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Online betting and gaming: another “exception française”?

EGBA - European Gaming and Betting Association

Brussels, 13 October 2009

The French National Assembly voted today in first reading its draft on online gaming and betting. After voicing its concerns (see link) on the viability of the French draft, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) notes that today’s vote worsens the conditions of the market opening. The draft now goes to the Senate for discussion.

£1m award to address honeybee decline

Syngenta

01 October 2009
Scientists at Rothamsted Research and Warwick University have been awarded £1M by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) in partnership with Syngenta, to research the decline of honeybees.

UK government figures suggest bee numbers have fallen by 10-15% over the last 2 years; the British Beekeepers’ Association (BBKA) quotes a figure nearer 30% for 2008. Since the declines were first reported a number of factors have been suggested. Most scientists now believe that a complex of interacting factors is the most likely cause.

Cable hits 20mn EU Broadband Customer Mark

Cable Europe - European Cable Communications Association

EU industry chiefs meet Commissioner Reding for state of play summit on issues surrounding cable increasing role in pushing European connectivity

Brussels, 13 October 2009: Cable Europe announced today latest yearend figures for 2009 which indicate a rise in broadband customers throughout Europe as CEOs addressed priority policy areas in meetings held today in Brussels with Vivian Reding, European Commissioner for Information Society and Media.

ENISA -1st EU Agency to deliver its web content over IPv6

ENISA

The EU Agency ENISA [i.e. the European Network and Information Security Agency] now delivers its web site content over the new Internet protocol IPv6. With this action, ENISA is the first EU Agency to implement the European Commission IPv6 Action Plan.

Agency Work industry contributes to Post 2010 Lisbon Strategy discussions

World Employment Confederation–Europe

Brussels, 12th October 2009

As the Swedish Presidency and the European Commission work to prepare the ground ahead of the Spring European Council discussion on the post 2010 Lisbon Strategy, Eurociett, the European federation of Private Employment Agencies, has published a position paper with the industry’s contribution on Europe’s future priorities in employment policy.

PARTICIPANTS AT INTERNATIONAL SHEEPMEAT FORUM EMPHASISE NEED FOR INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW PRODUCTS, TO BOOST CONSUMPTION

Copa-Cogeca

In the wake of declining production and consumption, participants at a major International Sheepmeat Forum emphasised in Brussels today that new products must be developed to meet consumer demands, especially for convenience foods, and international cooperation in research and development must be stepped up.

EU Member States reports reveal that cogeneration is an economic option in the search for measures to close the energy efficiency gap in the 2020 energy savings target.

COGEN Europe

As Europe searches for further energy efficiency measures to achieve its 2020 savings target, COGEN Europe revealed the huge untapped potential for energy efficiency, which still remains, by using highly efficient cogeneration technology for electricity generation. At a European Parliamentary event hosted by Fiona Hall MEP, COGEN Europe presented the first analysis of Member States’ assessment of the cogeneration potential, showing that doubling the existing cogeneration capacity is economically possible.

Taxis for green mobility

IRU - International Road Transport Union

3rd International IRU Taxi Forum feeds COP15 Climate Change Conference debate and stresses the need for government incentives to reduce CO2 emissions.

Copenhagen – Prior to the UN Copenhagen COP15 Climate Change Conference in December, over 100 taxi business leaders from Europe, Russia, Asia and Africa gathered at the 3rd International IRU Taxi Forum on “Taxis for clean air”, and called upon COP15 participants and policy decision makers at local, national and regional levels alike, to introduce incentives to support further greening of taxi services.

Europe’s cities and regions: Engines for ‘green growth’?

Euractiv

EurActiv ‘Special Week’ coverage of the European Commission’s Open Days

EurActiv, the independent media portal specialised in EU policies, will be running special coverage from 6-9 October on Europe’s cities and regions.

With 37.8 billion euro of funding per year, regional policy has become the second largest item in the EU budget after the Common Agricultural Policy (55.8 billion).

ENISA - celebrating 5 years of ‘making Europe safer’

ENISA

The EU’s ‘cyber security’ Agency ENISA, is launching a recap of key achievements during its first five years in a 16p. booklet. At the same time, the outgoing Executive Director Mr Andrea Pirotti summarises his 5 years at the helm of ENISA with an online video clip and an interview.

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