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Tackling the 'Health and Safety Monster' with Insurance — 07 February 2012, 19:24 CET

Health and safety is a controversial issue, and so contentious that David Cameron combatively announced plans to tackle the 'Health and Safety Monster' during his first 2012 appearance in the House of Commons.

CONCERT-Japan Project — 30 January 2012, 19:03 CET

CONCERT-Japan (Connecting and Coordinating European Research and Technology Development with Japan) is a European Union (EU) funded project in the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technology Development (FP7).

Solar photovoltaic market continues to grow in Europe and around the world — 24 January 2012, 20:29 CET

The European Photovoltaic Industry Association's (EPIA) new Market Report 2011 shows important increase in grid-connected capacity of PV systems, but changing economics will require development of new markets in the world.

Fight against corruption as priority of present Ukraine — 14 December 2011, 15:18 CET

November 27 in Kyiv was arrested the head of Fund of employment of population (structure that deals with unemployed citizens) Vladimir Galyckyy. 49-years-old official had reputation of more than odious man. In summer this year his daughter appeared in the epicenter of scandal in Monaco, when a belonging to her car "Bentley" has crashed into few expensive cars. During a search of Mr.Galyckyy there was found more than dozen of gold watches and cash amounting to over 7,5 million of US dollars. The reason for his arrest was a bribe which Galyckyy took.

200 million of the EU's meat chickens cannot support their own body weight properly. Factory farming: it's a filthy business — 08 December 2011, 12:14 CET

Compassion in World Farming's latest campaign, Filthy Business, is bringing attention to the shocking facts involved in farming within Europe.

Court of the Republic of Cyprus denied Russian Federation to extradite businessman Viktor Makushin — 18 November 2011, 16:28 CET

V. Makushin: Although Yeltsin was quite a controversial person, yet in terms of decency he obviously surpassed Putin

Viktor Makushin — 18 November 2011, 16:19 CET

Viktor Makushin

Outsourcing your market research to a B2B company — 19 September 2011, 19:09 CET

Outsourcing market research is an increasingly popular trend in business, despite many companies tending to dedicate less than half a per cent of their business on research (instead putting the lion’s share of their finances and attention towards promotion).

Recovery from European Financial Crisis risks being hindered by preventable diseases — 15 September 2011, 13:42 CET

EPHA welcomes this initiative from the European Parliament calling for action to be taken to combat Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).

Drive Safe Europe applauds latest effort against texting while driving — 06 July 2011, 23:30 CET

Drive Safe Europe (DSE) welcomes the European Parliament vote on Directive on Road safety: cross-border enforcement of sanctions and its inclusion of the illegal use of mobile communications as one of the offences.

When Did You Last Backup Exchange 2010 - Or Are You Courting Disaster? — 17 June 2011, 11:57 CET

 

PES demands that European Council does not sacrifice Europeans' ease of movement due to scaremongering — 15 June 2011, 23:18 CET

In a strongly worded statement, the Party of European Socialists has called on the European Council not to dilute the “Schengen” agreement. The agreement, one of the fundamental principles of the EU, which guarantees free movement for European Citizens throughout 25 European countries, has recently come under threat. EU Leaders will meet as the European Council to take a decision on the issue on 24 June.

New EC Standardisation package confirms "SME must be closely involved in the standardisation process" — 01 June 2011, 18:24 CET

In the communication released today on “A strategic vision for European Standards: Moving forward to enhance and accelerate the sustainable growth of the European economy by 2020” (COM(2011)311/2), the European Commission acknowledged that, compared to their weight in the European economy, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are still largely underrepresented in the standard making process: Due to their limited amount of resources, only a very small number of SMEs actively participate in drafting new standards. A more balanced stakeholder participation in standardisation was therefore one of the main actions of the reform of the European standardisation system. The European Commission presented its proposals on June 1st 2011.

Melons now a Monsanto "invention" - US corporation awarded a European patent on conventionally bred melons — 17 May 2011, 12:05 CET

Recent research conducted by the coalition No Patents on Seeds! shows that in May 2011, the US corporation Monsanto was awarded a European patent on conventionally bred melons.

EU Collective Redress: Eurofinas urges Commission to consider alternatives — 05 May 2011, 13:10 CET

Eurofinas, the voice of consumer credit providers at European level responded to the European Commission's recent public consultation "Towards a Coherent European Approach to Collective Redress".

Can You Claim for a Tax Refund? — 13 April 2011, 16:53 CET

Everyone in full time employment is required to pay tax, but few know they could be eligible for a tax refund by way of overpaid tax over the financial year. Anyone who has lived and worked in the UK may be entitled to a lump sum payment, yet there are still millions of pounds worth of tax rebates going unclaimed every year.

EPACA Statement on EP actions on lobbying — 08 April 2011, 00:07 CET

EPACA supports the European Parliament's review of their rules to increase ethics and transparency, including the call for a mandatory register.

.eu registrations double in five years — 07 April 2011, 12:37 CET

.eu domain name registrations have doubled in five years, reveals EURid the .eu top-level domain (TLD) registry, marking the domain’s fifth birthday.

MBNA Contactless Credit Cards Arrive In the UK — 26 November 2010, 16:55 CET

CHESTER, UK -- MBNA will begin a two-year programme today to exchange traditional cards for new contactless credit cards. As MBNA is Europe’s largest credit card lender, millions of UK customers will be adopting this new, groundbreaking technology.