To meet rising demand on European and world markets, the Commission recently proposed increasing dairy production quotas by 2% in all Member States from 1 April 2008, which would represent a potential of 2.84 million additional tonnes for the year 2008/2009 over the current total of 145.7 million tonnes.
Teroristiskie uzbrukumi Madridē 2004. gada 11. martā un Londonā 2005. gada 7. jūlijā paņēma daudzu cilvēku dzīvības un izpostīja daudzas ģimenes.