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Morten Damkjaer Nielsen appointed as temporary Director for Agricultural Biotechnology

EuropaBio

Brussels, 2 September 2009

EuropaBio is pleased to announce that Morten Damkjaer Nielsen has been appointed as temporary Director for Agricultural Biotechnology.

MARTENS PRESENTS MEMOIRS – BARROSO, VAN ROMPUY, BUZEK, LOPEZ-ISTURIZ GIVE SPEECHES

Group of the European People’s Party

Brussels, 10 September

The President of the European People’s Party (EPP) and former Prime Minister of Belgium Wilfried Martens presented today his book “Europe: I Struggle, I Overcome” in a public event organized by the Centre for European Studies (CES), the official think-tank of the EPP.

BirdLife welcomes ECJ decision on spring hunting in Malta

BirdLife International

10th September 2009, Malta & Brussels – In a verdict delivered today, the European Court of Justice (ECJ, case C-76/08) declared that Malta has breached European law by allowing spring hunting of Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur and Common Quail Coturnix coturnix in the years 2004-2007.

UITP welcomes the first metro line in Dubai, host of its next world Congress and Exhibition

UITP - International Association of Public Transport

The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) welcomes the opening of the first metro line (the ‘Red Line’, with a total length of 59km) in Dubai, where its 59th Congress and Exhibition City Transport will take place from 10 to 14 April 2011.

ELDR: "We never said we are against Barroso"

Although not fully enthusiastic about Barroso’s political programme for the presidency of the European Commission, described by Annemie Neyts, President of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) as being “a bit wooly”, Neyts admitted that Barroso’s presentation of his priorities for the next 5 years at yesterdays ALDE Group meeting “was excellent, very straight to the point”.

STATEMENT BY LOTHAR BISKY, PRESIDENT OF GUE/NGL, FOLLOWING THE MEETING WITH COMMISSION PRESIDENT BARROSO

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Brussels, 09 September 2009

"By presenting his guidelines on the work for the next Commission personally to the different political groups in the European Parliament, Mr Barroso is seeking a democratic discussion, including with the Left. He is well aware of the fact that the GUE/NGL refused the political concept behind the policies he conducted over the last five years and that we have been putting forward a number of alternative demands for a peaceful, democratic and economically self-sustainable European Union for the people, based on solidarity.

Syngenta CEO expresses commitment to bringing technology and agronomic knowledge to African farmers

Syngenta

At the opening session of the Pan Africa Chemistry Network (PACN) Sustainable Water Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Syngenta CEO, Mike Mack, emphasized the important role of technology and agronomic knowledge for the development of productive agriculture in Africa. “We are committed to support the advancement of agriculture in Africa, as part of a virtuous cycle of sustainable agricultural and rural development with the aim to raise income for farmers, suppliers and the larger community,” Mack said.

First Solar to Team With Ordos City on Major Solar Power Plant in China Desert

First Solar

TEMPE, Arizona, Sept. 8, 2009 – First Solar today announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Chinese government to build a 2 gigawatt solar power plant in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China.

bwin / Santa Casa: ECJ delivers judgment in the bwin/Portuguese football league versus Santa Casa case

EGBA - European Gaming and Betting Association

Today, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rendered its judgment in a case involving bwin and the Portuguese football league versus the Portuguese monopolist Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (Santa Casa). Santa Casa claimed that bwin´s sponsorship agreement with the Portuguese professional football league and accompanying advertising activities were illegal because of Santa Casa’s monopoly in providing on and offline lottery and betting services in Portugal.

Martens and Lopez-Isturiz fully support Barroso's five-year programme

Group of the European People’s Party

Brussels, 7 September 2009

The President and the Secretary General of the European People’s Party (EPP), Wilfried Martens and Antonio López-Istúriz, expressed today their full support for the five-year political program of European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, who has been formally nominated by the European Council for a second term.

Barroso presented today for the first time in a public event in the European Parliament his “Political Guidelines for the Next Mandate”. The event was organized by the Centre for European Studies (CES), the think-tank of the EPP.

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