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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9892

30 April 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/architecture

29/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 29 April, the European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe announced that the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2009 - had been won by Norwegian National Opera & Ballet (Oslo, Norway) designed by Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Tarald Lundevall, Craig Dykers, Snøhetta. The €60,000 prize will be presented officially at a ceremony in Barcelona on 28 May. The European Commission supports this prize as...

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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: