According to the first results of a European survey carried out the by the FIA European Bureau, most European visitors want Slovenia to introduce a short-stay vignette at a fair price for their highways in time for the summer season 2009.

London, April 7, 2009 - Empirix, the market leader of service quality assurance solutions for new IP communications, has become a member of ECTA, the European Competitive Telecommunications Association. Joining as an ‘Associate’ member, Empirix’s aim is to help ECTA’s operator members better understand and address the challenges of service quality assurance in order to meet both regulatory requirements and their own service standards.

IRU’s General Assembly unanimously adopts a resolution calling upon governments to stem the tremendous impact of the economic crisis on road transport by implementing the necessary measures to ensure the industry’s sustainability and drive economic recovery.

Geneva – The International Road Transport Union’s (IRU) General Assembly, representing truck, bus, coach and taxi operators in 74 countries on the 5 continents, unanimously adopted today a Resolution to reduce the impact of the economic crisis on road transport.

IRU’s General Assembly today unanimously adopted a Resolution to protect drivers, passengers, loads and vehicles from the dramatic increase in pirate and international organised crime attacks targeting parking areas.

Geneva – The IRU’s General Assembly today unanimously adopted a Resolution on Commercial vehicle parking areas targeted by pirates and international organised crime to remedy the dramatic situation highlighted by the field-study jointly conducted by the IRU and the International Transport Forum (ITF) on Attacks on Drivers of International Heavy Goods Vehicles.