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Society & culture

Parliament postpones debate on paid maternity leave

Concerns about costs hamper efforts to raise mothers' minimum rights.
Thursday, 18 March 2010

Health & safety

MEPs back a visible calorie count on food packs

Parliament committee supports nutritiion facts but rejects 'traffic light' warnings.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Society & culture

Compensation for football clubs that lose talented youngsters

European Court of Justice rules that football clubs must be compensated if they train players who then get snapped up by bigger teams.
Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Rights

A flawed plan for women's empowerment

The EU's latest effort to improve the plight of women in the developing world is welcome, but its Gender Action Plan is unconvincing.
Thursday, 11 March 2010

Health & safety

Fear of information overload ahead of food labelling vote

MEPs divided over food labelling rules as industry calls for a harmonised system.
Thursday, 11 March 2010

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Society & culture

Advancing roles for women by example

A woman who is hoping to change the image of NATO as a male-dominated workplace.
Thursday, 11 March 2010

Health

eHealth – a driver for growth and innovation?

What can information technologies do to improve the delivery of healthcare? How should the gap between promise and practice be closed?
Monday, 8 March 2010

Financial services

Prices down in all but a handful of countries

Housing markets struggle to emerge from the impact of the financial crisis.
Thursday, 4 March 2010

Health

Fizziness that won't go flat

The soft-drinks industry has heeded calls to limit advertising targeted at children and intends to extend that voluntary ban online. But [...]
Thursday, 25 February 2010

Health

Helping people make a healthy choice?

The use of nutrition labels on food packaging is a controversial and complex issue.
Thursday, 25 February 2010

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