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.

A successful first step, that is how representatives from FIFPro Division Europe valued the meeting that was held at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on Thursday January 17th.

Reforms intended to end the maltreatment of professional footballers in Eastern Europe are moving at a snail's pace despite an agreement signed in April, the international players' union FIFPro said.

FIFPro welcomes the Nicosia Declaration on the Fight against Match-fixing, which was adopted during the EU Sport Forum 2012, held recently on Cyprus. ‘We are largely in agreement with the statement.’