Europe

Alyn Smith MEP has welcomed a top level delegation from the European Parliament's Agriculture Committee who are arriving in Scotland today.

Scotland's only full member of the European Parliament's Agriculture Committee has reacted with delight to the European Court of Justice ruling on the cultivation of GM crops in the EU.

Scotland's youngest MEP Alyn Smith has launched the second edition of the hugely successful "Opportunities for Bright Scots in Europe" brochure encouraging and helping bright Scots access career opportunities in Europe.

Alyn Smith has expressed his fear that a third of Scottish care homes could close if proposals on working time currently under discussion in Brussels do not reach a workable conclusion.

Alyn Smith MEP has teamed up with MSP Stuart McMillan to launch a global survey of 204 national football association members of FIFA to canvass international opinion on the desirability of Team GB and the inclusion of football in the Olympics.

Member of the European Parliament Alyn Smith has hailed an address by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to the Parliament in Strasbourg.

SNP MEP and alternate member of the European Parliament's Energy Committee Mr Alyn Smith has expressed his disappointment at a vote on the energy policy of the EU.

Alyn Smith has today (Tuesday) thrown his weight behind the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in their dispute with the England and Wales RSPCA.

SNP MEP Alyn Smith has today expressed his delight with the EU's proposals on an economic recovery plan in the fields of energy and internet broadband infrastructure.

Alyn Smith MEP and Stuart McMillan MSP have welcomed reassurances from Michel Platini, the President of UEFA, that he remains firmly committed to the independent status of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) and that UEFA have no plans alter that status.