In the wake of declining production and consumption, participants at a major International Sheepmeat Forum emphasised in Brussels today that new products must be developed to meet consumer demands, especially for convenience foods, and international cooperation in research and development must be stepped up.

3rd International IRU Taxi Forum feeds COP15 Climate Change Conference debate and stresses the need for government incentives to reduce CO2 emissions.

Copenhagen – Prior to the UN Copenhagen COP15 Climate Change Conference in December, over 100 taxi business leaders from Europe, Russia, Asia and Africa gathered at the 3rd International IRU Taxi Forum on “Taxis for clean air”, and called upon COP15 participants and policy decision makers at local, national and regional levels alike, to introduce incentives to support further greening of taxi services.

The EU’s ‘cyber security’ Agency ENISA, is launching a recap of key achievements during its first five years in a 16p. booklet. At the same time, the outgoing Executive Director Mr Andrea Pirotti summarises his 5 years at the helm of ENISA with an online video clip and an interview.

Europe’s independent rail infrastructure managers (EIM) welcome the European Commission’s continued push to enforce EU railway laws, as the EU executive today sent formal letters to 21 countries requiring them to bring their railway systems into line with European rules.

EIM supports this demonstration of the Commission’s will to act to ensure the implementation of the First Railway Package, a set of legislation that is essential for creating competition in the European railway market and ensuring that rail remains competitive during the economic downturn.

The European Commission issued a detailed opinion against the Danish proposal to regulate online gaming and betting on 6 October 2009. The draft legislation is intended to regulate both the on - and offline gaming and betting market in Denmark.