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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9892

30 April 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/state aid
Commission approves three UK fiscal venture capital schemes

Brussels, 29/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 29 April, the European Commission approved three UK fiscal venture capital schemes: Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and Corporate Venturing Scheme (CVS). The schemes form part of the United Kingdom's measures to support access to finance to SMEs and provide tax incentives to individual and corporate investors to encourage their investments in unquoted SMEs. The United Kingdom modified these schemes, to...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Civil society has right to be heard and obligation to be transparent
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Accession of Balkan countries and Turkey will not necessarily prevent deepening of EU, states Rehn
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/SERBIA:
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Sergei Lavrov hopes Eastern Partnership will not be directed against his country
(EU) EU/GCC: 19th session of joint cooperation council at ministerial level
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Zapatero confirms his support for José Manuel Barroso
(EU) EP/PROLIFERATION: European Parliament addresses recommendations of Council on future of non-proliferation Treaty
(EU) EU/ELECTIONS: On eve of its congress in Warsaw, EPP recommends social market economy and attacks European Socialists
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS: Future role of EP discussed
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: Pietro Calamia recalls importance of direct universal suffrage
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2010: Preliminary draft budget aims to help EU find path to recovery
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: €394 from food facility
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: Comprehensive compromise on “telecoms package”
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Alternative investment fund managers will have to be authorised to distribute their funds in EU
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Aligning directors' remuneration of listed companies and finance-sector workers with risks run
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: “Bologna Summit” sees improving student mobility and lifelong learning as priorities
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Rail freight companies call for cost of modernisation to be offset
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: 650 million Polish zloty for Rzeszów airport
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission authorises Czech authorities to finance green transport in Severovýchod
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: €46 million regional aid to Fiat in Sicily
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission simplifies state aid rules
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves three UK fiscal venture capital schemes
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/JHA: Prospect of deterrent criminal sanctions for sea polluters
(EU) EU/JHA: European countries prepared to accept Guantanamo detainees
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/ARCHITECTURE:
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Criticism for breakdown in conciliation between Parliament and Council over working time
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Appointments to DG Administration
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Close watch is being kept on new human flu
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 29/04/2009: