EUROPEAN UNION
| 12/01 - | VALETTA: - Official ceremony to mark Malta joining the euro |
| 14/01 - | STRASBOURG: - European Parliament: plenary session (until 17/01) |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Committees: development; international trade; legal affairs; economic and monetary affairs - public hearing on rating agencies and the calculation, use and limits of rating in finance |
| 15/01 - | STRASBOURG: - Meeting of the European Commission |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP/plenary: Address by the Grand Mufti of Syria, Ahmad Badr Al-Din Hassoun - solemn ceremony |
| - | STRASBOURG: - EP: Meeting of the delegation for relations with Middle Eastern countries and the foreign affairs committee |
| 16/01 - | STRASBOURG: - EP /plenary: Presentation of the Slovenian presidency's programme (debate with Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa) - Council Statement.- Debates on the situation in Kenya and Pakistan - Statements by Council and Commission |
| - | BRUSSELS: - European Economic and Social Committee: plenary session (also 17/01) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of First Instance: Ruling T-112/06 Inter-IKEA/OHIM - Waibel (intellectual property); Ruling T-306/05 Scippacercola and Terezakis/Commission (competition) |
| 17/01 - | STRASBOURG: - EP/plenary: debates on violations of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (the arrest of Chinese dissident Hu Jia, the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, rape as a war crime and Egypt) |
| - | LUXEMBOURG: - Court of Justice: Ruling C-19/07 Chevassus-Marche (approximation of legislation), Ruling C-256/06 Jäger (free circulation of capital), Ruling C-105/07 N.V. Lammers & Van Cleeff (free circulation of capital), Ruling C-246/06 Velasco Navarro (social policy), Ruling C-342/07 Commission/Greece (energy) |
| - | FRANKFURT: - European Central Bank conference on 'The creation of economic and corporate wealth in a dynamic economy' |
| - | TOKYO: - Vladimir Spidla addresses 12th EU-Japan symposium on diversification of employment in the EU and Japan |
| 18/01 - | CYPRUS: - Official ceremony to mark Cyprus joining the euro |
| 21/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Agriculture/Fisheries Council |
| - | BRUSSELS: - Meeting of Eurogroup |
OTHER EVENTS
| 12/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Europalia conference on European Year of Inter-Cultural Dialogue |
| 14/01 - | BRUSSELS: - Marie Curie industrial and academic conference presenting and discussing applicant projects for funding from the EU's 7th Framework R&D Programme |
| - | PARIS: - Conference on 'France-Allemagne: ensemble pour l'Europe ?' (opened by Jacques Barrot) organised by the Forum for the Future at the French Senate |
| 15/01 - | STRASBOURG: - 'Les présidences du Conseil de l'UE: enjeux et perspectives', event organised by the 'Centre des études européennes/Ecole nationale d'administration' - Round table discussion with Margot Wallström on 'L'Europe, les élus et les citoyens: les enjeux de la communication' |
| - | BRDO: - European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (until 18/01) |
| 16/01 - | BRDO: - Meeting of Committee of the Regions expert group for the 'Groupement européen de coopération territoriale' (GECT): 'Les avantages, les déficiences, les opportunités et les menaces relatifs à l'activation du GECT' (also 17/01) |
| - | PARIS: - 'Comment concilier compétitivité et protection sociale au sein de l'UE ?': 4th seminar in series 'Présidence française pour quelle Europe ?' organised by IFRI |
| 17/01 - | BRUSSELS: - 'Towards a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base?' event organised by CEPS |
| - | BERLIN: - International Green Week 2008 (until 20/01) |
| 21/01 - | STRASBOURG: - Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly: winter session (until 25/01) |