Women suffer from anxiety and stress after birth, not only depression 21/03/2006
Women can suffer from postnatal anxiety or stress independently of postnatal depression. A study published today in the open access journal BMC Psychiatry concludes that symptoms of anxiety and stress should also be assessed in women in the...
CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility 21/03/2006
With a green paper, two communications and an alliance with industry, the Commission is seeking to boost corporate social responsibility (CSR). The debates focus on voluntary versus mandatory measures and on the involvement of civil society...
Doha players at odds on development objectives 21/03/2006
EU governments and NGOs continue to be at loggerheads over the right approach to the Doha development agenda....
CSR initiative provokes NGO protests 21/03/2006
A new proposal for an alliance on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) about to be launched by the Commission has been received with anger by NGOs and trade unions, who fear they will be excluded from the body. The proposed alliance will b...
Further EU sanctions looming for Belarus 21/03/2006
The EU is threatening further sanctions against Belarus following the "farce" which was the presidential vote on 19 March. President Lukashenka, meanwhile, says that "if the EU wants problems here, it will have them."...
Germany may block Eastern workers for at least three more years 21/03/2006
The conservative-social democrat government in Berlin is voting, on 21 March 2006, to exclude workers from eight Central European countries from its labour market until 2009....
Hungary to hold euro referendum? 21/03/2006
Hungary's government is contemplating holding a non-binding referendum in 2008 on adopting the euro. ...
Germany to lead EU Congo mission 21/03/2006
Germany is set to lead the EU's Congo election mission, which would see the EU sending 800 troops to safeguard free elections....
Analysis: Reviewing the EU Emissions Trading Scheme 21/03/2006
This task force report from the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) looks into issues related to the second phase of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS:2008-2012) as member states prepare to hand in their National Action Plans for 30 J...
Communication of political reforms: trust is good, trust is better 21/03/2006
Wolfgang Kreuter writes in this Politik & Kommunikation article about the dilemma of political communication in Germany. Poltical reforms are becoming more and more of a patchwork and have a short life-span. Only if politicians are able t...
