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Three big banks and the Bank for Dutch Councils (BNG) are setting aside 30 million euros for microfinance in the Netherlands.

Maria Nowak, president of the « Association pour le droit à l’initiative économique » (Adie) reacts on the recent expulsion of Roma people by the French government.

The European Commission launched a "call for expressions of interest" for the soon-to-be-created Financial Services User Group.

The German microcredit market has rapidly evolved since the beginning of 2010, as reported by the newsletter of GLS Bank, the bank that manages the new German Microcredit Fund.

In March 2010, the “La Caixa” Foundation confirmed the approval of a co-development project run by Nantik Lum, member of EMN, destinated to Dominicans residing in Barcelona. The Programme, named IMPULSA, has started being executed July 1^st, 2010.

A new Monographic Booklet, an expanded reprint of the “Basic glossary on microfinance”, has been published by  Nantik Lum Forum of Microfinance.

The European Commission launches the fifth edition of the European Enterprise Awards which reward public initiatives to support business and promote entrepreneurship.

During the microcredit conference that took place on 30^th of June 2010 at Rome, the Italian microfinance network RITMI proposed some important changes to article 111 of the TUB that regulates the microfinance sector in Italy.

NYSE Euronext and MICROFIS announced on the 6th of June their plans to set up the world’s first bond market based on debt from international microfinance institutions and solidarity Business.

The new "Social Agenda" bulletin of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities has just been published. It focuses on European policies for social inclusion of Roma people and presents the European Progress Microfinance Facility.

The Dutch microcredit foundation Qredits, an EMN member, has been selected as the winner of the European Good Practices Award 2010 organised by the European Microfinance Network and its member Giordano dell'Amore Foundation.

In June 2010, European Microfinance Network(EMN) and Fundación Nantik Lum, published the fourth pan-European survey of microcredit institutions for the years 2008 and 2009.

A new legislation endorsed by the EU government will give for the first time the right to maternity leave to self-employed women.

Within the framework of the 2010 EMN Annual Conference on June 24-25 in London, the third European Microcredit Research Award has been assigned to Michal Matul.

The law in favour of microcredit in France has been passed by the Senate. It will allow  microcredit institutions to increase their financial resources.

A new code of conduct has been approved by the EMN members during the last EMN General Assembly.

The microcredit week organized by Adie allowed more than 40 000 persons to discover microcredit and more than 7 500 business projects were proposed.

This year the Nordic Council Nature and Environment Prize is awarded to three Nordic banks:  the Norwegian Cultura Bank (member of EMN), the Swedish Ekobanken and the Danish Merkur Andelskasse.

On 1^st of June the TV film “Mannaggia alla miseria”, realized by the microcredit expert Lina Wertmuller has been broadcasted on RAI 1, a public Italian channel.

The Nobel Price winner Professor Yunus has decided to open a branch of his Grameen Bank in Glasgow. In this way he hopes to provide in the next 12 months credit to up to 4,000 people who would otherwise be unable to access it.