http://www.euractiv.com/Latests DocumentsUNEenSun, 20 Jul 2008 23:44:33 GMThttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss5editor@euractiv.comwebmaster@euractiv.comhttp://www.euractiv.com/cssea/logo.gifhttp://www.euractiv.com/10360http://www.euractiv.com/en/central-europe/germany-keeps-labour-market-shut-eastern-europeans-2011/article-174359?Ref=RSSAmid public fears that cheap labour from Poland and elsewhere could threaten local employment, Germany decided to not allow low-skilled Eastern European workers access to their labour market before 2011, the Labour Ministry said on Wednesday (16 July).Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:40:54 GMTtcm:29-174359-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/central-europe/poland-sweden-defend-eastern-initiative/article-172660?Ref=RSSA new proposal by Sweden and Poland to strengthen the EU's ties with its eastern neighbours to be officially presented today is not meant to undermine but rather enhance existing EU policies, according to a draft paper obtained by EurActiv.Mon, 26 May 2008 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-172660-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/central-europe/france-looks-east-ahead-eu-presidency/article-172629?Ref=RSSFrance yesterday (22 May) took a step towards revitalising its ties with Eastern Europe by signing a 'strategic partnership' with Hungary. The move will be followed by a similar agreement with Poland next Wednesday.Fri, 23 May 2008 06:30:00 GMTtcm:29-172629-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/central-europe/romania-skilled-labour-shortage-highest-worldwide/article-171920?Ref=RSSRomanian businesses face the greatest difficulty worldwide in finding qualified personnel, reveals the latest study by Manpower Inc., a world leader in the employment services industry, Euractiv.ro reports.Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:50:00 GMTtcm:29-171920-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/central-europe/national-spending-plans-renewed-fire/article-170545?Ref=RSS22 billion euros worth of EU structural and cohesion funds are set to be spent in support of 'ill-conceived' projects in central and eastern Europe, NGOs warn.  Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:45:00 GMTtcm:29-170545-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/central-europe/court-rules-special-schools-roma/article-168424?Ref=RSSIn a landmark ruling, the European Court of Human Rights has dismissed the Czech Republic's former practice of routinely sending children from the country's Roma minority to special schools, where they acquire much lower levels of qualification than other Czechs.Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:45:00 GMTtcm:29-168424-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/central-europe/tusk-pledges-better-poland-eu-relations/article-168192?Ref=RSSIn his first press conference with international journalists, Poland's prime minister-designate Donald Tusk has outlined his foreign-policy agenda: Closer ties with the EU as well as with Russia, but doubts over the Baltic gas pipeline and the US anti-missile shield in Eastern Europe.Thu, 8 Nov 2007 07:50:00 GMTtcm:29-168192-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/central-europe/olli-rehn-turkey-membership-vital-eu/article-167807?Ref=RSSFuture enlargements are "a vital part of the solution" to problems that the EU will face in the decades to come, according to Commissioner Olli Rehn. The "progressive and well-managed" integration of Turkey into the European Union should be part of this strategy, he says in an exclusive interview with EurActiv.Tue, 23 Oct 2007 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-167807-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/central-europe/eu-enlargement-cooperation-competition-balkans/article-167781?Ref=RSSThe agreement over the Reform Treaty opens a new window on EU enlargement and raises the issue of whether the Balkan states should face the opportunity individually or collectively, writes Peter Sain ley Berry for the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN).Mon, 22 Oct 2007 11:00:00 GMTtcm:29-167781-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/central-europe/new-member-states-told-step-border-controls/article-167535?Ref=RSSJust weeks ahead of a Council meeting that will decide on new member states' accession to the Schengen borderless system, an internal report has outlined deficits in many of these countries, according to press reports. Thu, 11 Oct 2007 06:40:00 GMTtcm:29-167535-16