· MEPs back a visible calorie count on food packs
Parliament committee supports nutritiion facts but rejects 'traffic light' warnings.

· EU's human rights talks could take two years
Officials say meeting commitments to join the European Convention on Human Rights will be a long process.

· Compensation for football clubs that lose talented youngsters
European Court of Justice rules that football clubs must be compensated if they train players who then get snapped up by bigger teams.

· Commission set to end EdF antitrust probe
French firm was accused of restricting competition.

· Talks on new hedge fund rules postponed
Member states still divided on the text of alternative investment fund managers directive.

· Eurozone braced to help Greece
Finance ministers agree how they would help Greece if need be, with loans the likeliest method.

· EU states fume at emissions proposal
Four large states want slower pace of emissions reductions for vans.

· Greece told to ensure ’solid austerity plan’
Dutch finance minister says there will be intervention, but no bail-out of Greece.

· EU institutions launch new recruitment procedures
EPSO wants to cut time from application to hiring to nine months.

· Potočnik offers concessions on soil directive to get deal
Ministers agree to halt biodiversity losses by 2020.

· Finance ministers seek to define support for Greece
Eurozone countries to offer Greek government mixture of loans and financial guarantees.

· EU foreign ministers may become envoys
Group of foreign ministers float the idea that they should become occasional envoys for the EU’s new foreign policy chief.

· Growing consensus on Iran sanctions
Small group of EU foreign ministers indicate they may tighten sanctions on Iran if the UN fails to take action.

· Sweden angers Turkey with 'genocide' vote
Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden in protest at Armenia vote.

· France, Germany want clampdown on speculation
Merkel and Sarkozy call on EU to consider banning trading in one financial derivative and to tighten regulation of all derivatives trading.

· Most EU lobbyists are 'not registering'
Survey identifies a large difference between the number of lobbying groups listed on voluntary and mandatory registers.

· Vote on longer maternity leave postponed
Concern about costs to business prompts second delay in the European Parliament.

· EU, US 'open skies' talks to restart
European companies’ right to acquire equity stakes in US operators emerges as possible deal-breaker in aviation talks.

· Author of spending report ‘muzzled’ by Parliament
MEP preparing report on the Parliament's spending says the centre-right is trying to water down criticism.

· Attack leads to call for special security zone
Buzek wants Belgian police to take charge as MEP is mugged in park near Parliament building.