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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9893

1 May 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 34 / 34
CALENDAR / € value in different currencies on 30/04/2009

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Importance and significance of next two energy summits
THE DAY IN POLITICS
We will be closed on Friday 1 May. Newsletter EUROPE 9894 will be dated 5 May 2009:
(EU) EP/PALESTINE: “Breaking the vicious circle”
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU is asked to “lower the tone” and be “discreet”
(EU) EU/ELECTIONS: EPP adopts “manifesto” with which it hopes to win elections in order to remain Parliament's main political force
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS: Parliament and European elections five years after enlargement
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS: Businesses hope future MEPs will make competitiveness a priority concern
(EU) EU/JHA: United States calls on Europe to make “sacrifices” to close Guantanamo
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/FESTIVAL OF EUROPE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Health ministers reaffirm need for coordinated European response to new human flu
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/BANKING: Question of retaining securitised assets in banks' financial accounts last remaining obstacle to adoption of revised Basle II directive
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Move to horizontal initiative for pre-contractural information and distribution of retail financial products
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Ministers to debate economic situation and try to reach agreement on review of tobacco duty
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Budget consolidation, a long-term demand
(EU) EU/ECONFIN: Council also underlines economic success of most recent rounds of enlargement
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Unemployment up to 8.9% - highest since 2005
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/FYROM: Skopje makes progress on visa liberalisation
(EU) STATE AID: Go-ahead to temporary Slovak aid scheme and extension of Finnish support scheme to financial institutions
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Report on functioning of key antitrust regulation
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Judgment of Cypriot court must be enforced by other member states even if it concerns land in region where Community law is suspended
(EU) EU/JHA: Frontex signs agreement with US Department of Homeland Security
(EU) EP/JHA: €1 million for missing children alert scheme
(EU) EP/SESSION: Working time, social agenda, addressing the crisis, asylum, Lisbon Treaty
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Review of national aid scheme for agriculture in northern regions of Finland
(EU) EU/WTO: Pascal Lamy formally elected for second term of office
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: Workshops, colloquia, conferences and seminars devoted to European integration in May
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
CALENDAR
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€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 30/04/2009:
 USD  1.3275  HUF  289.73  NOK  8.7245  CNY  9.0575  NZD  2.3378 
 JPY  130.34  LTL  3.4528  HRK  7.4101  HKD  10.2881  PHP  63.924 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.7093  RUB  43.8630  IDR  14071.50  SGD  1.9620 
 CZK  26.701  PLN  4.3993  TRY  2.1145  INR  66.2620  THB  46.808 
 DKK  7.4484  RON  4.1892  AUD  1.8146  KRW  1696.88  ZAR  11.2426 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  10.6915  BRL  2.8850  MXN  18.2950  ISK  290.00 
 GBP  0.89335  CHF  1.5066  CAD  1.5786  MYR