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Abdou Diouf condamne la tentative d’assassinat du Président guinéen

ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE

Abdou Diouf, Secrétaire général de la Francophonie, condamne avec la plus grande fermeté l’attaque à la roquette survenue, hier, le 19 juillet, contre la résidence du Président de la République de Guinée, Alpha Condé. Cet acte inacceptable survient alors que la Guinée a élu son Président il y a sept mois à l’occasion d’élections libres, transparentes et démocratiques.

 

Camfil Farr Low energy air filter shortlisted for prestigious HVAC industry award

CAMFIL

Camfil Farr is a global manufacturer of air filtration equipment and associated services and the world leader in the production and development of air filters.  They recently became the first manufacturing company in the UK to be awarded the BSI’s ERV (Energy Reduction Verification) Kitemark.

Camfil has been shortlisted for the award Air Conditioning Product of the Year at Emap’s RAC Cooling Awards 2011.

High inflation and low investment hampers recovery, ACCA survey shows - Western European finance professionals most pessimistic as region ‘ tests the limits of austerity’

ACCA

Rising inflation and flat investment have kept the world’s economic recovery stuck in reverse, the latest Global Economic Conditions Survey from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has shown.

Of the 2,186 ACCA members surveyed between 16 May and 6 June 2011, only 26% reported increased confidence, down from 28% three months ago, with 57% saying that economic conditions are either deteriorating or stagnating, up from 51% only three months ago.

Israel has to guarantee safety of captured Gaza-activists

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

 

The French ship "Dignity al-Karama", the only remaining vessel from the "Gaza Flotilla", was surrounded by the Israeli navy upon nearing the Gaza coast. The boat's lines of communication have been jammed and the Israeli navy have boarded the boat and are now taking it to the port of Ashdod.

Reacting to the news, Rebecca Harms and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Co-Presidents of the Greens/EFA group, said:

CLEPA position on the EC proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2003/96/EC restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity

CLEPA

EC proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 2003/96/EC restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (COM/2011/0169 final – CNS 2011/0092)
 
Background
On 13 April 2011, the European Commission presented a proposal to overhaul the current EU rules on the taxation of energy products. The new rules aim to restructure the way energy products are taxed to take into account both their CO2 emissions and energy content.

EPP President expresses confidence that Eurozone Summit will provide solutions to current economic situation

EPP Group in the European Parliament

The President of the European People's Party (EPP) Wilfried Martens expressed today his confidence that Thursday’s Eurozone Summit will contribute to the stabilization of the financial situation in Europe:

Merkel caves in to European Socialists’ demand on European rating agency

PES - Party of European Socialists

 

Faced with the disastrous consequences of their handling of the crisis, conservatives have turned to PES answers to deal with speculators. Reacting to last week’s downgrading of EU countries by US-based agencies, it was the time for German chancellor Angela Merkel to call for a European rating agency.
 

Online gaming and betting: proposed new law in Germany criticised by the European Commission

EGBA - European Gaming and Betting Association

The European Commission today issued a ‘detailed opinion’ against the draft German State Gambling Treaty. This detailed opinion confirms that the Commission believes the proposed German State Treaty is in breach of EU law. If the draft is not substantially changed after this warning, Germany risks formal infringement proceedings, referral to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) and ultimately financial penalties.

EU Research Commissioner visits European automotive manufacturers to see research in action

ACEA - European Automobile Manufacturers' Association

EU Research Commissioner visits European automotive manufacturers to see research in action

Lommel (Belgium), 18/07/2011 – European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn made a field trip today to EUCAR, the European Council for Automotive R&D, for a demonstration of advanced vehicle technology. Automotive manufacturers showed first-hand how technologies supported by EU research funding are being developed, creating the innovations for future market launch.

European Public Sector Award – EPSA 2011: “The run-up to the Final Event and Ceremony has started with 58 applications being awarded a Best Practice Certificate.”

The EPSA 2011 Team at EIPA is pleased to announce that, following the three evaluation steps out of four completed so far, 58 applications from among the 274 submitted have been chosen to receive a Best Practice Certificate. These 58 applications were submitted by 18 countries in total, across the three EPSA 2011 themes.

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