IRU's New Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (NELTI) enters its second phase, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank, by developing a road map to reduce the time and cost of road haulage in transit countries between China and Europe.

Moscow - Launched in September 2008 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, the IRU's New Eurasian Land Transport Initiative (NELTI) is now entering a second phase, in light of its compelling results presented at the 5th IRU Euro-Asian Road Transport Conference in June 2009.

EU farm leaders urge EU politicians in Brussels today to take radical action in the EU dairy sector to help solve the unprecedented crisis currently facing dairy producers.

The move comes as EU Farm Ministers meet to debate the drastic market situation at an extra meeting organised by the Swedish Presidency. It also comes in the run up to Ministers meeting later this month when the catastrophic situation will be discussed again.

• More than 6000 rare diseases affect five percent of the population

• EU programme “e-rare” is to integrate the fragmented landscape of research

• Number of countries participating in e-rare will grow considerably in 2010

CEEP strongly welcomes the positive outcome of the Irish referendum. “After seven years of discussions and hesitations about the future of the European project, the EU is finally equipped with tailor-made political instruments”, said Ralf Resch, General Secretary of CEEP.
Those tools as well as a revised institutional structure will allow the EU to be more responsive in the globalised world.

Cancer is a major cause of ill health within the EU, yet co-ordinated attempts to tackle it have been thin on the ground until now. At a dinner workshop at the European Health Forum Gastein*, speakers from the European CanCer Organisation (ECCO), set out their plans to tackle this anomaly and to promote collaborative action between all players in the field of oncology – patients, scientists, doctors, and carers.