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On January 5th, Zsolt Bayer, a Hungarian journalist with links to the ruling party Fidesz, wrote a controversial article in Magyar Hirlap. In response to a murder on New Year’s Eve, where one of the suspects is a Roma, he wrote...

Prensa Latina Wednesday 27th February, 2013 Brussels, Feb 27 (Prensa Latina) Women of the European Union must work 59 days more than men to receive the same salary, because they earn on average 16.2 percent less, according to...

On 27 February, the European Commission published a report regarding the gender pay gap. According to the latest figures (2010), the gap between man and women wage was reduced from 17 per cent to 16.2 per cent. However, the... All similar articles: 83 »

Source: reuters // Reuters (Steven Brill is a Reuters columnist but his opinions are his own.) By Steven Brill Feb 26 (Reuters) - Let's begin this column with a quiz, one designed to test your story-generating talents. If the...

Christine Lagarde: growing up with brothers helped her develop assertiveness early on The message that women must network and seek sponsors is not new but the obstacles they face trying to get into the right clubs can be seen...

Currently there are legal battles under way involving two of the largest names in technology. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) got some bad news this week when the judge hearing the case brought by hedge fund star David Einhorn said... All similar articles: 53 »

Euro politicos 'undermine trust and confidence', argue campaigners Privacy campaigners are up in arms about a European Parliament committee's decision to adopt a drafted opinion on data protection that some have argued further...

The struggle between Microsoft , once the mightiest computer-related company in the world, and the internet giant Google has intensified with the former conducting an all-out political-style campaign against the latter. The...

The Commission launches the 40% challenge The objective is to establish equal presence of the sexes at high levels within Europe's biggest companies. The proposal made by the law is to push the presence of women in executive...

Doug Ehrman, The Motley Fool Published 5:00 pm, Thursday, February 21, 2013 Currently there are legal battles under way involving two of the largest names in technology. Apple got some bad news this week when the judge hearing... All similar articles: 2195 »

While the EC has welcomed the opinion of parliament’s industry, research and energy committee (ITRE) as ‘the latest step towards a swift adoption of the proposed legislation’, it is nevertheless not a complete endorsement. It...

CBR Staff Writer Published 20 February 2013 The new regulation is anticipated to lay greater responsibility on firms to guard users' personal information and levy fines for those who violate the code. Google could face a fine...

Viviane Reding, the European Union s commissioner for justice, said rules being finalized by the European parliament and EU countries would allow a single EU data regulator to fine companies on behalf of all national watchdogs....

Paris (AFP) Feb 18, 2013 - European data protection agencies intend to take action against the US Internet giant Google after it failed to follow their orders to comply with EU privacy laws, a French agency said on Monday. In...

The European Commission today welcomed the draft report from the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) backing the Commission’s proposal for a Common European Sales Law. However, co-rapporteurs Klaus-Heiner Lehne...

Victims of domestic violence will be protected by an EU-wide law. The European Parliament and the Council of Ministers reached yesterday a political agreement for an EU-wide protection order. NO read more All similar articles: 54 »

On 22 February, the European Commissioner for Citizenship Viviane Reding will visit Coimbra to discuss with Portuguese citizens, about the future of Europe. “We're giving citizens in Portugal the unique possibility to tell...

The European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee (ITRE) adopted European Commission’s opinion on data protection reform. Yesterday, the Commission welcomed ITRE’s adoption. NO read more All similar articles: 76 »

David Cameron has said that he “wants to reform the system allowing immigrants access to housing, the NHS, the justice system, and benefits”. But what can the Government do even if it wants to? UKIP MEP Gerard Batten presents...

Published: February 17, 2013 BERLIN — Imagine that the U.S. market for telecommunications was carved up by 200 operators owned by 45 rival companies, each able to sell phone and broadband Internet service only in individual...

video transcript Apple -- Companies that computers were attacked by the same hackers targeted FaceBook but no data appear to be stone so. Don't believe any stores reporting can think corporate secrets about it I want your apple...

UKIP Leader Nigel Farage has slammed what he has called “a pantomime of ridiculous pretences” as Theresa May and Iain Duncan Smith become the latest Tory Cabinet members to hit out at EU migration issues, calling it “all a big...

Cyrus Farivar, writing for Ars Technica: [A] new European activist group has published evidence illustrating that significant proposed revisions have been introduced, nearly wholesale, via model legislation written by American...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google's latest privacy policy could land it with a fine of upto $1 billion under a new law allowing Europe-wide challenges to U.S.-based Internet giants, Europe's top justice official said on Tuesday.... All similar articles: 401 »

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google's latest privacy policy could land it with a fine of upto $1 billion under a new law allowing Europe-wide challenges to U.S.-based Internet giants, Europe's top justice official said on Tuesday. All similar articles: 646 »

The push for gender balance and female representation on company boards in Europe is making the headlines, and momentum is gaining around the issue. Following years of marginal and insignificant progress, the EU Commissioner...

Lady Barbara Judge is just back from inspecting the nuclear plants at Fukushima in Japan, the ones closed down after the devastating earthquake and tsunami two years ago. She visited the control rooms at Daiichi – plant one –...

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has assured Bulgaria and Romania that the UK will not keep its labor market restrictions for their citizens after December 31, 2013. "Free movement of workers is one of the...