The European betting industry has joined forces with EU Athletes to launch an educational campaign aimed at helping professional sportspeople better understand and deal with issues surrounding the integrity of sport and betting.

The new education campaign for athletes will consist of a code of conduct, jointly developed by EU Athletes, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) and the European Sports Security Association (ESSA), and be supported by face-to-face presentations and online resources dedicated to providing ongoing support.

Today Guy Verhofstadt, leader of the ALDE Group, has sent a letter to the Presidents of the European Commission, the European Council and the Parliament asking them to react to the declarations of Cardinal Bertone and others on the current paedophile crisis. ALDE Group members will seek to raise the matter via an oral question on the subject at a forthcoming plenary session. 

GUE/NGL welcomes Aminetu Haidar to Madrid Study Days

"EU silence on the continuous flouting of human rights by Morocco in its illegal occupation of Western Sahara is exacerbating the trauma being suffered by the Saharawi people" Aminetu Haidar told the GUE/NGL Study Days meeting today in Madrid.

Brussels, 14 April 2010 - EFPIA, the voice of the research-based pharmaceutical industry in Europe, today published the results of their product verification system pilot project. The pilot, held in Sweden between September 2009 and January 2010, successfully demonstrated that a product verification system at the point of dispense, based on a two-dimensional data matrix, is both robust and effective.

Brussels, 13th April 2010. On the occasion of its General Assembly held in Edinburgh, T&D Europe1 has elected Dr. Oliver Blank as its new Secretary General for a period of three years.