http://www.euractiv.comLatests DocumentsUNEenSat, 17 May 2008 05:08:50 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/socialeurope/free-movement-labour-eu-27/article-129648?Ref=RSS Some of the EU's strongest and wealthiest 'old' member states continue to restrict access to their labour markets by workers from Eastern Europe. Germany and Austria are the only member states, however, which have voiced their intention to block access to their labour markets until 2011. Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:00 GMTtcm:29-129648-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/socialeurope/eu-funds-refocused-competitiveness-social-cohesion/article-172376?Ref=RSS Member-state governments are re-focusing the EU's cohesion policy to boost workers' qualifications, education and employability, the Commission said at the conclusion of negotiations on funds allocated for the 2007-2013 period.Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:00 GMTtcm:29-172376-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/socialeurope/ict-comes-aid-unemployed-portuguese-textile-workers/article-172319?Ref=RSS Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are key to reverting the negative effects of globalisation on the job market. They were behind a successful project launched two years ago to help the suffering textile sector in Portugal and have been renewed and extended to other industries.Tue, 13 May 2008 10:30:00 GMTtcm:29-172319-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/socialeurope/works-council-pidla-raises-pressure-unions/article-172239?Ref=RSS In a statement to the European Parliament on 8 May 2008, Employment and Social Affairs Commissioner Vladimír Spidla said that Brussels will go ahead with the revision of the European Works Council (EWC) directive even if the European Trade Union Confederation continues to block social partners' negotiations on the matter. Thu, 8 May 2008 10:45:00 GMTtcm:29-172239-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/socialeurope/commission-pushing-new-social-agenda/article-172189?Ref=RSS The Commission yesterday revealed plans to update the current social agenda and better integrate it into the EU's overall policy framework. The main focus lies in addressing cross-border health care, improving workers' rights and promoting better education systems.Wed, 7 May 2008 10:59:00 GMTtcm:29-172189-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/socialeurope/security-crossborder-care-dominate-eu-health-agenda/article-172043?Ref=RSS Tackling health threats such as avian flu and ensuring safe, efficient and equitable access to cross-border healtcare will be top priorities of the EU public health policy agenda in the years to come, predicted the Commission's public health director Andrzej Ryś in an interview with EurActiv. Mon, 5 May 2008 11:00:00 GMTtcm:29-172043-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/socialeurope/regulated-labour-markets-dynamic/article-172115?Ref=RSS Europe does not need more highly regulated job markets but rather increased investment in human capital if it is to meet the dual challenge of achieving both economic efficiency and social justice, Wolfgang Merkel, the director of the Social Science Research Centre in Berlin, told EurActiv Slovakia in an interview.Mon, 5 May 2008 10:55:00 GMTtcm:29-172115-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/socialeurope/security-cross-border-care-dominate-eu-health-agenda/article-172095?Ref=RSS Tackling health threats such as avian flu and ensuring safe, efficient and equitable access to cross-border healtcare will be top priorities of the EU public health policy agenda in the years to come, predicted the Commission's public health director, Andrzej Ryś, in an interview with EurActiv. Mon, 5 May 2008 10:50:00 GMTtcm:29-172095-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/socialeurope/interview-regulated-labour-markets-dynamic/article-172112?Ref=RSS Europe does not need more highly regulated job markets but rather increased investment in human capital if it is to meet the dual challenge of achieving both economic efficiency and social justice, Wolfgang Merkel, the director of the Social Science Research Centre in Berlin, told EurActiv Slovakia in an interview.Mon, 5 May 2008 10:45:00 GMTtcm:29-172112-16http://www.euractiv.com/en/socialeurope/aged-people-denied-full-human-rights/article-172069?Ref=RSS Being particularly vulnerable, the elderly are "often ignored and denied their full human rights," according to the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg, writing on the council's website on 28 April 2008.Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:55:00 GMTtcm:29-172069-16