MALTA: Malta will receive 500,000 EUR for help in creating a skilled film industry, with EU funds awarded to the Malta Film Commission (www.mfc.com.mt), which announced the news.

SOFIA: The Bulgarian Parliament will vote on an amendment limiting the volume for broadcasting commercial advertisements on TV and radio.

PRAGUE: Cannes winning Czech animator Bretislav Pojar has died, just days after celebrating his 89^th birthday.

WARSAW: The Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl) and the Centre for Open Multimedia Education are sponsoring a conference on the situation of audiovisual education in Poland on 23 November 2012.

WARSAW: Twelve feature film projects from eight countries are participating in the 7^th edition of ScripTeast, a year-long programme for experienced writers from Central and Eastern Europe.

Six films from Central Europe have been nominated for the European Films Academy’s (www.europeanfilmacademy.org) Short Film 2012 award.

BUDAPEST: Hungary will begin switching off analogue terrestrial broadcasts at the end of October 2012, beginning with the end of analogue broadcasting of public broadcaster Magyar Televizio’s (www.mtva.hu) leading channel M1.

Fox International Channels (www.foxinternationalchannels.com) plans to introduce its pay TV Fox channel in nine Balkan countries on 15 October 2012.

FNE AVP Live ! Interview with Doris Pack, Chair Culture and Education Committee, European Parliament.   FNE asks Pack about the future of the audiovisual industry in Europe and the Creative Europe