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        <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>BACKGROUND NOTE - GENERAL AFFAIRS Council meeting - Luxembourg, 25 June 2013</title>
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            <link>http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/genaff/137522.pdf</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Institutional affairs</category>
            <category>Council of the EU</category>
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            <title>AGENDA - GENERAL AFFAIRS Council meeting - Luxembourg, 25 June 2013</title>
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            <link>http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/genaff/137523.pdf</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Institutional affairs</category>
            <category>Council of the EU</category>
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            <title>"Aktivity EK v oblasti vedy, výskumu a inovácií a odporúčania pre Slovensko"</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ Zodpovedný za medziinštitucionálne vzťahy a administratívu (European Commission´s activities in the field of research and innovation and recommendations for Slovakia) Conference on innovation and industry "How to make a business from results of science. Bratislava, 18.]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/13/549&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=SK&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Institutional affairs</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>"Fondy EÚ: Investícia do budúcnosti"(EU Funds: Investment for the future)</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ Zodpovedný za medziinštitucionálne vzťahy a administratívu EU 2020 Conference 'EU Funds: Investment for the future' in Bratislava. Bratislava, 18. jún 2013 Vážený pán predseda vlády, vážení páni ministri, dámy a páni, vážení hostia, som veľmi rád, že v spolupráci s Americkou obchodnou komorou sa nám dnes podarilo...]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/13/548&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=SK&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Institutional affairs</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>Background briefing (19.6.2013, 13.30) on General Affairs Council meeting - Luxembourg, 25 June 2013</title>
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            <link>http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/genaff/137494.pdf</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Institutional affairs</category>
            <category>Council of the EU</category>
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            <title>Next European elections will take place from 22 to 25 May 2014</title>
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            <link>http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/cms_data/docs/pressdata/EN/genaff/137466.pdf</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Institutional affairs</category>
            <category>Council of the EU</category>
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            <title>National angle - UK winners of the European Citizen's Prize 2013 from the European Parliament</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Professor Richard Demarco, CISV International, and the AIRE Centre are among the 43 winners of the European Citizen's Prize 2013 of the European Parliament. Since 2008, the prize has been awarded to citizens or organisations having contributed to promoting better mutual understanding and closer integration between citizens or to facilitating cross-border or transnational cooperation within the EU.<br /> <br />Source : <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/legal-notice">© European Union, 2013 - EP</a>]]></description>
            <link>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20130606AVI11202/</link>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Institutional affairs</category>
            <category>European Parliament</category>
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            <title>Press release - Elections 2014: share-out of MEPs' seats among 28 EU countries</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/resources/library/images/20130220PHT05940/20130220PHT05940_125.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="0"/>Plenary sessions : In the 2014 European elections 12 EU member states will each lose one seat and none will gain any, under a draft decision endorsed by Parliament on Wednesday. These reductions are needed in order to comply with the 751-seat limit set by the Lisbon Treaty and to make room for Croatia's MEPs.<br /> <br />Source : <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/legal-notice">© European Union, 2013 - EP</a>]]></description>
            <link>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20130610IPR11414/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Institutional affairs</category>
            <category>European Parliament</category>
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            <title>Press release - Parliament backs Neven Mimica to become new EU Commissioner for consumer policy</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Plenary sessions : MEPs backed Neven Mimica to become Croatia's member of the European Commission in a secret ballot on Wedneseday. If appointed, Mr Mimica will take the new "consumer policy" portfolio. MEPs have long argued that consumer issues need to be given higher priority.<br /> <br />Source : <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/legal-notice">© European Union, 2013 - EP</a>]]></description>
            <link>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20130607IPR11364/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Institutional affairs</category>
            <category>European Parliament</category>
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            <title>Press release - European Parliament approves its session calendar for 2014</title>
            <description><![CDATA[Plenary sessions : The European Parliament voted Wednesday on a new session calendar for 2014, its next election year.<br /> <br />Source : <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/legal-notice">© European Union, 2013 - EP</a>]]></description>
            <link>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20130610IPR11413/</link>
            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:25:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Institutional affairs</category>
            <category>European Parliament</category>
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            <title>Press release - President of Slovenia says more EU cooperation needed for peace and prosperity</title>
            <description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/resources/library/images/20130611PHT11534/20130611PHT11534_125.jpg" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="0"/>Plenary sessions : The President of Slovenia, Borut Pahor, called for a convention to meet after next May's European elections to work on ways of strengthening cooperation between member states, in a formal address to Parliament in which he outlined his vision of the future of the European Union, at noon on Tuesday.<br /> <br />Source : <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/legal-notice">© European Union, 2013 - EP</a>]]></description>
            <link>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20130607IPR11371/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Institutional affairs</category>
            <category>European Parliament</category>
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            <title>National angle - GAA receives the European Citizen's Prize 2013 from the European Parliament</title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Gaelic Athletic Association / Cumann Lúthchleas Gael which was nominated for the European Citizen's Prize 2013 by Sean KELLY MEP, is among the 43 winners of the European Citizen's Prize 2013 of the European Parliament. Since 2008, the prize has been awarded to citizens or organisations having contributed to promoting better mutual understanding and closer integration between citizens or to facilitating cross-border or transnational cooperation within the EU.<br /> <br />Source : <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/portal/en/legal-notice">© European Union, 2013 - EP</a>]]></description>
            <link>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20130606AVI11203/</link>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:52:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Institutional affairs</category>
            <category>European Parliament</category>
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            <title>Speech: Lobbying – a legitimate exercise?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Maroš Šefčovič Vice-President of the European Commission Speech: Launch of the 'Guide to effective lobbying in Brussels' survey/Brussels 3 June 2013 Ladies and gentlemen, Last week I read an article in the Irish Times by a journalist who had been invited to today's event in which she expressed...]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/13/497&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:22:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Institutional affairs</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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            <title>The EU in 2013: how to restore confidence and growth?</title>
            <description><![CDATA[European Commission Maroš Šefčovič Vice-President of the European Commission Conference/Bratislava 31 May 2013 Ladies and Gentlemen The European Union will cease to exist in 2018. Don't worry, this is not in any way European Commission policy! It is in fact a vision of the future presented in a provocative exhibition...]]></description>
            <link>http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/13/486&amp;format=HTML&amp;aged=0&amp;language=EN&amp;guiLanguage=en</link>
            <pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
            <category>Institutional affairs</category>
            <category>European Commission</category>
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