and defence
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INNOVATION: EU records substantial progress in 2008
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: European Research Area is more attractive, but EU R&D is not growing
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Androulla Vassiliou calls on member states to invest more in cancer screening
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/JHA: Frontex action in central Mediterranean is not convincing
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission adopts 23 national programmes for management of external borders, returns and integration of foreigners
(EU) EP/JHA: EU to penalise those employing illegal immigrants
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EP/ACP: Parliament prepares assent procedure for EU-Cariforum EPA and for vote on seven other interim EPAs
(EU) EU/GMO: Commission proposes authorisation of BT11 and 1507 maize and lifting of national safeguard measures against MON 810 maize
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: SMEs' finance access difficulties persist
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Call for better protection for whales
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Aquaculture heads Czech Presidency priorities
(EU) EP/FISHERIES:
(EU) EP/ENERGY POLICY: Energy committee sketches Community strategy for future based on Laperrouze report
(EU) EP/ENERGY:
(EU) EP/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Compromise on telecoms package will be difficult to reach, says Czech Presidency
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Petr Necas firmly intends to get working time directive through - No progress in sight on anti-discrimination directive
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves aid of €6.7 billion for German bank insurance company
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Sick leave must not deprive workers of paid leave - reactions
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 22/01/2009:
 USD  1.2984  HUF  282.76  NOK  9.0300  CNY  8.8773  NZD  2.4582 
 JPY  114.98  LTL  3.4528  HRK  7.4417  HKD  10.0744  PHP  61.410 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.7034  RUB  42.3687  IDR  14607.00  SGD  1.9428 
 CZK  27.700  PLN  4.3255  TRY  2.1454  INR  63.5240  THB  45.334 
 DKK  7.4529  RON  4.3275  AUD  1.9799  KRW  1794.41  ZAR  13.0651 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  10.6905  BRL  3.0259  MXN  17.8933  ISK  290.00 
 GBP  0.94410  CHF  1.5036  CAD  1.6392  MYR