AGRICULTURE /CAP REFORM

• Perspectives for the CAP in the Health Check and after 2013
• Mariann Fischer Boel speech: Observations on a CAP for the future, Congress of European Farmers 2008 organised by COPA/COGECA, Brussels, 30 September 2008
• Mariann Fischer Boel, Member of the European Commission responsible for agriculture and rural development, The CAP Health Check: an opportunity for regions, Clermont-Ferrand, 25 September 2008
• EU and China push positive trade agenda
• CAP reforms have transformed the EU's role in the WTO
• Press conference ahead of WTO talks
• Beef production in Europe : getting the policy framework right
• CAP Reform: Commission welcomes adoption of reformed cotton support scheme
• The Common Agricultural Policy: sorting the facts from the fiction
• Commission takes latest step in CAP simplification process
• Commission proposes clearer, more risk-proportionate rules for animal by-products
• Questions and answers on animal by-products

• On the eve of the G20 summit in Washington, the European Commission is launching an appeal for development to be given a place in the new "Bretton Woods II" architecture.
• European Commission provides €15 million for emergency food aid in the Horn of Africa
• World Food Day: European Commission calls for rapid backing to Billion euros 'Food Facility'
• Can Europe lead the world on Climate and Aid Policies?
• José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission, Address to the Opening Session of the United Nations High Level Event on Millennium Development Goals, New York, 25 September 2008
• Zimbabwe : European Commission provides extra €10M in humanitarian aid
• Aid Conference: Commission urges donors to make aid more effective to reach Millennium Development Goals
• European Union agrees to maintain trade preferences for developing countries
• Global Food Price Rise: Commission proposes special financing facility worth €1 billion to help developing country farmers
• Lebanon: Commission increases its aid to the victims of the Nahr Al Bared crisis to €28 million
• Middle East: Commission to provide €44 million in humanitarian aid to Palestinians and Iraqis

• Enlargement package 2008
• 2009 the year of the Western Balkans
• Progress reports: Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzogovina, Serbia/Kosovo
• Progress reports: Croatia, Turkey, FYROM
• 45 Years from the Signing of the Ankara Agreement: EU-Turkey –cooperation continues
• Olli Rehn, EU Commissioner for Enlargement, EU enlargement policy and South Eastern Europe progress in a changing context, Crans Montana Forum in Sarajevo, 10 October 2008

• Free movement of workers is good for Europe's economy
• Acting now for a better Europe : Commission brings forward its 2009 work programme
• European Youth Week 2008: The future challenges for youth on the top of the agenda
• Crackdown on child pornography on Internet: Vice-President Jacques Barrot announces financing of a European alert platform
• Preventing and combating human trafficking: the Commission calls for extraordinary effort by the EU and Member States in 2009
• Poverty Eradication Day: European Commission warns of impact of financial crisis on poor
• Eradicating poverty: the 2010 European Year starts today!
• Women and European politics: time for change
• Commission improves work-life balance for millions with longer and better maternity leave
• 50 young Europeans get a first taste of working abroad
• Summit puts equality at heart of EU social agenda
• Broadband Internet for all Europeans: Commission launches debate on future of universal service
• Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society and Media, "Social Networking in Europe :  success and challenges" Safer Internet Forum
• Social Networking Sites: Commissioner Reding stresses their economic and societal importance for Europe
• "Different languages, one goal": The Commission, UEFA and FARE kick off 2008-2009 football season with joint TV spot promoting tolerance through languages
• Sport: Commission to reinforce co-operation with European Paralympic Committee to foster social inclusion of people with disabilities
• Population projections 2008-2060
• Commission gives Golden Stars to 12 citizenship projects
• Tourism in the EU27: 40% of all trips are made abroad
• The European Health Insurance Card: don't leave on holiday without it!
• Sunscreen products: What matters for consumers?
• Multilingualism: How languages help business
• School Milk: New scheme boosts consumption and healthier consumer habits
• Commission proposes School Fruit Scheme worth €90 million per year
• Footballers and employers launch new EU forum for social dialogue
• Commission acts on gender equality legislation

FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE

ECONOMY

• Closing Conference of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008: New Perspectives for Intercultural Dialogue in Europe
• Brussels : Public debate on the role played by Education in Intercultural dialogue
• EU film support programme's first global steps trigger interest in Asia and South America
• Olympic Games
• Opening soon: a digital library for Europe

• European Union signs declaration against death penalty
• Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner calls for continued efforts to achieve universal abolition of the death penalty
• Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the Occasion of the World Day against the Dealth Penalty
• Conference « 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The defenders take the floor»
• "Freedom, Security and Justice: What will be the future?": Commission launches wide-ranging public consultation to define future priorities relating to freedom, security and justice

• EU and China push positive trade agenda
• Peter Mandelson, EU Trade Commissioner, Is climate change policy incompatible with free trade? Seminar on Climate Change Oslo, 18 September 2008
• Press conference ahead of WTO talks
• CAP reforms have transformed the EU's role in the WTO
• Mergers: Commission approves proposed acquisition of Volkswagen by Porsche
• Commissioner Fischler Boel - Press conference ahead of WTO talks
• Mergers: Commission opens in-depth investigation into BHP Billiton's proposed acquisition of Rio Tinto
• Major boost for trade in goods between EU Member States

• Price transparency and improved safety: more competition and better quality for the air transport sector
• For safer roads in cities: European Road Safety Day 2008
• Europe and US sign aviation agreement to improve safety and cut costs
• The Commission launches Single European Sky II for safer, greener and more punctual flying
• Single European Sky Second Package (SES II) – Q&A
• Open Skies - Europe and Australia
• Open Aviation Area for Europe and New Zealand