No. 2011, March 2011
Index
- HEALTH : MATERNITY LEAVE: COUNCIL STRONGLY OPPOSED TO 20 WEEKS.
- PHARMACEUTICALS : PHARMACOVIGILANCE: COUNCIL GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO BLACK TRIANGLE'.
- UNEMPLOYMENT : EU JOBLESS RATE UNCHANGED IN OCTOBER.
- HEALTH : MEPS PROPOSE EUROPEAN YEAR OF THE BRAIN.
- SOCIAL POLICY : ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN EVALUATION OF SOCIAL IMPACT OF CRISIS.
- HEALTH : MEDICINES AGENCY WIDENS ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS.
- SOCIAL POLICY : 2011 TO BE EUROPEAN YEAR OF VOLUNTEERING.
- HEALTH : ECJ: ONLINE SALE OF CONTACT LENSES CANNOT BE BANNED.
- EMPLOYABILITY : SOFT SKILLS' PLAY CRUCIAL ROLE: EUROBAROMETER.
- SOCIAL POLICY : AVILA, MOST ACCESSIBLE CITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
- EPSCO COUNCIL : MATERNITY LEAVE: MINISTERS REJECT PARLIAMENT'S POSITION.
- EPSCO COUNCIL : EMPLOYMENT: ANDOR URGES MEMBER STATES TO SET THEIR SIGHTS HIGH.
- JUSTICE : MINISTERS APPROVE NEW RULES ON CROSS-BORDER DIVORCE.
- EPSCO COUNCIL : PENSIONS: PRESIDENCY SCRAPS IDEA OF WELL-BEING THRESHOLD'.
- LABOUR MARKET : INACTIVITY RATE FALLS FOR WOMEN, RISES FOR MEN.
- EPSCO COUNCIL : CONCLUSIONS ON SSGI: 'FIRST STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION'.
- AIR TRANSPORT : FLIGHT TIME DIVIDES AIRLINES AND UNIONS.
- WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE : EXECUTIVE PROPOSES EITHER TARGETED OR BROAD REVISION.
- PUBLIC HEALTH : COREPER ENDORSES TWO KEY AGREEMENTS.
- WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE : ETUC: COMMISSION NOT TAKING OBLIGATIONS SERIOUSLY.
- INTEGRATION : ROMA, 'VICTIMS OF POORLY SPENT EU FUNDS'.
- TRADE MARK LAW : CIGARETTES: PLAIN PACKAGING' CONUNDRUM.
- AGEING POPULATIONS IN NEW MEMBER STATES.
- FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES : COURT BACKS TOURIST BAN IN DUTCH COFFEE SHOPS.
- EMPLOYMENT : EUROZONE HOURLY LABOUR COSTS UP 0.8%.
- CROSS-BORDER HEALTH CARE : THREE-WAY MEETING REACHES COMPROMISE.
- ANTI-POVERTY PLATFORM : COMMISSION INTRODUCES CONCEPT OF SOCIAL INNOVATION'.
- SOCIAL POLICY : COUNCIL PLEDGES TO 'PREVENT AND REDUCE' POVERTY.
- ANTI-TRUST POLICY : EU SLAPS FINE ON PROFESSIONAL BODY OF FRENCH PHARMACISTS.
- IMMIGRATION : EP REJECTS SINGLE PERMIT FOR IMMIGRANT WORKERS.
- LIVING CONDITIONS : ALMOST A QUARTER OF EUROPEANS AFFECTED BY SOCIAL EXCLUSION.
- COMMISSION LAUNCHES NEW EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES STRATEGY.
- RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES : EU RATIFIES UN CONVENTION.
- SOCIAL POLICY FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING 2020 STRATEGY.
- EDUCATIOBUDAPEST TO TACKLE EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING.
- HEALTH : THIRD ELEMENT OF PHARMA PACKAGE IN FOREFRONT.
- IMMIGRATION : EXECUTIVE OPPOSES BORDER FENCE BETWEEN GREECE AND TURKEY.
- FOODSTUFFS : DIOXIN: COMMISSION REGRETS LACK OF INDUSTRY PROPOSALS.
- HEALTH COUNCIL : PURCHASE OF VACCINES: FRAMEWORK PROGRAMME DUE MID-2011.
- EUROZONE CRISIS : COMMISSION DENIES SEEKING DECLINE IN LIVING STANDARDS.
- PUBLIC HEALTH : RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION: MEPS PRESS FOR CO-LEGISLATIVE POWERS.
- EDUCATION : COMMISSION SAYS WILL CORRECT CALENDAR 'BLUNDER'.
- YOUTH : COMMISSIONER PROMISES RECOMMENDATION ON INFORMAL LEARNING.
- SOCIAL POLICY : POVERTY TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT CITIZENS' AGORA.
- FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES : COURT ORDERS LUXEMBOURG TO REFUND MEDICAL EXAMINATION COSTS.
- SOCIAL POLICY : EAPN: PLATFORM AGAINST POVERTY MUST BE STRENGTHENED.
- HOME AFFAIRS : GERMANY SUSPENDS RETURN OF REFUGEES TO GREECE.
- SOCIAL PARTNERS : BUSINESSEUROPE OUTLINES ITS PRIORITIES TO BUDAPEST.
- GENDER EQUALITY : EUROPEAN PACT COULD REMAIN LIMITED TO BASIC PRINCIPLES.
- INTERVIEW WITH BESIR ATALAY, TURKEY'S INTERIOR MINISTER : 'GREEK FENCE PROJECT NOT A PROBLEM FOR US'.
- SOCIAL EUROPE UNDER ATTACK.
- ANNUAL GROWTH SURVEY : FOUR OF TEN MEASURES CONCERN EMPLOYMENT.
- ANNUAL GROWTH SURVEY/REACTION : ETUC: EUROPEAN SEMESTER 'COLLISION WITH DEMOCRACY'.
- HEALTH : 2014 MAY BE EUROPEAN YEAR OF THE BRAIN.
- INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL : MINISTERS SPLIT OVER STRUCTURAL LABOUR MARKET REFORMS.
- HEALTH : EU-WIDE CARE TAKES GIANT STEP FORWARD.
- GLOBALISATION ADJUSTMENT FUND : CONSENSUS ON USE OF EGF AND ITS RENEWAL AFTER 2013.
- UNEMPLOYMENT : EU JOBLESS RATE AT 9.6% IN NOVEMBER.
- PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS : COMMISSION LAUNCHES IDEA OF EUROPEAN PROFESSIONAL CARD.
- HUNGARIAN PRESIDENCY : TRADE UNIONS REINTRODUCE IDEA OF SOCIAL PROGRESS PROTOCOL.
- SOCIAL PARTNERS SPEAK OUT ON JOB CREATION.
- INTERVIEW WITH MEP FRANCOISE GROSSETETE, RAPPORTEUR ON CROSS-BORDER HEALTH CARE : DIRECTIVE WILL GUARANTEE IMPROVEMENTS IN QUALITY OF CARE.
- YEAR OF VOLUNTEERING : CAMPAIGN AIMS TO DOUBLE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS.
- AGRICULTURE COUNCIL : MINISTERS AGREE TO IMPROVE TRACKING OF DIOXIN CONTAMINATION RISKS.
- SOCIAL PROTECTION : MEPS WANT EU TO TACKLE HEALTH INEQUALITIES.
- H1N1 FLU : ENVI SEEKS LESSONS FROM 2009-2010 CRISIS.
- EDUCATION : NEW FRAMEWORK AIMS TO REDUCE EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING.
- UNEMPLOYMENT : EU JOBLESS RATE STABLE IN DECEMBER.
- EDUCATION : HIGH-LEVEL EXPERT GROUP TO COMBAT ILLITERACY.
- EUROCIETT: TEMP WORK IN GOOD SHAPE.
- EUROPEAN COUNCIL : FRANCO-GERMAN COMPETITIVENESS PLAN RUNS INTO TROUBLE.
- EDUCATION : STUDENTS FEEL FROZEN OUT OF INNOVATION STRATEGY.
- IMMIGRANT WORKERS : MEPS CONFIRM POSITION ON SINGLE PERMIT.
- PENSIONS : MEPS SEE NEED FOR INCLUSIVE REFORMS.
- EXECUTIVE REPORTS ON RECRUITMENT.
- IMMIGRATION : SUPPORT FOR EU ROLE IN SETTING POLICY STRONGEST IN ITALY.
- HEALTH : NEW GUIDELINES OUT ON COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING.
- YOUTH POLICY : EP INTERGROUP SUBMITS PRIORITIES TO VASSILIOU.
- SGEI AND PUBLIC PROCUREMENT : NEW GUIDES TO HELP PUBLIC AUTHORITIES.
- SOCIAL POLICY : CIVIL SOCIETY COUNTS ON EP TO REDUCE POVERTY.
- SOCIAL POLICY : EAPN: "SOCIAL IMPACT OF CRISIS SYSTEMATICALLY IGNORED".
- HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK : STRESS: "UNEVEN PROGRESS" FOLLOWING FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT.
- HOME AFFAIRS COUNCIL : ROME LEFT TO ITS OWN DEVICES AMID LIBYAN EXODUS FEARS.
- WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE : CONSULTATION WITH SOCIAL PARTNERS EXTENDED FOR ONE MONTH.
- HEALTH : EUROPE MARKS RARE DISEASE DAY.
- HEALTH : EU PROPOSES STRESS TEST' FOR PHARMACOVIGILANCE SYSTEMS.
- INTERVIEW WITH MEP MARISA MATIAS : COUNTERFEIT MEDICINES: COMPROMISE REFLECTS EP'S DESIRES.
- CITIZENS' INITIATIVE BY MARCH 2012.
- EDUCATION COUNCIL : MEMBER STATES NOT AMBITIOUS ENOUGH, SAYS VASSILIOU.
- MACROECONOMIC DIALOGUE : SOCIAL PARTNERS IN CONFLICT OVER WAGES.
- EDUCATION : COMMISSION WANTS UNIVERSAL PRE-SCHOOL EDUCATION.
- EMPLOYMENT : EP FOCUSES ON IMPORTANCE OF GUIDELINES.
- ECONOMIC POLICY : MEPS WANT "CREDIBLE FUNDING FRAMEWORK" FOR 2020 STRATEGY.
- SOCIAL SECURITY : BELGIUM AND SPAIN TAKEN TO COURT FOR DISCRIMINATION.
- SOCIAL POLICY : CALL FOR EU FRAMEWORK TO FIGHT HOMELESSNESS.
- ROMA INTEGRATION : PARLIAMENT SHOULD DEMAND COMPULSORY TARGETS, SAY LIBE MEPS.
- PHARMACEUTICALS : FALSIFIED MEDICINES: PARLIAMENT WRAPS UP PACKAGE.
- PENSIONS : EP RELUCTANT TO RAISE RETIREMENT AGE.
- HOUSING : CONDITIONS VARY CONSIDERABLY ACROSS UNION.
- EMPLOYMENT : EUROPEAN FEDERATION FOR FAMILY SERVICES JOBS TAKES SHAPE.