23/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - On 1 January 2010, the European Parliament will be re-opening its liaison office with the US Congress. Former rector of the Natolin campus of the College of Europe in Poland, Piotr Nowina Konopka, who is currently the director of the EP's unit for relations with national parliaments, has been appointed director of the liaison office. (A.B./transl.fl)