http://www.eubusiness.com <p><strong>Latest business news about Employment Policy in the European Union.</strong></p><p><img src="../laboratory-worker.jpg" class="image-right" alt="lab worker" height="128" width="128" hspace="10" vspace="5" />Adapting to change and ensuring the correct matching between labour market and supply is crucial if EU countries want to remain productive and competitive.</p><p>The rapid change implies that EU countries have to become pro-active and be able to anticipate in order to be better prepared for future challenges.</p><br /><br /><p><strong>FACT SHEETS</strong></p> <table width="95%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Employment Strategies</strong></td> <td><strong>European Networks and Mobility</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;<a href="../strategy">European Employment Strategy</a></td> <td>&nbsp;<a href="../analysis">European Analysis &amp; Networks</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;<a href="../flexicurity2">Flexicurity in the EU</a></td> <td>&nbsp;<a href="../mobility">Mobility: Free movement of workers</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;<a href="../restructuring">Restructuring in the EU</a></td> <td>&nbsp;</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p></p><p><a href="../contacts"><strong>EU Employment Contacts</strong></a></p> <hr /> <h2>LATEST NEWS</h2> daily 1 2007-01-02T13:22:44Z http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/romania-economy-imf.f4h Romania's centre-right government has agreed to an IMF call to cut 600 jobs in the state-owned postal service before opening it up to private capital, the Mediafax news agency reported Sunday. 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Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance violence Greece strike debt public 2012-02-10T14:17:02Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.f2a Greece's main unions on Thursday called a 48-hour strike, the second this week, over new austerity cuts agreed by the country's coalition government in return for bailout loans. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance Greece strike debt public 2012-02-09T10:49:51Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.f11 The number of companies going bust as a result of the eurozone debt crisis is on the increase and could see as many as 1.5 million jobs across Europe under threat as a result, a study found Tuesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. debt Finance Germany Headline2 employment public bankruptcy 2012-02-07T18:03:15Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/china-economy-asia.f0j Xie Guolu proudly shows off the two-storey home he is having built in the small Chinese village of Lujiazhuang, paid for by money his son earns thousands of kilometres away in Algeria. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Africa FOCUS Asia labour China economy 2012-02-07T11:22:28Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-public-debt.f0h A general strike gripped Greece on Tuesday in protest against new austerity measures demanded with increasing urgency by the European Union as part of a debt rescue deal with banks. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance banking Greece Headline1 debt public strike 2012-02-07T14:03:05Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/us-economy-growth.ez7 The latest surge in US job creation suggests the world's biggest economy is gathering momentum -- in contrast with the recession taking hold in parts of Europe. 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Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Finance summit Headline1 debt employment public 2012-01-30T17:16:02Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/belgium-strike.evo Belgium was at a standstill Monday, as transport workers and other public officials went on an anti-austerity strike that nevertheless failed to cause major disruption to 2012's first EU summit. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Belgium strike summit 2012-01-30T17:23:24Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/belgium-strike.euy Belgium was in chaos Monday, just hours before an EU summit, with transport and other public services halted by a national strike called by unions in protest at EU-ordered austerity measures. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Belgium Headline summit strike 2012-01-30T08:37:19Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/court-employment.esy Europe's highest court ruled Thursday that employers can keep staff on successive short-term contracts in a preliminary ruling issued amid a planned shake-up of labour markets across the eurozone. 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Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Romania Schengen immigration labour Bulgaria 2012-01-19T15:58:34Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/belgium-social.eld Belgian trade unions on Tuesday called a general strike for January 30, the date of a summit of European Union leaders in the capital Brussels. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Belgium strike summit social 2012-01-17T17:45:13Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/us-italy-auto-jobs.ei3 The European car industry needs to cut its capacity by 10 to 20 per cent in response to slack consumer demand that will likely continue through 2014, Fiat chief Sergio Marchionne said. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. jobs auto company US Italy 2012-01-12T10:04:47Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/finance-economy.eey Eurozone unemployment remained at an all-time record high of 10.3 per cent for the second month running in November, official figures showed on Friday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. 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