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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9839

13 February 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/humanitarian aid
Commission allocates €27 million for capacity-building for international humanitarian organisations

Brussels, 12/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission announced on Thursday 12 February that it had adopted a new funding decision for €27 million to strengthen global humanitarian preparedness and the response capacity of international organisations - the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP), WHO, UNOCHA, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent, the FAO, the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) and...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Official story and secret story of informal summit on financial and economic crisis and proper functioning of common market
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/TURKEY: MEPs voice concern about slowdown in reform (especially political) in Turkey and impact this will have on membership talks
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: €18.5 million cooperation programme ($25 million) agreed by Panama and European Commission
(EU) EU/LIBYA: €20 million in support of Libya to fight against illegal immigration
(EU) EU/MAURITANIA: Commission proposes EU sanctions junta
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Slammed for demands set out in plan to support motor industry, France denies protectionist drift
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Recovery needs a banking sector that works properly
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Coordination of recovery measures needed more than ever
(EU) EU/JHA: EU to lift visa requirement for six countries
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission notes Bulgaria's “progress” in legal arena and fighting corruption but Romania going backwards
(EU) EU/JHA: Review process of data protection directive is questionable, says Alex Türk
(EU) EU/JHA: EU fine-tunes “sanctions” directive
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/TERRORISM:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/YOUTH COUNCIL: Ministers to adopt key messages with view to Spring Summit
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: RSPG sets out priorities for spectrum management
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Go ahead for OPTA proposal to enhance competition in Dutch broadcasting markets
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission wants to speed up South-West Europe TGV
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Sustainable development intergroup renamed climate and biodiversity intergroup ahead of European elections
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates €27 million for capacity-building for international humanitarian organisations
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises support package for Hungarian financial institutions
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Go-ahead for Flemish Region aid to build intermodal terminal in Antwerp
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves Swedish scheme to recapitalise banks
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: Carrefour and Tetra Pak show the way
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE ENERGY: Household appliances manufacturers criticise Commission's energy labelling proposals
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE ENERGY:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Minister Svoboda says “cohesion must be cohesion between different peoples”
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Making sub-contracting companies aware of their responsibilities
(EU) EU/EIB/CENTRAL ASIA: EIB ready to support major energy projects in Tajikistan
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 12/02/2009: