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EU companies not craving to acquire a ‘European image’?

“Societas Europeae (SE) must be a stepping stone towards a European Private Company Statute”, says global accountancy body

4th International Taxi Forum to promote sustainable transport services

The 4th IRU International Taxi Forum will focus on safe and sustainable taxi services.

Geneva – The 4th IRU International Taxi Forum on “Taxi Industry Image: towards a vision of safe and sustainable taxi services for all”, will be held in Cologne, Germany on 5 November 2010.

Wetland aliens cause bird extinction

Brussels, 26 May 2010 - BirdLife International [1] has today announced, in the 2010 IUCN Red List update for birds [2], the extinction of Alaotra Grebe Tachybaptus rufolavatus. Restricted to a tiny area of east Madagascar, this species declined rapidly after carnivorous fish were introduced to the lakes in which it lived. This, along with the use of nylon gill-nets by fisherman which caught and drowned birds, has driven this species into the abyss.

Progress report on the single European Electronic Communications Market 2009

Declining revenue and investment in telecoms sector represent a major challenge for Europe

Brussels – The EC Implementation Report unveiled today confirms the trend of the past years of continuously shrinking revenue and investment growth in the telecom sector, which has been aggravated due to current economic downturn. The EC report further underlines that investment in next generation access networks remains limited.

S&D - Socialists and Democrats

Commission called on to halt Polish government’s efforts to ban privately operated gaming machines

A law swiftly enacted in January sees the demise of the use of privately operated gaming machines in Poland. The Polish Government’s new law has resulted in fury and indignation among businesses involved who will bring their plight to Brussels this month in a series of meetings with EU officials. The European Commission has already been called on to examine whether an infringement case could be brought against the Polish Government on the basis that it failed to notify the new law.

KAUST - King Abdullah University of Science & Technology

Road accident reduction is no accident… but a continuous objective

The IRU welcomes the positive road safety developments just communicated by the International Transport Forum and confirms that road safety will remain a top priority for the commercial road transport industry.

De Marie-Christine Vergiat, députée européenne GUE/NGL , Membre de la sous-commission Droits de l'Homme du Parlement européen

Les universités doivent préparer l'avenir des étudiants et non répondre aux seuls besoins des entreprises

Le Parlement européen a adopté  une résolution visant à promouvoir diverses formes de partenariats entre les universités et les entreprises sous prétexte de "moderniser" les premières et de leur permettre de répondre aux nouveaux défis du marché.

Biodiversity: do we have the courage to save it? (Embargo: 22 May 2010)

Embargo: 22 May 2010

Brussels, 22 May 2010 – Today, with its groundbreaking new report on the state of biodiversity in the EU, BirdLife International [1] denounces the EU’s failure to reach its target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010 and indicates the necessary steps needed to stop the loss of biodiversity and to enhance its recovery in the EU.

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