The International Association of Public Transport (UITP) welcomes the opening of the first metro line (the ‘Red Line’, with a total length of 59km) in Dubai, where its 59th Congress and Exhibition City Transport will take place from 10 to 14 April 2011.

Brussels, 09 September 2009

"By presenting his guidelines on the work for the next Commission personally to the different political groups in the European Parliament, Mr Barroso is seeking a democratic discussion, including with the Left. He is well aware of the fact that the GUE/NGL refused the political concept behind the policies he conducted over the last five years and that we have been putting forward a number of alternative demands for a peaceful, democratic and economically self-sustainable European Union for the people, based on solidarity.

TEMPE, Arizona, Sept. 8, 2009 – First Solar today announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Chinese government to build a 2 gigawatt solar power plant in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China.

Brussels, 7 September 2009

The President and the Secretary General of the European People’s Party (EPP), Wilfried Martens and Antonio López-Istúriz, expressed today their full support for the five-year political program of European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, who has been formally nominated by the European Council for a second term.

Barroso presented today for the first time in a public event in the European Parliament his “Political Guidelines for the Next Mandate”. The event was organized by the Centre for European Studies (CES), the think-tank of the EPP.

Given the growing impact of the EU policies on hospitals and healthcare services, HOPE has adopted and disseminated a post-election statement to Members of the European Parliament. HOPE is drawing the European Parliament’s attention to three key policy priorities for EU action.