News
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17/11/2009
Protection against discrimination is a human right
Joint press release by the European Commission and the Swedish Presidency.
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12/11/2009
Counting the homeless - improving the basis for planning assistance (Austria)
Homelessness is perhaps the most acute expression of poverty and the European Parliament has called for an end to `street homelessness' in the EU by 2015.
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09/11/2009
16% of Europeans report experiencing discrimination – new opinion survey
Around one in six people in Europe claim to have personally experienced discrimination in the past year, according to a new opinion survey released by the European Commission on 9 November 2009.
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29/10/2009
Developing well-targeted tools for the active inclusion of vulnerable people (Norway)
A new programme for supporting the integration of people with reduced working capacity into the labour market was set up in 2007 as part of Norway's Plan of Action against poverty.
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29/10/2009
Employment equality rules: case closed for Estonia; reasoned opinions to Germany and Italy
The European Commission has on 29 October 2009 sent reasoned opinions to Germany and Italy for incorrectly implementing EU rules prohibiting discrimination based on religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in employment and occupation.
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29/10/2009
European Commission takes legal action against Hungary on parental leave
The Commission has on October 29 2009 sent a reasoned opinion to Hungary for incorrectly implementing the Parental Leave Directive (96/34/EC).
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29/10/2009
Race equality rules: reasoned opinions to Germany and Netherlands
The European Commission has on 29 October 2009 sent reasoned opinions to Germany and the Netherlands to correctly implement EU rules prohibiting discrimination on the basis of racial or ethnic origin.
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28/10/2009
Media can play a crucial role in eradicating poverty
The European Commission has on 28 October 2009 reached out to the press and media in the fight against poverty with two major events in Brussels ahead of the 2010 European Year Against Poverty – to be launched in Madrid on 21 January.
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27/10/2009
73% of Europeans feel that poverty in their country is widespread
73% of Europeans feel that poverty in their country is widespread
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27/10/2009
9 out of 10 Europeans want urgent action on poverty
73% of Europeans consider poverty to be a widespread problem in their country while 89% want urgent action by their government to tackle the problem.