The 2012 European Athletics calendar was established at the European Athletics Convention, which was held on the Spanish island of Tenerife, and there will be an increased number of European Athletics Outdoor Premium Meetings and European Athletics Indoor Permit Meetings next year.

UBS has been announced as an International Partner for the Zurich 2014 European Athletics Championships.

A crown of lights mirroring the 31 light poles of Letzigrund Stadium will serve as the official logo for the Zurich 2014 European Athletics Championships.

When the 31 winners of the 2011 European Athletics Women’s Leadership Award receive their prize in national ceremonies during the coming weeks they will be presented with a signed lithograph created by Marjolaine Perreten, a student at Lausanne's Ecole romande d'arts et de communication (ERACOM).

Great Britain's Jenny Meadows failed to make the 800m final at the 2011 World Championships this summer but the disappointment has given her a renewed sense of purpose ahead of the Olympic Games in London next summer.

The Slovenian Athletes of the Year are the 2011 IAAF World Championships hammer bronze medallist Primoz Kozmus and the national javelin record holder Martina Ratej, who finished seventh in Daegu.

Helsinki 2012 has signed an agreement with Ramirent, which will give them the exclusive rights to provide construction services at next year's European Athletics Championships.

The Portuguese pair of Jessica Augusto and Ana Dulce Félix, the gold and bronze medallists from last year's SPAR European Cross Country Championships, have got this year's event in Velenje in their diaries but are being careful not to promise more medals after their recent outings at the ING New York City Marathon.

Thirty-one winners of the 2011 European Athletics Women’s Leadership Awards were announced during the European Athletics Awards Night, presented by Mondo, in Arona, Spain, on 15 October.

Belgium’s 2010 European Athletics Championships triple jump bronze medallist Svetlana Bolshakova is highly optimistic that she will be fit enough to compete at next summer’s European Athletics Championships and Olympic Games as she continues her recovery from a serious Achilles tendon injury.

Sweden's former Olympic, world and European heptathlon champion Carolina Klüft has indicated she may change her mind about plans to retire after next year's Olympic Games in London.

Ukraine's Serhiy Lebid, arguably Europe's greatest ever cross country runner, has announced that he will defend his SPAR European Cross Country Championships title at this year's event in the Slovenian city of Velenje on 11 December.

Teddy Tamgho, France's 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships triple jump gold medallist and world indoor record holder, will return to training by the end of November after three months on the sidelines with a fractured ankle sustained at the European Athletics U23 Championships in July.