Enel and Eni sign agreement for the sale of 51% of SeverEnergia to Gazprom for a consideration of about 1.5 billion US dollars, with a production target of at least 150,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day as
from 2013.

The French sociologist Bruno Marzloff will be the key note speaker for the opening session of the UITP World Congress to take place in Vienna on Monday 8 June.

Bruno Marzloff is a French sociologist whose work focuses on mobility at large going far beyond the question of individual journeys. He reflects on the relationship between new communications technologies, particularly the Internet, and modern mobility.

Brussels – 30 April 2009 – More than one third of the more than 100 total commitments filed so far under the Alcohol and Health Forum have originated from The Brewers of Europe, national brewers‟ associations and beer companies, showed a report submitted by the European Commission‟s Health Department today.

Brussels, 15 May 2009: Paolo Falcioni has been appointed Vice Director General of CECED, the European Committee of Domestic Appliance Manufacturers.

He brings almost 20 years of experience with national and international technical and policy-making bodies in the industrial sector to this newly created position. Prior to joining CECED, Mr. Falcioni was the European Affairs Manager for Indesit Company.

Mr. Falcioni, who is Italian, has an Electric Engineering degree (summa cum laude) from the University of Ancona (Italy). He is fluent in Italian and English.

The EPP held a debate today entitled “Making Europe a Safer Place", one of its five priorities for the forthcoming European elections.