Ex-communist newcomers face
slower growth in 2007, EU Business Week, 26 January 2007
Serbia 'could start EU
accession talks soon' , EU Business Week, 26 January 2007
EU unveils plans to tackle
rising airport costs, EU Business Week, 26 January 2007
EU plans fruit and veg aid
overhaul, EU Business Week, 26 January 2007
Bird flu returns to EU
with confirmed case in Hungary, EU Business Week, 26 January 2007
Europeans will forego
privacy to fight discrimination , EU Business Week, 26 January 2007
Parliament backs cross-border
rail competition, EU Business Week, 19 January 2007
EU holds firm on China
arms embargo, EU Business Week, 19 January 2007
Court advisor backs
Britain against EU safety claims, EU Business Week, 19 January 2007
Commission to upgrade
growth forecasts, EU Business Week, 19 January 2007
Bulgarian villagers
protest EU-imposed tax on brandy, EU Business Week, 19 January 2007
EU replaces import ban on live
birds with strict rules, EU Business Week, 19 January 2007
Federal Minister Steinmeier
welcomes the new EU Member States
Europe and Japan agree to step up
Doha efforts, EU Trade News, 11 January 2007
Washington meetings give boost to
Doha talks, EU Trade News, 11 January 2007
Germany takes helm of G8 and 27-member
EU , EU Business Week, 5 January 2007
EU trumpets success of the euro,
five years on , EU Business Week, 5 January 2007
Bulgaria, Romania make it to EU , EU
Business Week, 5 January 2007
EU gas supplies safe this winter,
say experts , EU Business Week, 5 January 2007
Eurozone inflation stable at 1.9 pct
in December , EU Business Week, 5 January 2007
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Ex-communist
newcomers face slower growth in 2007, EU Business Week, 26 January 2007
The European Union's new ex-communist member states continued to enjoy an
economic boom in 2006, but are likely to face a slowdown this year, the World
Bank said in a study released on Thursday.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Finance/world-bank.04
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Serbia 'could
start EU accession talks soon', EU Business Week, 26 January 2007
Serbia could start accession talks with the EU as soon as a government is
formed following last weekend's elections, the coordinator of the Stability
Pact for South Eastern Europe said on Tuesday.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Serbia/eu-serbia.62
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EU unveils
plans to tackle rising airport costs, EU Business Week, 26 January 2007
The Commission has put forward plans to tackle skyrocketting airport fees
charged to airlines, and ultimately to passengers.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Transport/airport-costs.35
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EU plans fruit
and veg aid overhaul, EU Business Week, 26 January 2007
The Commission on Wednesday set out plans to update its aid scheme for fruit
and vegetable farmers.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Agri/eu-agri-aid.78
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Bird flu
returns to EU with confirmed case in Hungary, EU Business Week, 26 January 2007
Hungarian authorities on Wednesday reported an outbreak of bird flu in the
south-east of the country, the first instance of the virus in the EU since
August.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Health/bird-flu-hungary.94
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Europeans
will forego privacy to fight discrimination , EU Business Week, 26 January 2007
Most EU citizens are prepared to share sensitive personal information on their
religion or ethnic origin to battle discrimination.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Social/discrimination.14
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Parliament backs
cross-border rail competition, EU Business Week, 19 January 2007
The European Parliament has backed plans to open up cross-border rail markets
but the competition drive was dealt a blow when a vote on freeing up national
markets failed due to a lack of MEPs.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Transport/eu-rail.17
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EU holds
firm on China arms embargo, EU Business Week, 19 January 2007
The European Union has insisted its arms embargo against China will remain,
despite the two sides agreeing to expand their strategic partnership.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Trade/china-arms-embargo.87
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Court
advisor backs Britain against EU safety claims, EU Business Week, 19 January
2007
The European Court of Justice's top adviser has urged that a European
Commission charge against Britain over its health and safety rules be
dismissed.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Employment/eu-health-safety-uk.45
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Commission
to upgrade growth forecasts, EU Business Week, 19 January 2007
Commissioner Joaquin Almunia has suggested that expansion in the eurozone
economy this year could be far higher than forecast because of unexpectedly
strong growth in Germany.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Finance/eu-growth-forecasts.92
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Bulgarian
villagers protest EU-imposed tax on brandy, EU Business Week, 19 January 2007
An EU-imposed excise tax on the production of traditional brandy sparked
protests in Bulgaria this week with villagers deserting licensed distilleries
and vowing to prepare their 'rakia' in clandestine basement facilities.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Bulgaria/bulgaria-brandy.53
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EU replaces import
ban on live birds with strict rules, EU Business Week, 19 January 2007
The European Union has lifted its ban on live birds entering the bloc and laid
down strict conditions for their import.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Food/1168534804.35
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Federal Minister
Steinmeier welcomes the new EU Member States 
Federal Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier issued the following statement
today (1 January) to mark Bulgaria and Romania's accession to the European
Union:
"It is my pleasure to welcome Bulgaria and Romania into the fold of European
Union nations punctually at the start of the New Year. I wish both countries a
smooth and successful kick-off as Members of the European Union. We commend the
great efforts that these states have undertaken since 1989-1990 to adapt their
political, economic and legal frameworks to the standards of the European
Union. We all know that they are still on the road towards full integration
into European structures. Further progress will require considerable effort on
the part of both states; it will however make Bulgaria and Romania's accession
to the European Union a success that will also benefit the 25 current Member
States. With their accession to the European Union, these two countries have
completed their "return" to Europe, which commenced with the fall of the Iron
Curtain. This is a joyful occasion for Bulgaria and Romania, and for us all in
their 25 EU partner countries."
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DOHA
Europe and Japan agree to step up Doha efforts , EU Trade
News, 11 January 2007
Commissioner Peter Mandelson and Japanese Trade Minister Akira Amari have
expressed their joint commitment to an early and ambitious final agreement in
the Doha world trade talks.
-> Read the
Press Release
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Washington meetings
give boost to Doha talks , EU Trade News, 11 January 2007
President George Bush and President Jose Manuel Barroso strongly agreed on the
economic and political importance of completing the Doha Round of trade talks.
Both recognise the narrow window of opportunity that exists between now and
Easter.
-> Read the
Press Release
-> Read the transcript on the Bush-Barroso Press Conference
->
Questions and Answers
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Germany takes helm of G8
and 27-member EU , EU Business Week, 5 January 2007
Germany took the helm of the European Union and the Group of Eight club of rich
nations on Monday with the self-appointed task of striving to relaunch the
Middle East peace drive and the EU constitution.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Institutions/germany-eu.54
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EU trumpets success
of the euro, five years on , EU Business Week, 5 January 2007
The Commission has been trumpeting the success of the euro, saying the number
of banknotes in circulation have virtually tripled in the five years since the
single currency was introduced.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Euro/1167318002.93
Slovenia's changeover to euro runs smoothly
http://www.eubusiness.com/Euro/slovenia-euro.97
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Bulgaria, Romania make it
to EU , EU Business Week, 5 January 2007
Former communist states Bulgaria and Romania celebrated Monday their New Year's
accession to the EU even as new EU president Germany warned that painful
reforms were still needed.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Institutions/bulgrom-eu.81
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EU gas supplies safe
this winter, say experts , EU Business Week, 5 January 2007
EU energy experts said Thursday that the EU's natural gas supplies were assured
for this winter, following a deal between Belarus and Russia.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Energy/eu-gas.56
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Eurozone inflation
stable at 1.9 pct in December , EU Business Week, 5 January 2007
Eurozone inflation was stable at 1.9 per cent in December compared to November,
in line with the ECB's preferred level of close to but less than 2.0 per cent,
Eurostat said on Thursday. .
http://www.eubusiness.com/Factsfig/inflation.49