Good news: Calling from abroad is cheaper from 1 July

So, what news was favoured by our readers in April? After a vote taken by the European Parliament, from 1 July 2009 Europeans will only pay a maximum of 43 cents per minute for outgoing and a maximum of 19 cents per minute for incoming roaming calls in EU. Good news. But “a cocktail of electromagnetic fields” coming from Wi-Fi networks, phone masts, power lines and GPS receivers can be dangerous for your health. Troubling news…

Europe’s trade with developing countries and its beneficiaries also sounded good to our readers, who wanted to know as well what makes a good MEP? Quality education for the children of immigrants and efficient road tyres to cut fuel bills and CO2 emissions proved as well to be interesting subjects for Europeans. And our photo project made it again to Top 10; this time, the chosen photo was taken in Romania, by a Greek amateur photographer living in Brussels.

AIDS therapeutic vaccine will be available in four or five years. This is what French Nobel winner Luc Montagnier said on 1 April in a conference on biomedical research organised by the European Parliament. April Fools Day? No, excellent news. No wonder our article was among the best in terms of views.

Last, but not least, our readers liked to read about the parliamentary elections in Europe’s poorest country Moldova – which made the headlines in lots of newspapers because the protests after – and about the women issues MEPs tackled in the Women’s Rights Committee.

Top 10 articles in April

1. MEPs force big cuts in mobile prices
2. Man-made electromagnetic fields: are we at risk?
3. Europe’s trade with developing countries: Who really benefits?
4. What makes a good MEP?
5. Children of immigrants: Yes to new language, No to segregation
6. MEPs back efficient road tyres to cut fuel bills and CO2 emissions
7. “Ploiesti Refineries” chosen as best photograph!
8. AIDS: Therapeutic vaccine “in four or five years” says Montagnier
9. Europe’s poorest country Moldova holds election
10. Interview with Anna Záborská – Women’s Rights Committee Chair

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