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LATEST NEWS FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION
Source: Rapid
European Commission promotes cross-border volunteering
Modernisation and employability at heart of new higher education reform strategy
Towards a reasonable use of criminal law to better enforce EU rules and help protect taxpayers' money
Commission sets out the path to resource-efficient growth
Schengen: EU Commission proposes a European approach to better protect citizens' free movement
A test for European Civil Protection skills: Commissioner Georgieva visits Poland for Carpathex 2011
Digital Agenda: further action needed to safeguard children – Commission report
European Commission boosts efforts to counter violent extremism
Consultation shows broad support for European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Digital Agenda: Commission takes first step to ensure life-saving emergency call system for road accidents in place by 2015
Digital Agenda: Commission seeks information from eight Member States on implementation of Audiovisual Media Services Directive
European children will name Galileo satellites constellation Background
Final assessment of the 6th Environment Action Programme shows progress in environment policy – but with shortfalls in implementation
Digital Agenda: EU funded project aims to make self-service terminals more accessible for all
Free movement: Determined Commission action has helped resolve 90% of open free movement cases
EU co-funded Roma stories project wins digital media award
EU Globalisation Fund support for workers increases three-fold in 2010 to over € 83 million
Increasing co financing rates for EU funds - boosting European economic recovery
Tobacco Products : Commission publishes report of a consultation which generated 85 000 responses
Going on holiday? Support is available for EU Citizens in moments of need
Environment: Tighter restrictions on industrial creosote use
Antitrust: Car price report shows price differentials for new cars in EU narrowing in 2010
European Commission to help businesses recover an extra €600 million in cross-border debts
Commission to provide €244 million for 183 new environment projects
€7 billion boost for research and innovation will create jobs and growth
Statement by Commissioner John Dalli : The adoption of Food Information regulation is good news for consumers
Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers: The EU needs Linguists
Digital Agenda: Commission proposes more competition, more choice and lower prices for mobile phone users abroad
€35 million for eco-innovation comes on stream
Digital Agenda: lower roaming prices as of 1st July
European exporters to benefit from Free Trade Agreement between EU and South Korea from 1 July
Towards harmonised environmental information in Europe: have your say on standards that will affect everybody's life
Digital Agenda: Europe invests in photonics research to accelerate high-speed broadband
Commission welcomes progress of Macro-Regional Strategies
EU leaders endorse Commission's plan for Roma integration
Commission and European Parliament launch Joint Transparency Register to shed light on all those seeking to influence European policy
European Commission seeks to modernise Professional Qualifications Directive
Strong impetus to energy savings and energy efficiency
Children and families to benefit from new EU rules on maintenance payments
Digital Agenda: only two social networking sites protect privacy of minors' profiles by default
Towards a global green economy and better governance – the Commission presents policy orientations for the Rio+20 Conference
€ 113 million for the 2012 most deprived persons programme
State aid: Commission consults on support to film sector
The pilot European Volunteers Corps is launched
Taxation: Commission requests Hungary to amend its VAT rules on open-end leases of passenger vehicles
Commission urges Hungary and Poland to transpose provisions of directive on plant varieties
Commission urges Hungary to transpose provisions of seeds' directive
Commission launches search for European Green Capital 2014
National Parliaments rise to the challenge
Commission report highlights Europe's innovation emergency and analyses Member States' progress
European Commission to guarantee suspects’ rights to speak with a lawyer, inform family of arrest
Digital Agenda: Commission makes Europa website accessible for Internet Protocol version 6 users
Delivering on growth and jobs: Commission presents 2011 country-specific recommendations
Road charging: Heavy lorries to pay for costs of air and noise pollution
Erasmus: Record number of students receive EU grants for study and training abroad
Transport commissioner launches challenge for journey planner for Europe
Commission fights corruption: a stronger commitment for greater results
European Commission welcomes foundation of the European Law Institute
Commission for better standards to boost European competitiveness and promote consumers' interest
Common European Asylum System: better protection and solidarity for people seeking international protection
Environment: major support for continued specific EU funding tool for the environment and climate action
Environment: shall we triple resource use by 2050, or improve efficiency and recycling?
Environment: New maps give Europeans close-up picture of air pollution from diffuse sources
European Commission seeks tougher rules to protect taxpayers' money from fraud
European Commission seeks tougher rules to protect taxpayers' money from fraud
EU Officials go "back to school"
5th European Enterprise Awards: Barcelona wins for Job Creation Initiative
A credible, fair and effective EU migration policy: the way forward
Commission sets out "blueprint" for Intellectual Property Rights to boost creativity and innovation
Europe's largest annual environment conference explores the spectrum of resource efficiency
Environment: Soil sealing in the EU threatens the availability of ecosystem services
Digital Agenda: new telecoms rules benefit citizens and businesses across Europe
Chemicals/REACH: EU to ban cadmium in jewellery, brazing sticks and all plastics
Agreement reached on European Heritage Label
Environment: Commission asks six Member States to comply with EU waste framework directive
European Commission ensures better protection of crime victims
Emissions trading: EU ETS emissions increased in 2010 but remain well below pre-crisis level
Digital Agenda: Commission seeks views on how best to exploit cloud computing in Europe
Bright vision for tourist season 2011
Spring forecast 2011-12: European recovery maintains momentum amid new risks
Half of young Europeans ready to work abroad
Safety of goods: Fewer dangerous products slipping through the net, while safety at source a key objective
Digital Agenda: more than half EU Internet surfers use foreign language when online
Digital Agenda: EU Task Force to advise how to promote eHealth to help patients and healthcare systems in Europe
Commission underlines its commitment to helping world's least developed countries out of poverty
Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovak Republic and Slovenia sign agreement towards the Single European Sky
Digital Agenda: Commission selects six future and emerging technologies (FET) projects to compete for research funding
Commission proposes better management of migration to the EU
Cross-border transactions: European Commission publishes expert group's feasibility study on European contract law
Digital Agenda: Commission and European industry join forces to build the Internet of the Future
Biodiversity: Commission announces new strategy to halt biodiversity loss within ten years
Traditional herbal medicines: more safety for products put on EU market
The Commission revises its Code of Conduct for Commissioners
EU draft budget 2012: For 500 million Europeans in times of austerity
Commission updates the EU list of air carriers subject to an operating ban
EU education report: good progress, but more effort needed to achieve targets
Digital Agenda: Commission underlines commitment to ensure open internet principles applied in practice
Commission pledges €110 million to complete safety work on Chernobyl site
Commission evaluates the Directive on retention of telecommunications data
Digital Agenda: technical rules agreed for using 4G wireless broadband devices on GSM frequencies
Digital Agenda: children using social networks at a younger age; many unaware of basic privacy risks, says survey
GMOs : Commission publishes report on socio-economic aspects of GMO cultivation in Europe
European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT): Commission consults on future strategy
Internal Market Scoreboard: Member States' efforts to make the Single Market a reality is starting to bear fruits
Commission proposes reform of European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)
Commission proposes clearer property rights for Europe's 16 million international couples
European corporate tax base: making business easier and cheaper
Digital Agenda: Commission requests Hungary and Spain to ensure availability of GSM frequencies for new mobile services
Digital Agenda: Commission opens infringement procedure against Hungary over 'telecoms tax'
Consumer policy: Scoreboard shows recovery in consumer conditions, finds cross-border shopping trusted more once tried
Antitrust: Commission welcomes steps taken by collective rights management bodies in Hungary and Romania to improve competition
The Commission proposes more efficient rules for border crossing
First European Equal Pay Day highlights EU earnings gap
Environment: Commission biodiversity campaign wins international award
EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding meets European business leaders to push for more women in boardrooms
Environment: Commission to provide €267 million for new environmental projects
Environment: Commission launches consultations on Resource Efficiency, Rio+20 Summit and sustainable development
European Commission meets Russian Government for executive-to-executive talks
Sport leaders and ministers discuss Commission's strategy for sport
Digital Agenda: Commission launches public consultation on eSignatures and eIdentification
Digital Agenda: Vice-President Kroes calls on 21 Member States to take urgent measures on mobile satellite services
Commission calls for universal access to pre-school education
Gender equality: European Commission closes cases against Austria and Hungary
European Commission agrees to limited treaty change
1000th quality food name registered
Commission welcomes European Parliament approval for bus and coach passenger rights
European Commission sets out EU agenda for the rights of the child
Digital Agenda: Europeans use mobile phones more when travelling abroad, but still worry about costs, EU survey reveals
Digital Agenda: Commission calls on Member States to increase awareness of Europe's single emergency number"112"
EU research and innovation funding: Commission consults on radical changes to create more growth and jobs
EU Transport Ministers discuss the future of the Trans-European Transport Network
Manufacturers deliver the common mobile phone charger
Digital Agenda: Commission to step up efforts to safeguard children online
Winners of the 2010 Young Translators’ Contest announced
Recruitment: Results published for first new EPSO competition
European Commissioner Hahn announces priority area coordinators for EU Strategy for Danube Region
Commission welcomes success of recruitment drive for officials from Member States which joined EU in 2004
EU proposal for passenger data to fight serious crime and terrorism
Commission launches high-level expert group on literacy chaired by Princess Laurentien of the Netherlands
Commission launches action plan to reduce early school leaving
Future Cohesion Policy in spotlight at the Fifth Cohesion Forum
Air transport: Commission launches infringement procedures against seven Member States over agreements with Russia on Siberian overflights
Commission launches ambitious programme to deepen the Single Market for services
European Commission consults on the modernisation of the European Public Procurement Market
Smarter use of scarce resources: Commission launches flagship initiative for sustainable growth
EU research and innovation funding – immediate changes to cut red tape for researchers and SMEs
EU 'Smart Borders': Commission wants easier access and enhanced security
European Commission seeks stronger EU response to fight dangerous new synthetic drugs
More responsible businesses can foster more growth in Europe
EU consumers rate poorly financial services and fuel markets
Galileo: Europe launches its first satellites for smart navigation system
Connecting Europe Facility: Commission adopts plan for €50 billion boost to European networks
What is a "nanomaterial"? European Commission breaks new ground with a common definition
R&D Scoreboard: top EU firms increase investment in innovation, but lag behind global competitors
Commission reforms antitrust procedures and expands role of Hearing Officer
Commission launches a campaign on resource efficiency
Industrial competitiveness is the solution to ensure sustainable economic recovery
EU development policy: Commission to increase aid impact, concentrating on fewer sectors, focusing on countries most in need
The European Commission proposes a new partnership between Europe and the farmers
Empowering the patient: European Commission wants clearer rules for information on prescription medicines
Digital Agenda: high-level group to discuss freedom and pluralism of the media across the EU
European Commission proposes an optional Common European Sales Law to boost trade and expand consumer choice
More efficient and secure visa system goes live
Energy markets: Commission welcomes adoption of new rules on wholesale electricity and gas trading
EU committed to achieving universal abolition of the death penalty
Climate change: Survey shows increased public concern, awareness of economic benefits of action
Commission lays foundations to boost impact of cohesion investments after 2013
Online shopping: cross-border deliveries found reliable but few traders sell abroad in the EU
Save the date: 2011 European Development days announced in Warsaw on 15-16th December
Eurobarometer: Vocational education and training boosts job prospects but needs an image makeover with young
Digital Agenda: social networks can do much more to protect minors' privacy - Commission report
Internal Market Scoreboard: Member States need to step up their efforts to transpose EU rules
Fight against Fraud: Commission publishes Annual Report
Commission calls on Greece and Hungary to transpose the Directive on harmful organisms to plants
Digital Agenda: Commission requests Hungary to end special tax on telecom operators
Foreign students, school pupils, trainees and volunteers cannot fully exploit the advantages of travelling and staying in the EU
Financial Transaction Tax: Making the financial sector pay its fair share
José Manuel Durao Barroso President of the European Commission European renewal – State of the Union Address 2011 European Parliament Strasbourg, 28 September 2011
The Single Market through the eyes of the people: a snapshot of citizens' and businesses' views and concerns
Climate change: Commission launches consultation on further reducing industrial gas emissions
European Commission sets the rules for allocation of free emissions allowances to airlines
Gender Balance: Business schools are crucial to getting more women into top jobs
Environment: Major expansion of Europe's protected natural areas
Moving to the EU? Good advice is now just a few clicks away
Stronger cooperation and mobility at the centre of the renewed EU migration strategy
Action Plan against antimicrobial resistance: Commission unveils 12 concrete actions for the next five years
Towards a European legal culture: European Law Institute in Vienna takes up work
Fair trial rights: EU governments agree on the right to information in criminal proceedings
Future financing of Home affairs: More money, more flexibility, simpler rules
Family life is a right for migrants too - how to ensure it?
Drugs report: Commissioner Malmström calls for vigilance on synthetic drugs and asks for more anti-trafficking efforts
Food: new legislation to make the use of additives in the EU safer and more transparent
Another clean bill of health for EU accounts; auditors find improvements in many payment areas
Autumn forecast 2011-13: Growth at a standstill
Opening the world for small and medium sized enterprises to enhance EU growth
Taxation and Customs: Delivering to Member States, citizens and businesses post-2014
State aid: Commission clears Hungarian sport support scheme
The Commission and the International Organization for Migration streamline their cooperation
Kick it out: EU targets violence and intolerance in sport
Digital Agenda: Commission awards €600,000 for new Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom
GMOs: EU's legislation on the right track, evaluation reports conclude
Digital Agenda: encouraging digitisation of EU culture to help boost growth
European Parliament supports stronger legislation against child sexual abuse
Qualification Directive: the Commission welcomes the agreement on a key element of the asylum package
Energy: Commission sets out new safety standards for offshore oil and gas operations
Environment: Commission urges Hungary to comply with extractive mining waste rules
European railways: Commission promotes interoperability and competitiveness
Commission proposes a comprehensive reform of data protection rules to increase users' control of their data and to cut costs for businesses
Launching the 50th Anniversary of the Common Agricultural Policy campaign
A new Animal Welfare Strategy Paper: European Commission seeks quality upgrade
European Commission launches accelerated infringement proceedings against Hungary over the independence of its central bank and data protection authorities as well as over measures affecting the judiciary
Commission launches debate on corporate restructuring: what lessons from the crisis?
Small companies create 85% of new jobs
Europeans ready for 'active ageing', new survey says
Taxation: Developing the One Stop Shop for cross border VAT compliance
Belgium, Cyprus, Malta and Poland took effective action to correct deficit while Hungary's measures are insufficient
Breaking down barriers to secure and innovative card, internet and mobile payments
State aid: Commission orders Hungary to recover incompatible state aid from national air carrier Malév
Autumn 2011 Standard Eurobarometer: people see the European Union as part of the solution to the crisis
Millennium Development Goals: EU gives additional support to 36 countries for tackling hunger, child mortality, maternal health, and access to water
Commission proposes to suspend €495 million of Cohesion Fund for Hungary for 2013 for failure to address excessive deficit
State aid: Commission approves support measures for Hungarian bank FHB
Europe can do better: President Barroso welcomes best practice report on administrative burden reduction and calls on Member States to learn from each other
European Company Law: what way forward?
Environment: environmental impact assessment now more user friendly
EU sets out plans for adequate, safe and sustainable pensions
Commission to recover € 54.3 million of CAP expenditure from the Member States
European Union and United States agree to Historic New Partnership on Organic Trade
Urban Forum: Commissioner Hahn challenges cities to deliver more on growth and jobs
Eurobarometer: Corruption on the rise?
Environment: Commission calls for a stronger response to soil degradation
Commission proposes strategy for sustainable bioeconomy in Europe
112 day: 74 % of Europeans don't know what emergency number to call when travelling in the EU. New campaign
Promoting projects that benefit society at large: the European Foundation Statute
New EU rules for ‘Organic Wine’ agreed
Enterprises must boost innovation as global competition becomes stronger
Winners announced in EU Young Translators' Contest
New satellites and launchers ensure Galileo start in 2014
Intellectual property rights : Winners of "Hands off my Design" competition announced
Commission wants your views on how we can produce and consume more sustainably
Health : Commission announces winners of the 3rd EU Prize for Journalists
Erasmus: changing lives, opening minds for 25 years
Euro coin counterfeiting in 2011
Animal Welfare: Commission urges 13 Member States to implement ban on laying hen cages
CLIMATE-ADAPT: a new tool for climate adaptation policy-making
Digital Agenda: Commission refers Hungary to Court for failure to end special tax on telecom operators
European Commission levels the playing field for European business in international procurement markets
Commission to boost protection for posted workers
Taking action on shadow banking: avoiding new sources of risk in the financial sector
MEDIA Mundus: Commission's €5 million boost for international film projects
Transport: First Smart Mobility Challenge – and the winner is …
Crime does not pay: cracking down on criminal profits
EU citizens still face obstacles to exercising their local voting rights, Commission report says
Hungary: Commission continues accelerated infringement procedure on independence of the data protection supervisor and measures affecting the judiciary and asks additional information on central bank's independence
Environment: Better implementation will lower costs and improve the environment
European Commission weighs options to break the ‛glass ceiling’ for women on company boards
Equal Pay Day: Women in Europe still earn 16.4% less on average than men
Commission proposes faster access to medicines for patients
Retailers show commitment to resource efficiency
Interim forecast: euro area in mild recession with signs of stabilisation
Commission presents new measures and identifies key opportunities for EU job-rich recovery
Mergers: Commission approves acquisition of Hungarian retail company Magyar Hipermarket by Groupe Auchan
'We Mean Business': Commission launches campaign to boost work placements
Towards a single European rail area: the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS)
European Commission makes fundamental rights a reality for citizens
Environment: Getting gold from garbage – how some Member States are making waste a resource
Progress in gender equality leads to economic growth, says European Commission report
Entrepreneurship education on the increase
Digital Agenda: Commission consults on rules for wirelessly connected devices - the "Internet of Things"
Environment: Guidelines to limit soil sealing
Commission slashes unnecessary burden for registering a car in another Member State
The European Commission updates the European safety list of airlines subject to an operating ban.
Commission to examine tax measures for cross-border workers
European Commission seeks public input on a modern system of European insolvency law
Commission fires starting gun on European Citizens' Initiatives
Road safety: Progress in cutting EU road deaths falls to 2% in 2011
An EU Cybercrime Centre to fight online criminals and protect e-consumers
Small enterprises: Shift to green economy underway, but not at full speed yet
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