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Brunswick lures senior duo as it grows Brussels office
BRUSSELS: Globe-straddling comms heavyweight Brunswick has announced a brace of major appointments as it continues its substantial investment in its 11-strong Brussels office, Public Affairs News can reveal.
GPlus promotes Price and Kreuzhuber in top-level rejig
BRUSSELS: GPlus Europe, one of the major success stories of the Brussels comms and public affairs agency scene during the past decade, has announced new leadership.
Fleishman-Hillard scoops Lloyds Banking Group's EU public affairs contract
LONDON/BRUSSELS: Fleishman-Hillard (F-H) Brussels has been appointed by Lloyds Banking Group for public affairs advice.
MEPs: banking lobby is a 'danger to democracy'
BRUSSELS: MEPs have launched a campaign urging the establishment of a ‘counter lobby’ to financial powerhouses such as international banks. More than 70 European parliamentarians have joined the call, led by French Green MEP Pascal Canfin.
European Court of Justice ruling in Bavarian Lager saga
BRUSSELS: The European Commission last month came out on top in a ruling by Europe’s highest court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), in an appeal against a 2007 ruling by Europe’s second-highest court, the European Court of First Instance (ECFI), over data protection rules.
EUROPEAN NEWS IN BRIEF - August 2010 - 2 stories
MEP VOTING REPORT PUBLISHED: VoteWatch.eu has published its first annual report on voting in the new European Parliament. The report analyses the votes cast by MEPs and political groups in all recorded votes that took place from the first plenary session of the new parliament in July 2009 ...
Enterprise event set for European Parliament on 14 October
BRUSSELS: A second ‘European Parliament of Enterprises’ event – the first was staged in 2008 – is to be held on 14 October.
De Meulder takes Grayling pan-EU remit
BRUSSELS: Global comms and public affairs agency Grayling has appointed Katarina De Meulder as MD of a new Brussels-based division badged Grayling Public Policy Communications.
'VIEW FROM BRUSSELS': 'Shameful' attempts to discredit MPs
Given that the future rules on food labelling will have a huge effect both on consumers and industry, it was no surprise that the recent debate over food labelling involved intense lobbying.
European Public Affairs Awards 2010 - nominations now open
The European Public Affairs Awards 2010 are now open for nominations.
