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Rima Andmariam
Rima Andmariam is a seventeen year old Eritrean citizen. Rima and her family are Pentecostal Christians, a faith which is 'illegal' to practise in Eritrea.  Rima fled Eritrea for Italy after her ...

Stillbirth Research
Please sign the petition!  It is to encourage an increased spending on research into the causes of stillbirths. http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/prevstillbirth/ ...

Haggis Ban
Haggis has been banned in the USA since 1989 following the BSE scare  My recent visit to Washington DC gave me the perfect opportunity to highlight the issue.  After all, the US market coul...

2010 Year on Poverty
2010 has been designated as the European Year for Ending Poverty and Social Exclusion.  It is shocking that 16% of all Europeans are living below the poverty line.  More must be done to comb...

Safer Internet Day
Tuesday 9th February 2010 marks Safer Internet Day - a calendered event that is celebrated throughout the EU and in forty countries throughout the world. As a result of strong action at a European lev...

Dunfermline Building Society
The European Commission has officially endorsed the UK Government's rescue plan to prevent Dunfermline Building Society from total collapse. Swift government action meant that thousands of borrowers, ...

The Commissioner's Hearings
January 2010 is an extremely busy month for the European Parliament due to the Commissioner’s Hearings (January 11th - 19th).  The new European Commission has 27 members; including a Pres...

Front Page Campaign
Everyday graphic images are freely on display in printed form.  These images are on display not only to adults, but to young children.  The Publishing and Retail industries must re...

Action to Tackle Sex Trade
Catherine Stihler, Euro MP for Scotland [Labour], has put her full weight behind the ‘End Prostitution Now’ campaign.   Mrs Stihler has tabled a question to the European Commission asking ...

Quit Smoking, Before It's Too Late
Catherine Stihler, Euro MP for Scotland [Labour], is issuing a warning to all Scots to ‘quit smoking, before it’s too late’.   In a move strongly welcomed by the British Lung Foundation...

Euro MP Slams Salmond's White Paper
Catherine Stihler, Euro MP for Scotland [Labour] has shed doubts over an independent Scotland’s automatic right to full membership of the European Union   The latest White Paper – Your Scotla...

Annual Report
The 2009 Annual Report by David Martin and Catherine Stihler is now available for download.  David and Catherine have also produced a 'Light on Lisbon' document, which is also available as a PDF....

Action to Fight COPD
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the 'umbrella' term for people suffering from chronic bronchitis or emphysema, or both.  It is usually caused by smoking and affects over 100,000 p...

Against the Odds
If you missed the Labour's Queen's Speech broadcast - which was aired on 18th November 2009 - you can watch it by clicking on the link below.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU6vHRuZoUE   ...

Local MEP Fights for Longannet
Catherine Stihler, local MEP for Scotland, has today met with John Campbell - Director of Energy Wholesale at Scottish Power - to discuss the next steps toward securing vital Carbon Capture and Storag...

World Business Guide
BEWARE OF THE WORLD BUSINESS GUIDE SCAM 
  
Catherine Stihler, Labour MEP for Scotland, is warning all Scottish businesses to stay clear of any contact with the company known ...

Longannet
LABOUR DISAPPOINTED THAT LONGANNET LOSES ‘CLEAN COAL’ BID   Catherine Stihler, the only Fife-based MEP, has expressed her disappointment that Longannet’s bid for clean coal funding has appa...

Carbon Monoxide
Twenty million households in the UK are putting themselves at risk of Carbon Monoxide poisoning, warns Catherine Stihler MEP.   Catherine Stihler is supporting a UK campaign, ‘Carbon Monoxide â...

Gude Cause
On Saturday 10th October Labour marked the 100th Anniversary of the Women's Suffragette Movement Procession.  We took to the streets to celebrate the 'Gude Cause'. We should never forget the sacr...

Real Tories, Real Words
Recent comments from a number of leading and prominent Tories, simply prove that Mr Cameron's party have not changed! The Tories are still the party of intolerance and social injustice.  Som...

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