Photo Story and Photo Competition -two new sections devoted to the beauty of Palaearctic grasslands 9 Seeking volunteers for supporting us in EDGG homepage construction and maintenance 10 EDGG Special Features 11 Kuzemko, A. et al. Syntaxonomy and scale-dependent species diversity of plant communities on chalk outcrops in the Kharkiv region (Ukraine) 14 Dengler, J. et al. News from GrassVeg.DE, the German grassland vegetation database 26 Photo Story 30 Short contributions 32 Table of Contents Book reviews 38Recent publications of our members 41 Forthcoming events 42On front cover page: Orchis longicornu on Mallorca (Spain). Photo: J. Dengler.