No. 2011, February 2011

Index

• WASHINGTON CONFLICTED OVER ONLINE GAMBLING BAN.
• OPEN FORUM : SPORTS RIGHTS OWNERS MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.
• INTERVIEW WITH PAOLO MENGOZZI, ADVOCATE-GENERAL, EU COURT OF JUSTICE : CROSS-BORDER DIMENSION KEY FOR ECJ.
• TAXATION PUT ON BACK BURNER.
• ENERGY: FOCUS ON 2050 ROAD MAP AND SPECIAL SUMMIT.
• INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR CHAN-GUK HUH, CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, SOUTH KOREA : 'EUROPE MUST DO ITS FINANCIAL HOMEWORK'.
• STRUCTURAL FUNDS: FINAL STRAIGHT FOR DRAWING UP NEW RULES.
• ECONOMY : FUTURE 'UNCERTAIN' AS CRISIS PRESIDENCY OPENS.
• EU LOOKS TO PROVE GLOBAL DIPLOMATIC CREDENTIALS.
• RESEARCH AND INNOVATION: COLOURING IN BELGIAN DRAWING.
• FIRST EVER EU SPORTS POLICY TO BE FLESHED OUT.
• ENLARGEMENT: STEERING CROATIA SAFELY TOWARDS ACCESSION.
• FIRST "NORMAL" PRESIDENCY UNDER LISBON TREATY?
• MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK: 'HUGE FIGHT' AHEAD.
• TRANSPORT: WORK TO CONTINUE ON EUROVIGNETTE AND RAILWAY PACKAGE.
• REINVIGORATING EASTERN PARTNERSHIP.
• INTERNAL MARKET/COMPETITION: SENSITIVE ISSUES GALORE.
• JUSTICE & HOME AFFAIRS: DEFENDING ENLARGEMENT OF SCHENGEN AREA.
• INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: FOCUS ON THREE KEY AREAS.
• SOCIAL POLICY: FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING 2020 STRATEGY.
• CONSUMERS: WILL PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL BE ON SAME WAVELENGTH?
• EDUCATION: TACKLING EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING.
• ENVIRONMENT: AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME IF EP AND COMMISSION DELIVER.
• FISHERIES AND MARITIME POLICY : 'MODEST' BEGINNING AHEAD.
• OPEN FORUM : THE UNION ON 1 JANUARY 2011: MATURITY SLOW IN COMING.
• AGRICULTURE: CAP REFORM, MILK AND PIGMEAT TOP PRIORITIES.
• HEALTH: THIRD ELEMENT OF PHARMA PACKAGE IN FOREFRONT.
• HUNGARY'S GOVERNMENT TREADING UNCONVENTIONAL PATHS.
• BELGIUM REGAINS PRESTIGE WITH EU PRESIDENCY.
• ESCAPING THE TRAP.
• OPEN FORUM : IF COORDINATION FAILS, INTEGRATION MUST BE THE ANSWER.
• EU/US : CONGRESS SCUPPERS OBAMA'S EFFORTS TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO.
• SHELL-COSAN JV APPROVED.
• ENERGY : COMMISSION CONSULTS ON EXTERNAL DIMENSION OF EU POLICY.
• INFLATION EXCEEDS 2% IN EUROZONE.
• FINANCIAL SUPERVISION : EU WATCHDOGS OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
• OPEN FORUM : TEN-T: THE PERMANENT BLUFF OF MEMBER STATES.
• INSECTICIDES : INVESTIGATION INTO SC JOHNSON'S BUY OF SARA LEE'S UNIT.
• EUROZONE : EURO CHANGEOVER 'RUNNING SMOOTHLY' IN ESTONIA.
• MEAT INDUSTRY MERGER AUTHORISED.
• ENERGY MERGER CLEARED.
• COOP CLEARED TO BUY TRANSGOURMET.
• ENERGY : HUNGARIANS FAST FORWARD ON SUMMIT AND COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS.
• TAXATION : COMMISSION MAY INITIATE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST BUDAPEST.
• DIOXIN: GERMANY UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
• HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES : ECHA RECEIVES OVER THREE MILLION NOTIFICATIONS.
• RAIL TRANSPORT : PARLIAMENT COULD SHAKE UP INTERNAL ORGANISATION OF RAILWAYS.
• MEDIA : COMMISSION HAS 'DOUBTS' ABOUT HUNGARIAN LAW.
• EU/IVORY COAST : EU PRESSURES GBAGBO AS REGIONAL EFFORTS FAIL.
• EU/UN/ENVIRONMENT : FOREST PROTECTION, A GLOBAL PRIORITY IN 2011.
• SCHENGEN ENLARGEMENT : EU EXEC: BUCHAREST HAS NO RIGHT TO QUIT VERIFICATION MECHANISM.
• IMMIGRATION : EXECUTIVE OPPOSES BORDER FENCE BETWEEN GREECE AND TURKEY.
• EU INVITED TO IRANIAN NUCLEAR PLANTS.
• EU OBSERVERS PREPARE FOR SUDAN REFERENDUM.
• MODERNISING EUROPE.
• GE CLEARED TO BUY DRESSER.
• SHELL-COSAN JV AUTHORISED.
• ENERGY : COMMISSION KICKS OFF WORK ON 2050 ROAD MAP.
• INDUSTRY : EU PRODUCER PRICE INDEX UP SLIGHTLY.
• INDUSTRIAL NEW ORDERS UP BY 1.4% IN EUROZONE.
• RENEWABLES : EU SET TO EXCEED 20% TARGET BY 2020.
• EU/MIDDLE EAST : ASHTON RENEWS PUSH FOR NEGOTIATED PEACE DEAL.
• ASHTON CONDEMNS ASSASSINATION OF PAKISTANI POLITICIAN.
• VAN DEN BRANDE TO ADVISE COMMISSIONER HAHN.
• RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES : EU RATIFIES UN CONVENTION.
• HUNGARIAN PRESIDENCY : PM ORBAN: TASKS FACING EU 'NOT COMPLICATED, JUST DIFFICULT'.
• EU/IRAN : EU CONSIDERING TEHRAN'S INVITATION TO INSPECT NUCLEAR SITES.
• ENERGY : MEMBER STATES DISAPPOINT BARROSO ON EFFICIENCY.
• ENERGY : ENVIRONMENTALISTS DISAPPOINTED BY EFFICIENCY POLICY IN 2010.
• ECONOMIC POLICY : BARROSO: MARKETS COUNTING ON MORE INTEGRATION.
• HOW COURSES WORK.
• BOLOGNA PROCESS : NEW FRAMEWORK HARMONISES COURSES LEADING TO CERTIFICATES.
• EU RAISES FIVE BILLION EURO FOR IRELAND.
• NEW RULES ON PHARMACOVIGILANCE.
• INSTITUTE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES : AN EXAMPLE OF DIVERSITY.
• INTERVIEW WITH THIERRY MONFORTI, COLLEGE OF EUROPE IN BRUGES : MAINTAINING EXCELLENCE IN AN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT.
• POLAND : COLLEGE OF EUROPE'S ROYAL' NATOLIN CAMPUS.
• INTERVIEW WITH FRANCOIS-GILLES LE THEULE, DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES, ENA, STRASBOURG : 'WE NEED TO BUILD POLES OF SKILLS IN EUROPE'.
• JEAN MONNET PROGRAMME : GENERATING INTEREST AND PROMOTING EXCELLENCE.
• EU/FYROM : ATHENS AND SKOPJE TO REVIVE NAME DISPUTE TALKS.
• JEAN MONNET PROGRAMME : REACHING BEYOND EU'S BORDERS.
• AFTER GRADUATIO : JOB PROSPECTS AND CAREER OPTIONS.
• COMMUNITY CONCOURS : SKILLS MORE IMPORTANT THAN KNOWLEDGE.
• JEAN MONNET CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE.
• INTERNET/ANTI-TRUST POLICY : COMMISSION SOUNDS OUT GOOGLE'S COMPETITORS.
• JEAN MONNET PROGRAMME : FIVE INSTITUTIONS IN DETAIL.
• BEFORE ENROLMENT : PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS.
• OPEN FORUM : TRAINING STUDENTS FOR PRACTICE AND PRACTITIONERS TO NEW PROCEDURES.
• ATTACKS AGAINST CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES: EUROPEAN RESPONSE.
• HUNGARIAN PRESIDENCY : BUDAPEST REBUTS MEDIA LEGISLATION CRITICISM.
• DECLARATION FOR NON-DISCRIMINATORY ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE.
• CHINA SUPPORTS EUROPE.
• RETAIL SALES DOWN.
• ECONOMY : SENTIMENT CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.
• HUNGARIAN PRESIDENCY : DEFIANT ORBAN SETS OUT CHALLENGES.
• COLLEGE OF COMMISSIONERS TO MEET HUNGARIAN PRESIDENCY.
• ENERGY : LITHUANIANS STILL FEAR NUCLEAR PLANTS IN RUSSIA AND BELARUS.
• CONSULTATION ON CRISIS MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK.
• WORKING GROUP CHAIRS/COUNCIL.
• RESEARCH : 2.7 MILLION EURO TO EQUIP ELDERLY WITH UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONSOLES.