No agreement on taxes in EU
The decision was blocked thanks to resistance from Luxembourg, which requires this decision to be valid for non-Member States as well.
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G7 Leaders, Van Rompuy and Barroso on Ukraine Crisis
G-7 Leaders Statement
By EU High Representative Catherine Ashton at the end of the visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina
“I felt it was very important to come to Bosnia and Herzegovina today, to speak to the institutional leaders, and members of civil society, face to face.
Over 90% Europeans support the main trends of the new common agricultural policy
“These results (…) illustrate the significant extent to which the content of the reformed common agricultural policy (CAP) is attuned to civil society expectations”, commented the European Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos.
New kindergartens opened in Krusevac and Leskovac
Two new kindergartens “Lane” and “Sunce” in preschool institution “Nata Veljkovic” opened in Krusevac for which the European Union donated more than 300.000 EUR for its construction and equipment.
Completed projects for the Erozija housing neighbourhood in Novi Pazar
Drafting the main projects such as building the Centre for Social Work or social housing, kindergarten and elementary school facilities as well as projects for infrastructure instalment and building the Diagnostic Centre within the Medical Centre in the Erozija housing neighbourhood amounted €92.000.
Catherine Ashton to visit BiH
She will meet the leaders of BiH institutions and the civil society to discuss the situation in the country, ahead of discussions with Member States in the coming weeks.
Head of the EU Delegation visits Anti-corruption Agency
Issues discussed were the cooperation between Agency and the EU Delegation as well as Agency’s participation in EU accession negotiations within the framework of Chapter 23.
Tariff cuts for Ukrainian exports to the EU
Following the recent unprecedented events in the country and the security, political and economic challenges faced by Ukraine, on 6 March 2014 the European Council stated its support to help stabilize Ukraine’s economy with a package of measures and one of these was the granting of autonomous trade preferences.
Responsible trading strategy for minerals from conflict zones
The package of measures will make it more difficult for armed groups in conflict-affected and high-risk areas to finance their activities through the mining of and trade in minerals.