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EU To Introduce Own 'Green Card' Scheme
Blog According to Auntie, the EU has realised it needs 20m skilled immigrants in the next 2 decades, and this is its way of ensuring that happens. Well, "Blue Card" in this case. The biggest shortfall in skilled workers?
[October 23, 2007, 13:05]
US Report: EU Panel OKs Merger Between MCI-WorldCom
News The panel of experts from the 15 EU countries also requested clarification about how Washington-based MCI would transfer its Internet retail customers to a new owner, the source said. The panel met to consider a draft decision by the European...
[June 22, 1998, 10:27]
EU Vote 'widens Loopholes' In Software Patent Directive
News Amendments to the EU's directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions that would have prevented companies taking out pure software patents were largely thrown out by the European Parliament legal affairs committee (JURI) at a a...
[June 21, 2005, 13:25]
EU Considers Changes To IP Enforcement
News A new EU proposal for harmonising intellectual property law enforcement across member states has come under criticism from the first parliamentary committee to review it, which has suggested that the proposal may need to be modified to better...
[May 16, 2003, 16:06]
EU Spam Legislation - What This Means For You
White Papers This paper describes EU Directives on spam. On Thursday 11 December 2003, the EU Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications came into effect in the UK. The Directive introduces an opt-in regime for all commercial e-mail to individual...
[May 1, 2004, 0:00]
EU Passports Get Biometric Data
News New EU passports will be embedded with a radio frequency ID chip that contains biometric data, after standards bodies put the technology on a fast-track to deployment. The move comes after the US introduced strict new laws that demand biometric...
[July 18, 2003, 15:27]
EU Investigates DRM Privacy Threat
News Digital rights management (DRM) -- the technology that could dictate everything from who can read your documents to what music player you can put your tunes on and a whole host of other things -- could be a threat to your privacy, according to the...
[February 9, 2005, 12:55]
EU Votes Through Software Patent Changes
Talkback The EU is just asking for a flood of litigation if their patent examiners are even twice as good as America's. Absolutely the wrong decision and a choice that will set back innovation for years to come.
[May 18, 2004, 21:07]
EU Rejects Microsoft's Licence Offer
Talkback I'm sorry, was this regarded as unexpected behaviour from Microsoft by the EU then? Because if so then this episode can be added to the ever growing list of ignored advises (and warnings) given to the EU by truly independant and knowledgeable...
[March 18, 2005, 22:37]
EU To Look At Cost Of Internet Access
News The high price of Internet access in Europe will be top of the agenda at the forthcoming EU summit in Lisbon, as European leaders consider legislation to bring costs down. The EU summit -- being held in Lisbon on March 23 -- is the first time...
[February 29, 2000, 10:55]
EU Anti-piracy Directive Heads For Final Vote
News Intellectual property: Enforcing the rights, measures and procedures", known as the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive, is primarily aimed at cracking down on organised piracy and counterfeiting in the EU, a growing problem.
[February 26, 2004, 11:05]
EU Agreement On Communications Snooping 'unlikely'
News Under current EU law, personal data can only be retained for 30 days -- the current legal period deemed acceptable for billing purposes. The EU Data Protection Working Party has sent a letter to the presidents of the European Parliament, EC and the...
[June 27, 2001, 13:19]
EU Council Agrees To Internet Snooping Proposals
News After what an EU press release described as "thorough debate", the council agreed that the new directive on data protection and privacy in the telecommunications sector would give member states the power to bring in their own laws forcing network...
[June 28, 2001, 11:33]
EU Data Laws Threaten UK Firms
News UK firms face fines, imprisonment or even closure under an EU data protection directive that became law on Wednesday. It also will also affect offline companies, ruling that no personal data held on computer systems is sent or leaked -- maliciously...
[March 1, 2000, 16:10]
News Burst: EU Accolade For Welsh High-tech Plan
News The WDA's scheme, together with a regional project in the Netherlands, was listed as the most successful in the EU. Some 50 separate projects involving 1000 organisations, pioneered under the Welsh Development Agency's (WDA) regional technology...
[October 21, 1998, 16:07]
EU-US Passenger Data Row Heats Up
News Commissioner Bolkestein was quizzed on Monday by the European Parliament about the EU-US debate on the privacy of transatlantic air travellers' personal data. Airlines from within the EU, including Air France and BA, are awaiting the results of the...
[December 3, 2003, 15:45]
EU Domain Plans Foiled By London Company
News The European Union voted last month to approve the creation of the first level domain .eu by a non-profit organisation which would then offer it to institutions, private users and corporations within the European Union.
[June 7, 2000, 10:34]
EU Delays Patent Decision
News The EU directive that opponents fear will allow widespread software patenting within Europe will be passed without vote or debate on Tuesday, a day later than planned. A spokeswoman for the EU Council said the directive will be passed at an...
[December 20, 2004, 11:25]
EU To Throw Patents In With The Bath Water
Talkback On one hand they pretend to support open source software, on the other hand they lobby the EU to bring in a law which is one of the biggest threats to all open source projects. IBM is so two-faced.
[December 18, 2004, 9:12]
EU To Launch Europe-wide Public Services Portal
News The EU has issued revised plans for the development of an online public services portal. The portal, to be known as 'Your Europe', is hoped to become the EU's main Web site offering cross border e-government services for businesses and citizens.
[June 10, 2004, 12:55]
