Europe-East articles from November 2002

Europe-East archives from November 2002

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO CAP IN THE WAKE OF THE BRUSSELS SUMMIT?(European Union's agricultural policy)
November 7, 2002... The ambiguities in the Brussels summit conclusions - and the interpretations being made of them - leave unclear what will happen to the EU's common agricultural policy, and particularly to the mid-term review. French President Jacques Chirac...

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT EMPHASISES ROLE OF THEATRE IN ENLARGEMENT.
November 7, 2002... The European Parliament adopted a resolution on the importance and dynamics of the theatre and the performing arts in an enlarged Europe at its October plenary session. As rapporteur Genevieve Fraisse pointed out in her report for the committee...

NEW ACTION PLAN AHEAD FOR NORTHERN DIMENSION.
November 7, 2002... EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Luxembourg on October 21-22 for the General Affairs and External Relations Council approved guidelines for an Action Plan for the Northern Dimension, which, they said, should receive a boost from EU enlargement....

TALLINN TO BENEFIT FROM NEW EBRD LOAN.(European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... Residents of Tallinn, Estonia, are to benefit from improved water and waste-water management services following a Euro 80 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to Tallinna Vesi (ASTV), a local water...

NEW LATVIAN GOVERNMENT AFFIRMS EU GOAL.(European Union)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... The new Latvian Government, under Prime Minister Einars Repse, won its confirmation majority in the Latvian Parliament on November 7. The four-party coalition that emerged from the recent elections reaffirmed that its priorities are efficient...

ENVIRONMENT CONFLICTING WITH BULGARIAN DEVELOPMENT PLANS?
November 21, 2002... Environmental protection groups are still fighting to preserve valuable stretches of Bulgarian countryside against new roads. The Bulgarian Society for Protection of Birds / BirdLife Bulgaria and BALKANI Wildlife Society presented the Bulgarian...

BELARUSIAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM LAW SLAMMED BY EU.(European Union)(Brief Article)
November 21, 2002... The EU's frosty relations with Belarus have been highlighted by yet another critical EU statement on the former Soviet republic, this time objecting to an allegedly repressive new Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Organisations signed...

EU/CANDIDATE COUNTRIES: RECENT RESEARCH ON THE REGION.(European Union)
November 21, 2002... An October study from the French Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry argues that 10 years of transition have not led to the birth of an enterprise culture in the candidate countries, yet the maturity of those economies will depend on the...

LIIKANEN REVIEWS ICT AND NORTHERN DIMENSION.(Erkki Liikanen)
November 21, 2002... Erkki Liikanen, Member of the European Commission responsible for Enterprise and the Information Society, set out his thinking on "The Northern eDimension Action Plan" when he spoke in Pori on 11 November. Enlargement of the European Union...