Source: Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition

Brussels, Oct.12 2010/PRNewswire/ -- A healthy diet also benefits the environment, according to a scientific study presented in Brussels today by the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN).

The study ‘Double Pyramid: Healthy Food for people, sustainable food for the planet’ indicates that foods with higher recommended consumption levels are also those with lower environmental impact. Contrarily, those foods with lower recommended consumption levels are also those with higher environmental impact.

Winner of Alternative Nobel Prize, President of EUROSOLAR, President of the World Council for Renewable Energy, Member of German Parliament

Brussels, 15 October 2010

Hermann Scheer has passed away - his vision of a 100% renewable energy society is more important and livelier than ever

With great sadness EUFORES has taken note of the unexpected and sudden death of Hermann Scheer today. On behalf of EUFORES, we would like to express our sincere condolences to his family.

EU Transport Ministers reached a political agreement on the Eurovignette, paving the way for extra taxes to allegedly internalise external costs in road freight transport yet with no guarantee that externalities will be effectively reduced.

Porec, Istria (HR), 15th October 2010

True to its mission of reinforcing subsidiarity and bringing Europe closer to its citizens, the Assembly of European Regions (AER) organised a Citizens’ Forum in the region of Istria in Croatia. The local population was invited to debate with local and regional authorities representatives and the European Union the perspectives that EU accession offers for decentralisation.

15 October 2010

Brussels – ETNO, the European Telecommunications Network Operators’ association, is concerned by the announcement by the Hungarian Government of a possible three-year tax of ?220 million per year to be imposed on the telecommunications sector to bring Hungary’s budget deficit in line with European Union (EU) rules next year.