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EHFG 2013: EUROPE’S HEALTH SYSTEMS MUST BE MADE CRISIS-PROOF

EHFG - European Health Forum Gastein

The economic crisis and austerity programmes have had a serious impact on health budgets and on general standards of health. How can Europe’s health systems be made more resilient in the face of such crises? This question is the focus of discussions at the 16th European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG), which opened today in Bad Hofgastein. Social development and prosperity will be put at risk if austerity programmes begin to pose a danger to health systems, warned Professor Helmut Brand, President of the EHFG.

AEGEE-EUROPE: EUROPEAN YOUTH CALLS THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS NOW.

AEGEE Europe

THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE TO PROTECT THEIR RIGHTS NOW.

BRUXELLES, 1st October 2013. AEGEE-Europe, together with 10 youth organizations from all over Europe, has launched the campaign YouthRights.NOW for the recognition of specific rights for youth. These youth rights include education and training, employment, housing, health and the right to a healthy environment, participation, sexual and reproductive health, culture and sport, non-discrimination, as wells as proper information on youth policies and its implementation.

Europe-wide Campaign to establish a European Anti-bullying Day launched

EAN - European Anti-bullying Network Project's

17 organizations across 12 Member States stand strong against bullying

Civil society in Europe has to unite efforts to tackle bullying. This was the strong message echoed in Palermo by 17 European organizations calling for the establishment of a European Anti-bullying Day.    

Across Europe hundreds of thousands of children are experiencing bullying every day. The bullying phenomenon not only persists, but grows in extent with damaging consequences not only on children and families, but ultimately on European societies as a whole.   

EU offshore wind industry needs regulatory stability and a post-2020 EU legislative framework

WindEurope

EWEA OFFSHORE 2013 - press registration now open

Between EUR90 billion and  EUR123 billion are needed by the European offshore wind energy industry to meet its 2020 target of 40 GW. Yet the main obstacle to development is not the availability of the funding but the regulatory instability freezing the industry, a new report will show.

DIGITALEUROPE Announces Initial Findings for Consumer UHD Display Characteristics

DIGITAL EUROPE

Brussels, 30 September 2013 – In June of this year, DIGITALEUROPE announced the start of its work to develop a UHD logo programme for Ultra High Definition consumer equipment. Today, DIGITALEUROPE announces its initial findings on the baseline capabilities of UHD Consumer Displays:

Native Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Pixels
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Colorimetry: ITU-R BT.709
Colour Bit depth: 8 Bit
Frame Rate: 24p/25p/30p/50p/60p
Audio: PCM 2.0 Stereo

GUE/NGL candidate Edward Snowden makes Sakharov finalist list

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

MEPs on Parliament's Foreign Affairs and Development committees have designated GUE/NGL candidate Edward Snowden a Sakharov prize finalist.

GUE/NGL MEP Marie-Christine Vergiat said: "Edward Snowden had the courage to reveal the extent to which citizens' rights are being violated when it comes to data protection, confirming what we had long suspected. It is one of the major scandals of our times. The European Parliament must protect all whistleblowers who stand up to states that violate human rights and fundamental freedoms in any way whatsoever."

"Democracy package": More cooperation needed for true peace and democratisation in Turkey to succeed

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

The so-called "democratisation package"* presented by Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan is a step in the right direction", according to GUE/NGL MEP Jürgen Klute (Germany), but "cannot be seen as a substitute for the urgently needed constitutional reform" in the country. 

MEPs support the universal mobile phone charger

ANEC - The European Consumer Voice in Standardisation

On 26 September, the Internal Market & Consumer Protection Committee of the European Parliament unanimously adopted MEP Weiler’s report on the proposed directive on radio equipment. ANEC welcomes the support of MEPs for an amendment intended to see the introduction of a universal charger for all mobile phones.

It’s your digital life. Being safer online-citizens in focus of 1st European Cyber Security Month

ENISA

The EU’s cyber security agency ENISA, together with the European Commission’s DG CONNECT, is launching the first fully fledged European Cyber Security Month campaign. During the month of October, more than 40 public and private stakeholders will promote cyber security among citizens and children, and advocate for a change in the perception of cyber-threats.

European Commission Vice President and Commissioner Neelie Kroes’ video message

 

Tax, lies and videos The French way of setting up new taxes on ICT products

DIGITAL EUROPE

On September 18 in Brussels, the French socialist MEP Françoise Castex presented a partial draft resolution to the European Parliament[1], challenging the report of the former Commissioner Antonio Vitorino delivered earlier in February on private copy levies.

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