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EU sees potential in e-government
News Only a minority of users are experiencing service improvements through e-government, according to a "snapshot" survey issued by the EU. The research finds that online income tax returns are saving EU citizens "seven million hours a year", while...
[January 17, 2005, 14:25]
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]
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 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]
US Report: EU privacy plan impact on US unclear
News E-commerce won't grind to a halt because of it, but the strict data privacy protection plan implemented by the European Union (EU) on Sunday is likely to cause some trepidation in US companies -- and the fallout could eventually be significant.
[October 27, 1998, 9:44]
News Burst: EU accused of music copyright bias
News On Tuesday one member accused the EU of indirectly funding the music industry's controversial Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI). According to media management consultant David Philipson, EU money given to the International Federation of the...
[September 28, 1999, 12:50]
EU roaming price caps come into force
News The tariff cuts, which complete an EU ruling from 2007, were proposed by the EU's executive arm at the end of 2008 and won approval by the European Parliament and member states. Following the new price curbs, which take effect on 1 July, it will be...
[July 1, 2009, 12:48]
Structural Funds, EU Enlargement, and the Redistribution of FDI Europe
White Papers The envisaged EU enlargements will lead to a redirection of Structural and Cohesion Funds expenditures from current to new EU-members. Using a logistic regressions approach, this paper shows that a hypothetical reallocation of Structural Funds as...
[June 22, 2005, 3:00]
EU urged to rethink e-government
News The Dutch presidency of the EU wants to rethink Europe's e-government agenda encouraging member states to adopt "more complex" applications and transactional systems, according to its latest IT strategy report.
[September 22, 2004, 11:20]
Structural Funds, EU Enlargement, and the Redistribution of FDI in Europe
White Papers The envisaged EU enlargements will lead to a redirection of Structural and Cohesion Funds expenditures from current to new EU-members. Using a logistic regressions approach, this paper shows that a hypothetical reallocation of Structural Funds as...
[June 24, 2005, 3:00]
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 body slams biometric ID cards
Blog In a great article on an EU body's report on biometric ID Cards, "Biometric ID cards an insecure menace, says EU ID outfit", Reg veteran John Lettice concludes: Could we all be going to wake up in ten years time and conclude biometric ID was a...
[November 10, 2006, 16:41]
Public Procurement of Timber: EU Member State Initiatives for Sourcing Legal and Sustainable Timber
White Papers Public procurement policy clearly has an important role to play in the EU's attempts to control imports of illegal timber. Spending by EU public authorities is estimated to account for 16-18 per cent of GDP, representing a very substantial source...
[June 24, 2005, 3:00]
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]
EU directive 'could spark patent war'
Talkback >> For example, if a patented e-commerce technology is enforceable in the US but not the EU, US users could be breaking the law by accessing an EU Web site that used the technology, according to Gartner.
[October 3, 2003, 17:59]
EU says ICT is key to cutting carbon emissions
Blog I am planning a more considered news story on this but the first pass is that the EU seems have bought into the mantra that the IT industry has been banging on about of late. Here's the introduction to the EU's statement on this:
[May 13, 2008, 13:04]
EU help possible for Dell Ireland workers
Blog The European globalisation fund was set up to help member states retrain workers who lose their jobs when companies relocate outside the EU or to help them if the jobs because of major structural change in world trade.
[January 12, 2009, 17:06]
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 backing gives boost to telemedicine
News EU citizens could soon be consulting their doctor over broadband, after the European Union passed a resolution backing telemedicine. Under a Communication backed by the EU this week, member states will seek to boost public confidence in remote...
[November 10, 2008, 8:15]
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]
