News
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17/09/2010
New “Go for it dads!" campaign in Belgium
The Belgian pressure group Femmes Prévoyantes Socialistes (FPS) has launched a campaign to encourage fathers to take more parental leave. Belgium has relatively generous allocations of paternal and parental leave, but fathers are still not using as much of their entitlements as they could.
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14/09/2010
Statement by EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding on the Roma situation in Europe
"Over the past weeks, the European Commission has been following very closely the developments in France regarding the Roma.
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08/09/2010
Commissioner Andor discusses adequate pensions for all at Belgian Presidency event
László Andor, European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion participated in a conference to discuss the adequacy of pensions and social protection systems in Europe.
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07/09/2010
2012 to be the European Year for Active Ageing
The European Commission has on September 6, 2010 proposed that 2012 be designated as the "European Year for Active Ageing".
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07/09/2010
European Commission to assess Member States' use of EU funds for Roma integration
The European Commission established a Roma Task Force to assess Member States' use of European Union funds.
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23/08/2010
Women and men in decision-making: highlights (third quarter 2010)
An update of the European Commission's database on women and men in decision-making has recently been completed and includes:
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20/08/2010
Which European city will win a prestigious Access City Award?
Put your city on the European map as a proactive supporter of accessibility for persons with disabilities.
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16/07/2010
3rd meeting of the European Roma Platform
The third meeting of the integrated European Platform for Roma inclusion took place in Brussels on 17th June 2010.
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09/07/2010
RegioStars Awards
Commission reveals winners of "RegioStars Awards" celebrating Europe's most innovative regional projects Johannes Hahn, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, and Jan Olbrycht, Member of the European Parliament and Chairman of the Jury, will announce the winners in the six separate categories of the "RegioStars Awards" 2010
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07/07/2010
EU launches public debate on the future of pensions
The European Commission has on July 7, 2010 launched a Europe-wide public debate on how to ensure adequate, sustainable and safe pensions and how the EU can best support the national efforts.