News
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07/09/2015
Integration of long-term unemployed into the labour market: report on Member State progress
A report commissioned by the European Commission from the European Social Policy Network of independent experts (ESPN) published today shows an inadequate response in the Member States regarding the reintegration of the long-term unemployed.
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02/09/2015
Persistent poverty in the EU: time matters!
While more and more people experience poverty at some point in their life, a short-lived experience is certainly different in nature than long-term poverty.
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20/08/2015
Commission signs stability support programme for Greece and assesses its social impact
The European Commission signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Greece for a new stability support programme late on 19 August.
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07/08/2015
Commission proposes €1.4 million from Globalisation Fund for former workers of Alitalia in Italy
The European Commission has proposed to provide Italy with €1.4 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help 184 former workers of Alitalia to find new jobs. Most of the redundancies occurred in the region of Lazio.
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30/07/2015
Social protection developments in Bulgaria, Slovenia, Slovakia and Italy
Four new Flash Reports prepared by the European Social policy Network (ESPN) are now available and provide information on deinstitutionalisation of children in Bulgaria, a new National Housing Programme in Slovenia, the national Helpline for Women Experiencing Domestic Violence in Slovakia and reforms in Italian labour market policies.
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30/07/2015
Social protection developments in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland and Estonia
Four new Flash Reports prepared by the European Social policy Network (ESPN) are now available and provide information on the general statutory minimum wage in Germany, the extension of payment exemption for health user charges in Portugal, the creation of national programmes to tackle important problems related to infectious diseases in Switzerland and annual in-work benefit for low-income workers in Estonia.
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23/07/2015
New measures to reduce unemployment in FYR of Macedonia and 2010 Child Poverty Act targets abandoned in the UK
Two new Flash Reports prepared by the European Social Policy Network (ESPN) are now available and provide information on recent developments in social protection in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (MK) and the UK.
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22/07/2015
Almost 30 000 workers supported by the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund during 2013 and 2014
During 2013-14, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) helped a total of 27 610 workers, who had been dismissed due to the economic crisis and the effects of globalisation, to find new job opportunities.
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20/07/2015
European Health Insurance Card: over 200 million Europeans already carry one
Almost 206 million Europeans already have the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), according to the latest figures available for 2014.
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20/07/2015
Social Agenda - The skills imperative
Issue 41 of the Social Agenda magazine is entirely devoted to vocational education and training (VET) and skills.