On Thursday 18 and Friday 19 April, FIFPro is organising a Legal Network Congress that will concentrate on Insolvency in football and the position of the player. This two-day conference will be held in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Slovenian professional footballers association welcomes the establishment of an Independent Arbitration Committee in Slovenia. ‘This is the first truly independent arbitration committee in Eastern European football.'

Dario Simic and Mario Juric of the Croatian professional footballers association HUNS, gave a lengthy interview to Croatian TV station HRT1. They spoke about the most urgent problems the footballers in Croatia have to cope with.

FIFPro and the Russian footballers association condemn the decision taken by the Russian dispute resolution chamber in the case of 3 FC Piter players. The DRC allows clubs to force their players to train alone.

The Austrian professional footballers’ association VdF will take FC Red Bull Salzburg to court in order to defend the rights of Joaquin Boghossian and Leonardo. FIFPro fully supports the steps made by the VdF.