The IRU is looking for Smart Move award candidates who demonstrate innovation and excellence in business/policy best practices that promote sustainable mobility by bus and coach.

 Ahead of Bulgaria's forthcoming referendum on whether to allow construction to resume at the Belene nuclear power plant (27 January), prime minister Boyko Borisov has made a surprising shift, calling on his cabinet and Bulgarian voters to vote "no" (1).

A Written Declaration on establishing a European Day against Bullying and School Violence was adopted today in Strasbourg on the initiative of Georgios Koumoutsakos MEP. The text was co-signed by the EP Vice-Presidents Roberta Angelilli and Alexander Alvaro and MEPs Maria Badia i Cutchet and Keith Taylor and was met with the support of 384 Members of the European Parliament.