• Agenda Europeia de 1 a 29 de Março de 2009.
• 1 de Março de 2009, Reunião Informal de Chefes Estado ou de Governo dos Estados Membros da União Europeia.
• Conference on Strengthening EU Competitiveness - Potential of Migrant Workers on the Labour Market
• Post your questions for chat with Commissioner Vladimír Spidla
• Commissioner responsible for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, will answer your questions online in the European chat on Monday at 2 p.m

 EVENTOS

• Conferência sobre as melhores práticas dos programas comunitários - 2/3 de Março de 2009
• A África Sub-Sahariana e o Sistema Internacional: Desafios Futuros 
  Auditório B1 do Complexo Pedagógico II da Universidade do Minho, no Campus de Gualtar, em Braga, segunda-feira, 02-03-2009 . Decorrerá no dia 2 de Março de 2009, a partir das 14h00 horas no Auditório B1 do Complexo Pedagógico II, da Universidade do Minho, no Campus de Gualtar, em Braga  o Seminário "A África Sub-Sahariana e o Sistema Internacional: Desafios Futuros".
• Tertúlia sobre o Tratado de Lisboa - prof. Doutora Alessandra Silveira e prof. Doutor Paulo Vila Maior - Local. Almedina, Campus de Gualtar, 17:00 h.
• 3º SEMINÁRIO HOT -  Hands-on Translation
  Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas, Campus de Gualtar, Braga, entre sexta-feira, 27-02-2009 e sábado, 28-02-2009
  Numa iniciativa conjunta dos departamentos de Estudos Ingleses e Norte-Americanos (DEINA) e de Estudos Franceses (DEF), o Instituto de Letras e Ciências Humanas da UMinho apresenta, nos próximos dias 27 e 28 de Fevereiro de 2009, o seu 3º Seminário HOT na área da Tradução, subordinado ao tema: Tradução Jurídica / Documentos de Especialidade no Domínio da Tradução Jurídica.
• Conferências da responsabilidade do "Colégio da Europa" entre 20 de Março e 17 de Julho de 2009
  

PROGRAMAS

• Mobilidade Internacional Para Alunos da UM 
• Candidaturas à mobilidade de estudantes para o ano lectivo 2009/2010
  Gabinete de Relações Internacionais, campus de Gualtar, entre quinta-feira, 15-01-2009 e sábado, 28-02-2009. Encontram-se abertas as candidaturas à mobilidade de estudantes para o ano lectivo 2009/2010, no âmbito do Programa LLP-Programa de Aprendizagem ao longo da Vida/Erasmus, até ao dia 28 de Fevereiro de 2009.

• ELEIÇÕES EUROPEIAS DO PARLAMENTO EUROPEU em 7 de Junho de 2009

• RAPID - Edição da Representação da Comissão Europeia em Portugal
• Memo on State aid: Additional information on guarantees adopted under the Temporary Framework

(MEMO/09/87)

Commission to co-sponsor Palestinian Donors Conference and announces ?436 million ($554 million) to the Palestinians for 2009

Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighbourhood Policy, will pledge on 2 March in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) ?436 million ($554 million) to the Palestinian people for 2009 at the ?Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza?. The Conference, co-chaired by Egypt and Norway, will also be attended by the other members of the Quartet for the Middle East Peace Process: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, US Secretary of State Clinton, Russia Foreign Minister Lavrov, EU HRSG Solana and Czech Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg; and representatives of all international donors to the Palestinians. The Commission?s pledge will be dedicated to humanitarian aid and early recovery of the Gaza Strip. It will also continue supporting the Palestinian Authority in the implementation of the overall Palestinian Reform and Development Plan as well as UNRWA?s programmes for the benefit of the Palestine Refugees. Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner and Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Fayyad will also offer to all donors the PEGASE mechanism to channel their assistance to Gaza.

(IP/09/335)

Memo on The EU in the Middle East Peace Process

(MEMO/09/88)

Euro area unemployment up to 8.2%

The euro area (EA16) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 8.2% in January 2009, compared with 8.1% in December 2008. It was 7.3% in January 2008. The EU27 unemployment rate was 7.6% in January 2009, compared with 7.5% in December 2008. It was 6.8% in January 2008. Eurostat estimates that 18.412 million men and women in the EU27, of which 13.036 million were in the euro area, were unemployed in January 2009. Compared with December 2008, the number of persons unemployed increased by 386 000 in the EU27 and by 256 000 in the euro area. Compared with January 2008, unemployment went up by 2.194 million in the EU27 and by 1.641 million in the euro area. These figures are published by Eurostat.

(STAT/09/25)

Euro area annual inflation down to 1.1%

Euro area annual inflation was 1.1% in January 2009, down from 1.6% in December. A year earlier the rate was 3.2%. Monthly inflation was -0.8% in January 2009. EU annual inflation was 1.7% in January 2009, down from 2.2% in December. A year earlier the rate was 3.4%. Monthly inflation was -0.6% in January 2009. These figures come from Eurostat. In January 2009, the lowest annual rates were observed in Luxembourg (0.0%), Portugal (0.1%), Spain and France (0.8% each), and the highest in Latvia (9.7%), Lithuania (9.5%) and Romania (6.8%). Compared with December 2008, annual inflation fell in twenty-four Member States, remained stable in one and rose in two. The lowest 12-month averages up to January 2009 were registered in the Netherlands (2.2%), Portugal (2.4%) and Germany (2.6%), and the highest in Latvia (14.7%), Bulgaria (11.4%) and Lithuania (11.0%).

(STAT/09/26)

Participation of President José Manuel Barroso in the conference in Prague "EU Enlargement - 5 years after", 2 March 2009.

The President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso will take part on Monday, 2 March in the conference "EU Enlargement - 5 years after", organised by the Czech Presidency in collaboration with the European Commission. Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, Commissioner Vladimir Spidla, will also take part. The aim is to send a positive message underling the benefits to citizens, such as peace, liberty, democracy in Europe. It is also expected to evaluate the political, economic and social effects of enlargement. Three workshops are programmed: macro-financial stability, the EU internal market, and labour mobility within the EU. The conference will be broadcast live by Czech television CT24 (the national 24-hour news channel) and by the website of the Czech Presidency (www.eu2009.cz). Some 400 participants are expected.

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