EU Continues to Provide Aid to Haiti
2/9/2010
 EU financial support for aid transport has reached €3 million. Civil protection assistance main focus is currently shelter. With rain & hurricane season starting in April, helpers are now seeking more permanent shelter solutions, including plastic sheeting. More than 250,000 people are thought to have already received emergency shelter. Sanitation is also a major concern at many spontaneous settlements. As to medical care, more specialists such as physiotherapists are needed to provide post-operative amputee care. Two EU Rapid Response Capability units – a water purification unit & an advanced medical post with surgery - continue operations in Port-au-Prince & Leogane. Read more; Daily Update; Background
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European Parliament Approves New European Commission
2/9/2010
 The European Parliament elected the new European Commission by 488 votes to 137, with 72 abstentions, in Strasbourg on Tuesday, Feb. 9. The vote took the form of a single ballot on the whole College of Commissioners, consisting of one Commissioner from each of the 27 EU Member States. European Commission President Barroso said: "What Europe needs to succeed is policies focused on results, better governance structures and confidence in our own ability to solve the problems we face. Our common currency, the euro, will continue to constitute a major tool for our development and those who think it can be put in question must realise we will stick to our course. The European Union has the necessary framework to address any challenge that appears in this respect." Read more; European Commission President Barroso
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EU & US Urge Iran to Fulfill Human Rights Obligations
2/9/2010
 Following an invitation from the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC), the European Commission has deployed an Election Assessment Team (EAT) to assess and analyze the upcoming Council of Representatives elections in Iraq to be held on March 7, 2010. Read more; EU Election Observers; Background
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EU Member States Meet Feb. 11 on Economic & Climate Change Issues
2/9/2010
 European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has convened an Informal Meeting of EU Heads of State or Government on Thursday, February 11, 2010 in Brussels to discuss financial questions and the follow-up to the Copenhagen climate conference. Read more
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US EU Cigarette Smuggler to US Jail
2/9/2010
 In the first case of its kind, a third-country national has received a custodial sentence in the United States for fraud against the financial interests of the European Union and has been ordered to re-pay $1.5 million in restitution. Read more
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EU-US Data Protection & Info-Sharing Agreement Consultation
2/9/2010
 The European Commission has launched a public consultation through March 12 on a future EU-US data protection and information sharing agreement. The consultation aims at gathering the views of stakeholders and the public at large on the basis of a discussion paper as part of the preparatory work for the recommendation to authorise the negotiation of a future EU-US agreement. Read more; Details; Consultation; Background
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Weekly Message of Chargé d'Affaires Angelos Pangratis: JANUARY 29, 2010
1/29/2010
 "As every year, the Washington diplomatic corps is invited to the Capitol to hear the President deliver his State of the Union address and I was thus able to listen to President Obama's speech together with other Ambassadors and Heads of Diplomatic Missions. It was his first State of the Union address, and the President's superb rhetorical skills were on full display when he described the many serious challenges facing the country, notably health care and banking reform, the need to create more jobs, education, and the Administration's efforts to fight terrorism around the world." Read more
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 09 February 2010 )
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