News
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02/06/2009
European Commission Internship For Young Roma Graduates 2009-2010
The European Commission and the Open Society Institute announce a call for applications for the 2009-2010 European Commission Internship for Young Roma Graduates.
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02/06/2009
Social protection expenditure in 2006, EU27 spent 26.9% of GDP on social protection.
In the EU27 , social protection expenditure 1 accounted for 26.9% of GDP in 2006.
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29/05/2009
European funding used to facilitate access to European Elections for persons with disabilities
The European Parliament elections of June 2009 are for everybody.
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27/05/2009
Integrated programme for the social inclusion of Roma (Greece)
The Roma population in Greece faces acute social exclusion that can only be solved through organised long-term inclusion policies covering all the various aspects involved.
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18/05/2009
Statement by Commissioner Vladimír Špidla on the 8th European Meeting of People Experiencing Poverty
This meeting is essential in giving a voice to those who we usually hear all too little: those experiencing poverty.
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15/05/2009
Media4Diversity -Taking the pulse of diversity in the media
This publication outlines the findings of a pan-European study on media and diversity conducted in 2008 by a consortium led by Internews Europe (Paris) in partnership with the Media Diversity Institute (London) and IFJ- the International Federation of Journalists (Brussels).
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14/05/2009
Commission refers Poland to European Court of Justice on gender equality legislation
The Commission has on 14 May 2009, referred Poland to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for non-transposition of EU rules prohibiting gender discrimination in access to and supply of goods and services (Directive 2004/113/EC).
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10/05/2009
Social Situation Report 2008: New Insights into Social Inclusion
The 2008 Social Situation Report looks at the role of benefit systems in tackling poverty and examines in particular the extent to which those who are affected by unemployment or low incomes do receive benefits.
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05/05/2009
Alzheimer's and other related diseases: coping with behavioural disorders in the patient's home (France)
Caring for people with Alzheimer's disease is a difficult task for all those involved, whether they are professional carers or informal ones, such as family members, neighbours or friends, etc.
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29/04/2009
2009 Ageing Communication: a renewed strategy for tackling Europe’s demographic challenge
Europe's population is living increasingly longer and in better health, a huge achievement that we have every reason to be proud of.