EBU Press Releases

   2012

• 07 April, World Health Day 7 April 2012 'Don't lose sight of what growing old can mean'
  Press release in English
  
  
• 07 March, International Women's Day.
  Press release in English and Italiano
  
  
• 16 February, MEPs tell Internal Market Commissioner Barnier it's time for the EU to back a binding WIPO book treaty for blind people. Barnier: “I will ask Member States for a mandate for a binding treaty.”
  Press release in English
  
  
• 14 February, Should there be an international exception to copyright to end the "book famine" for tens of millions of blind persons ?
  Press release in English
  

   2011

• 05 September, EBU nominations for MEP Awards 2011
  Press release in English
  
  
• 30 June, Accessible labelling wins overwhelming support in European Parliament
  Press release in English
  
  
• 16 June, Inaccessible websites: “Time to act”, says EBU
  Press release in English, Français, Deutsch, Español
  
  
• 13 May, Book famine: European Parliament votes its support for a binding
  “books without borders” treaty.
  Press release in English
  
  
• 21 April, the Vision in Entreprise (ViE) Project
  Press release in English, Français, Deutsch, Español
  also now available in Polish and Greek
  
  
• 13 April, European Parliament book famine event
  Press release in English, Français, Deutsch, Español
  
  
• 08 March, International Women's Day
  Press release in English, Français, Deutsch,  Español
  
  
• 14 February, The conclusion of the INTERGEN project.
  Press release in English, Français, Deutsch,  Español
  
  
• 25 January, The Languages project - blind and partially sighted adults learning languages
  Press release in English, Français, Deutsch,  Español
  
  

  2010

  
  
• 23 December 2010, EBU launches its new website.
  Press release in English, Français, Deutsch, Español
  
  
• 03 December 2010, European Blind Union/St Dunstan's joint press release
  European Day of People with Disabilities: In Touch With Art Conference Resolution calls for Europe-wide barriers to museum collections for visually impaired people to be removed
  Press release in English  Français  Deutsch  Español
  
  
• 08 November 2010, a new visual identity for EBU
  Press release in English   Français   Deutsch   Español
  
  
• 15 October 2010, International White Cane Day - Access for all to taxis
  Press release in English   Français   Deutsch   Español
  
  
• 08 September 2010, European Blind Union/European Dyslexia Association joint press release International Literacy Day 2010: will EBU's work with publishers help end the “book famine”?
  Press release in English   Français   Deutsch   Español
   
  
• 24 August 2010, EBU nominations for the MEP Awards 2010
  Press release in English
  
  
• 21 July 2010, EBU announces the winners of the ONKYO Braille Essay Contest 2010
  Press release in English   Français   Deutsch   Español
  
  
• 06 July 2010, MEPs vote strengthens the rights of disabled passengers
  Press release in English   Français   Deutsch   Español
  
  
• 29 April 2010, second European Day on Solidarity between Generations
  Press release in English   Français   Deutsch   Español
  
  
• 15 March 2010, EBU notification of advice on implementing braille on pharmaceutical packaging Press release in English   Français   Deutsch   Español
  
  
• 08 March 2010, International Women's Day
  Press release in English   Français   Deutsch   Español
  
  
• 04 January 2010, EBU launches the 2010 Onkyo Braille Contest
  Press release in English   Français   Deutsch   Español
  

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