EU freezes Bulgaria funds - EUbusiness Week no 410

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EUbusiness Week - Issue 410
25 July 2008
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This Week's Top Stories
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1. EU condemns Bulgaria over corruption, freezes funds
2. Mandelson shrugs off French threat at WTO talks
3. Eurozone recession fears loom as economic data dive
4. EU proposes ban on seal products
5. More EU states eye European Space Agency
6. EU study sounds reserves about cloning

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1. EU condemns Bulgaria over corruption, freezes funds
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The European Commission condemned Bulgaria on Wednesday
for its failure to tackle corruption and bad management
of EU funds and said it has frozen hundreds of millions
of euros in aid money.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216813621.74
EU urges Romania to do more on corruption, justice reform
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216831623.67

2. Mandelson shrugs off French threat at WTO talks
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Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson shrugged off a threat by
French President Nicolas Sarkozy Thursday to reject a WTO
trade accord as it stood, insisting that as Commissioner
he held the mandate to negotiate on behalf of the EU.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216909922.02

3. Eurozone recession fears loom as economic data dive
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The 15-nation eurozone economy is teetering on the brink of
recession, economists are warning in the wake of a string
of weak data.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216909933.47

4. EU proposes ban on seal products
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The Commission has proposed to ban products made from seals
killed in inhumane ways in a measure fuelling tensions with
major seal skin exporter Canada.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216810921.83

5. More EU states eye European Space Agency
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Four countries that joined the Union in 2004 are knocking
on the door of the European Space Agency, French Research
Minister Valerie Pecresse said on Tuesday.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216750738.32

6. EU study sounds reserves about cloning
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Cloning can threaten the health of livestock, but there is
"no clear evidence" that consuming meat and milk from
cloned animals is a risk to humans, an EU report suggests.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216904521.74

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Inside the EU Institutions
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Council Watch
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Karadzic: the Union welcomed Tuesday the arrest of former
Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic but kept up pressure
on Serbia's new government to track down other war crimes
suspects.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216719122.52
Serbia to restore envoys to EU states despite Kosovo
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216907223.41
EU broadens Zimbabwe sanctions
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216718221.59
Italy's Senate approves EU treaty
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216842483.98
Sarkozy charms Irish on EU rescue meeting
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216724523.46
http://www.eubusiness.com/European_Council

Commission Watch
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US visas: the Commission is threatening to take retaliatory
measures against the United States from January over
Washington's failure to extend visa-free travel to all
EU Member States.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216811823.02
http://www.eubusiness.com/Commission

Euro-Parliament Watch
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Bronislaw Geremek: mourners paid tribute to Bronislaw
Geremek, an anti-communist icon, historian and European
parliamentarian cherished by Poles, during funeral
ceremonies at Warsaw's St John's Cathedral and Powazki
cemetery on Monday.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216647123.34

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meetings of committees and political groups ahead of the
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EU diary
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1 Sep, Informal Transport meeting
13 Sep, Informal ECOFIN meeting
21 Sep, Informal Agriculture meeting
25 Sep, Justice and Home Affairs Council
25-26 Sep, Competitiveness Council
29 Sep, Agriculture and Fisheries Council

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Other news on EUbusiness this week
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http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216856822.61
EU scraps preferential tariffs for Vietnam footwear 23-Jul
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216824432.36
EU backing clears last hurdle to Porsche VW takeover 23-Jul
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216833423.04
EU blocks guarantees for DHL hub in eastern Germany 23-Jul
http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216816344.25
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http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1216478822.27

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