During its General Assembly in Warsaw on 26 November 2011, the CPME adopted “Declaration of CPME regarding the situation of Slovak doctors”

The Standing Committee of European Doctors representing physicians of 27 European countries is deeply shocked to hear that the President of the Slovak Republic Mr Gasparovic recommends the Slovak government to use force against the Slovak doctors in case of failure of negotiation in five days.

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) and the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) have today filed a complaint with the European Commission regarding the recently adopted Greek online gambling law. The complaint details a range of non-EU compliant barriers to new market entrants and requests that the Commission, as guardian of the EU Treaties, address this as a matter of urgency.

BRUSSELS, 23 November 2011: Europe needs fiscal belt-tightening coupled with growth-enhancing measures to pull itself out of crisis, including “smart regulation” that doesn‟t shackle businesses like the brewing sector, European Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso said, speaking at The Brewers of Europe‟s EU headquarters on Tuesday night.

ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) has given a mixed reception to the European Commission’s latest proposals on reducing regulatory burdens for micro-enterprises.

The global professional body welcomes the Commission’s renewed commitment to better engagement and consultation with Small and Medium Sized enterprise (SMEs), together with its intention to monitor better regulation policies in the member states.

(DUBLIN, IRELAND) Announced job losses continued to outnumber job gains in each quarter in 2011 – as they have done since the first quarter of 2008 – though levels of restructuring activity are much reduced from those of the peak crisis quarters 2008-2009, according to the 2011 annual report from Eurofound’s European Restructuring Monitor (ERM).