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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9842

18 February 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 17/02/2009

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Groundless accusations against Germany: Neither egotism nor Euroscepticism
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BELARUS: Javier Solana visits President Lukashenko - Lifting of sanctions and inclusion in Eastern Partnership remain possible
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Montenegro's application for accession is already blocked in Council
(EU) EP/POLITICAL GROUPS: Debate on reform of parliamentary committees
(EU) EU/GUINEA: EU to request political consultations from Conakry in an effort to put the country back on democratic track
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Union for Mediterranean under discussion at European Parliament
(EU) EU/TORTURE:
(EU) EU/SYRIA/LEBANON: Benita Ferrero-Waldner on working visit to Damascus and Beirut
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS: With Right divided, Czech Social Democrats launch European election campaign
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission suggests creating European Asylum Support Office
(EU) EU/GALILEO:
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Energy security and “energy infrastructure” chapter of European recovery plan on agenda
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT: EU and Cariforum EPA must primarily serve Millennium goals and promote further integration of remote regions in inter-regional trade
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: solution to be found in coordination
(EU) EU/CZECH REPUBLIC/ECONOMY:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: EP's agriculture committee votes to extend aid to poorest
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Vincenzo Aita's report contains measures to prevent environmental damage to agricultural land
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Review of 7th Framework Programme needed to better tackle fisheries and aquaculture problems
(EU) EU/INNOVATION: First European Year of Creativity and Innovation debate
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Creativity, central theme of Prague eTwinning conference
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Member states prepare for switch over to all digital
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Commission launches new phase of Erasmus Mundus
(EU) EP/EMPLOYMENT: In current context of financial crisis, Cottigny report calls for more worker information and consultation within EU
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Toia report calls for importance of social economy to be recognised
(EU) EU/ALGERIA: EU backs WTO accession - Progress in bilateral cooperation, but energy discussions slow
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Court of Auditors Work Programme for 2009
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 17/02/2009:
 USD  1.2634  HUF  307.15  NOK  8.7940  CNY  8.6410  NZD  2.4790 
 JPY  116.20  LTL  3.4528  HRK  7.4736  HKD  9.7966  PHP  60.450 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.7076  RUB  45.7558  IDR  15539.82  SGD  1.9275 
 CZK  29.490  PLN  4.8795  TRY  2.1209  INR  62.4560  THB  44.554 
 DKK  7.4520  RON  4.3050  AUD  1.9750  KRW  1850.88  ZAR  12.8734 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  10.9780  BRL  2.9121  MXN  18.4469  ISK  290.00 
 GBP  0.88510  CHF  1.4813  CAD  1.5959  MYR