"The Commission says it is going to fight for the food aid programme and will produce a legislative proposal on how to implement it - we need to assume our joint responsibility to ensure that this is achieved," said GUE/NGL Chair Gabi Zimmer responding to Commissioner Rehn's statement on the food for the needy programme in the European Parliament this morning.

ELDR Party president Sir Graham Watson MEP has welcomed the news that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has backed the need for immediate medical treatment to be given to imprisoned former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and that the Court will treat Tymoshenko’s appeal against here conviction as a priority case.

Tymoshenko is currently set to face seven years in prison as a result of charges of allegedly taking decisions against Ukraine’s national interest in relation to gas supply contracts with Russia.

ENISA launches two reports with recommendations on personal data protection.

Lisbon, Portugal, 22 March, 2012: Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, held the 3rd Huawei International Advisory Council (IAC) meeting in Lisbon, Portugal from March 2-4. Attendees, which included members of the IAC, local board of directors and advisors from Huawei’s overseas subsidiaries and the company’s senior management team, explored the opportunities and challenges facing Huawei in the fast-changing ICT industry, and discussed Huawei’s global development roadmap.