Bulletin Quotidien Europe 9788 - 22/11/2008

     
     SNIPPETS 

  1. @@@ Czech Presidency
  2. @@@ Medicines
  3. @@@ Crisis
  4.  
     THE DAY IN POLITICS 

  5. (EU) EP/SOMALIA:
    Indignation at barbaric execution of young Somali girl
  6. (EU) EP/NIGERIA:
    Parliament calls on Nigeria to abolish death penalty
  7. (EU) EP/PALESTINE:
    Parliament condemns eviction of Al-Kurd family
  8. (EU) EP/DRC:
    Parliament urges EU to take action to put end to plundering of natural resources in Congo to fund rebel outfits
  9. (EU) EU/ACP:
    EU-ACP Parliamentary Assembly meeting in Papua New Guinea to discuss Zimbabwe, Mauritania, EPA and food crisis
  10. (EU) EU/RUSSIA:
    Dispute over Georgia should not interfere in talks on partnership agreement, says Landaburu
  11. (EU) EU/LISBON TREATY:
    Sweden ratifies new treaty
  12. (EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT:
    Second Euro-African ministerial conference on migration and development in Paris on 25 November
  13. (EU) EU/EP/IMMUNITY
  14.  
     GENERAL NEWS 

  15. (EU) EU/BUDGET 2009:
    Compromise likely on main points of next year's budget, including on food facility
  16. (EU) EU/EDUCATION COUNCIL:
    Ministers want to increase schools cooperation through pursuit of common objectives
  17. (EU) EU/EDUCATION COUNCIL:
    Member states undertake to improve lifelong learning guidance programmes
  18. (EU) EU/EDUCATION COUNCIL:
    Council backs Commission's strategy for more proactive policy on multilingualism
  19. (EU) EP/EDUCATION COUNCIL:
    Mobility to become the rule and no longer the exception
  20. (EU) EU/CULTURE COUNCIL
  21. (EU) EP/CULTURE/FRENCH PRESIDENCY
  22. (EU) EP/CLIMATE:
    Parliament postpones vote on energy and climate package until 17 December 2008, after the European Summit
  23. (EU) EP/EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES:
    EP recommendations on how to tackle pay gap between men and women
  24. (EU) EP/SOCIAL AFFAIRS:
    Parliament suggests getting more people into work to preserve the European social model
  25. (EU) EP/JHA:
    EP backs social rights for migrant workers
  26. (EU) EP/COMPANY LAW:
    Reducing costs resulting from communication and translation costs incumbent on some companies
  27. (EU) EP/HEALTH
  28. (EU) EP/ECONOMY:
    Parliament approves raising financial assistance to balance of payments
  29. (EU) EP/SPACE:
    Another Parliament call for developing European space policy
  30. (EU) EP/TRANSPORT
  31. (EU) EP/APICULTURE:
    EP flies to bees' assistance
  32. (EU) EP/AGRICULTURE:
    Wine to join single market organisation
  33. (EU) EP/ENERGY:
    Parliament wants rapid financial commitment in favour of 12 pilot carbon capture and storage plants
  34. (EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
    Commission will ensure compliance with legislation through preventive and more strategic approach to infringements
  35. (EU) EU/JAPAN
  36. (EU) EU/JAPAN
  37. (EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
    Moving towards agreement on changes to EU investment fund rules
  38. (EU) EU/TAXATION:
    Experts call for ambitious draft legislation to encourage e-invoicing
  39. (EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET
  40. (EU) EU/EUROMED/EIB:
    Eneko Landaburu says developing human capital and mobility is key to EU's ability to act in EuroMed region
  41. (EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE:
    Vague Commission decisions cannot be directly invoked in national courts
  42. (EU) EU/LEGISLATION:
    Important legislation published in EU Official Journal
  43. (EU) EP/AUXILIARIES
  44. (EU) EP/OMBUDSMAN
  45.  
     TIMETABLE 

  46. (EU) Major European events from 24/11 to 1/12/2008
  47. €: VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 21/11/2008
  48.  USD  1.2602  HUF  266.78  CHF  1.5369 
     BRL  3.0627  MYR  4.5651  JPY  119.30 
     LTL  3.4528  ISK  245.00  CAD  1.6151 
     NZD  2.3854  BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.7093 
     NOK  8.9270  CNY  8.6086  PHP  62.830 
     CZK  25.700  PLN  3.8375  HRK  7.1317 
     HKD  9.7680  SGD  1.9277  DKK  7.4537 
     RON  3.8035  RUB  34.6421  IDR  15626.48 
     THB  44.403  EEK  15.6466  SEK  10.3710 
     TRY  2.1180  KRW  1890.30  ZAR  13.1848 
     GBP  0.84100  SKK  30.404  AUD  2.0278 
     MXN  17.6428     

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