Europe-East articles from October 2001

Europe-East archives from October 2001

THE FINAL STRAIGHT TO ENLARGEMENT?(European Union)(Brief Article)
October 30, 2001... As this issue of Euro-East reports, the European Commission's pre-paper for the Ghent informal summit clearly demonstrated just how many gaps there are in the overall EU policy on external relations as the international crisis deepens. Partly...

EU/YUGOSLAVIA: EIB AND EBRD PREPARE TO BOOST LENDING.(European Union. European Investment Bank,European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)(Brief Article)
October 30, 2001... The European Parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg approved a decision on October 4, to boost by Euro 350 million, the amount of money that the European Investment Bank (EIB) can lend to Yugoslavia. The Parliament's rapporteur, Esko Olavi...

LATVIA'S "BRIGHT" ECONOMIC SITUATION.
October 30, 2001... Strict monetary and fiscal policies, successful integration into the global economy, improvement of the investment climate, growth of foreign direct investment volumes and the consistent advancement towards the EU, implying certain obligations...

COMPETITION IN THE CANDIDATE COUNTRIES.(Mario Monti, European Union)(Interview)
October 30, 2001... Mario Monti, European Commissioner for Competition Policy, set out the official view of competition policy and EU enlargement when he spoke at the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung in Berlin on 27 September. "These are very important months for the...

IMF APPROVES FINANCING FOR MONGOLIA.(International Monetary Fund)
October 30, 2001... The International Monetary Fund has approved a three-year arrangement for Mongolia under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF)1 for SDR 28.49 million (about USUSD37 million). As a result, Mongolia will be able to draw SDR 4.07...

KULAKOWSKI'S FAREWELL.(Jan Kulakowski)
October 30, 2001... In a speech entitled "Approaching the finish" that he gave to the Royal Institute of International Affairs in late September, Jan Kulakowski, Poland's Chief Negotiator with the EU since the negotiations opened in 1998 until his replacement in...

INTERREG FINANCE FOR CO-OPERATION IN THE BALTIC.(Brief Article)
October 30, 2001... The European Union is to provide Euro 97 million through the Regional Funds to finance a development programme in the eleven countries of the Baltic Sea Region. The European Commission approved this package on October 16 under the INTERREG III...