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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-11-04
From: HR-Net News Distribution Manager <dist@hri.org>
CONTENTS
[01] EU meeting on Zaire crisis
[02] EU view on help in Zaire
[03] Commission autumn economic picture
[04] Santer/U.K./single currency
[05] EU and Senegal fishing talks fail
[06] Main EU events for November 4
[01] EU meeting on Zaire crisis
DUBLIN - European Union ministers have been invited to meet in Brussels this
Thursday to discuss emergency humanitarian support for more than a million
refugees caught in fighting in Eastern Zaire, current EU president Ireland
said.
[02] EU view on help in Zaire
BRUSSELS - The European Union said a ceasefire must be declared in eastern
Zaire before more than a million refugees caught in the raging cross-border
conflict and facing potential catastrophe could be helped on a mass scale.
[03] Commission autumn economic picture
BRUSSELS - The European Commission is expected to paint a brighter economic
picture of the European Union in its autumn forecasts on Wednesday.
[04] Santer/U.K./single currency
PARIS - Britain is likely to bow to pressure eventually from its business and
financial community to join the planned single European currency, European
Commission president Jacques Santer said.
[05] EU and Senegal fishing talks fail
DAKAR - The European Union and Senegal have failed to agree on conditions for
renewing their two-year fishing agreement, sources close to the talks say.
[06] Main EU events for November 4
EUROPEAN UNION - 1996 European Telework week begins (to November 11).
BRUSSELS - European Commissioner Fischler holds news conference on rural
development at 1115 GMT.
From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://europa.eu.int/
© ECSC - EC - EAEC, Brussels-Luxembourg, 1995, 1996
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