Results from the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) examinations in December reveal that a record 205,000 sat papers, with more than 6,000 taking a major step towards membership of the global body for professional accountants.

Candidates around the world took more than 397,000 papers, with 6,420 students successfully completing their final ACCA exams and a further 2,926 students completing the Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) exams.

Brussels, 24 February 2011 – The EGBA and RGA today hailed the publication by CEN of the groundbreaking Workshop Agreement “Responsible Remote Gambling Measures” (see CEN leaflet) , the first Pan-European agreement aimed at providing a high level of consumer protection for online players in the European Union.

European Liberals utterly condemn the escalation of violence in Libya. “This is appalling”, expressed ELDR Party President Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck MEP. “A regime that shoots and bombs its own people has lost any legitimacy it might have had”, she said.

European Liberals fully support German Foreign Minister and liberal party leader Guido Westerwelle’s call for sanctions on Libya, co-initiated with the Finnish liberal-led government.

Euro NCAP, of which the FIA is a full member, today publishes the results of seven new vehicles, including its first test of a fully electric car, marking the start of a series of EV tests in 2011.

"The Members of the EPP Group are profoundly saddened at the news of the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, where at least 65 people have perished. On behalf of my Group, I wish to express my sympathy with the families of those who have lost their lives", said Joseph Daul MEP, Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament.