EU &#39;opens the door&#39; to a longer workday
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BRUSSELS The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to water down the rules that govern maximum working hours for employees, bowing to pressure from business and from Eastern European members of the EU seeking to catch up with their richer western
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The European Union's head office edged closer Monday to recommending the start of membership talks with Turkey, but hinted at conditions to ensure Turkey does not backtrack on human rights reforms and to reassure Europeans wary of mass Turkish immigration.
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BRUSSELS , Dec 27  (IPS) - European Union officials will undoubtedly breathe a  sigh of relief when the final clock  chimes to mark the end of  2004. It certainly has been a tough year for the bloc. But  they  should not sit back and relax too soon - 2005 could be even  tougher.
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Five years ago, France joined Europe's largest nations in a radical experiment: to try to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs and improve the quality of life by having existing employees work shorter ...
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On the eve of the publication of the Wim Kok expert group report on the Lisbon Agenda, the European Growth Task Force of the European Policy Centre published 10 &quot;Do-s and Don&#39;ts&quot; designed to boost growth in Europe while retaining a positive agenda for jobs
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Britain's guidelines on working hours infringe European Union law which gives employees the right to minimum daily and weekly rest periods, Europe's highest court has ruled.
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The European Union has launched a new drive to reduce its regulatory burden on companies, in a bid to tackle one of the most frequent complaints made by business.
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The EU is presenting a 'blue card' that would aim to attract skilled workers to Europe and regulate immigration.
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Licensing authorities start processing pubs' applications for extended opening hours from Monday.
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Â· Support fading on Labour benches, survey suggests  Â· Existing 28-day limit works well, says DPP
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The European Parliament has called the EU to open membership talks with Turkey &quot;without undue delay,&quot; and told Ankara to carry out more democratic reforms.
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An eleventh hour face saving move by the President-Designate of the European Commission JosÃ© Manuel Durao Barroso managed to diffuse an institutional crisis in the European Union yesterday.
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The European Commission is to discuss changes to the Working Time Directive on Wednesday as it tries to limit the time spent at work.
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Europe's programme for funding scientific research in the member states is a step closer to being adopted.
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The European Union (EU) said on Thursday that further US efforts to eliminate trade and investment barriers would strengthen the transatlantic economic relationship.
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DEAR readers, it is appreciable that EU has decided to begin accession talks with Ankara, even though it would not be many years before a final word is given either way.
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Some Spaniards are beginning to ask if a divided workday is compatible with the modern world and Spain's growing integration into Europe.