In support of the “Youth on the Move” and “European Platform against poverty” flagship initiatives, the European Commission (DG Research and Innovation) organises an evidence-based and policy oriented conference on “Youth and Social Inclusion”.  The conference will proceed from the EU recent policy documents on youth and social inclusion and ...

Football fans who will want to attend the Euro 2012 football championship in Poland and Ukraine next summer will have to choose between watching their favourite sport or... smoking. UEFA's decision announced this week enforces a complete ban on the use, sale or ...

UNICEF has published an assessment of the Social and Poverty Impacts of the Economic Crisis in Romania for the period 2009-2010 where it confirms that fairly obvious fact in charting the effects of the Romanian economic and financial crisis during the period 2009-2010, when the crisis was at its peak. ...

The European Commission published a Eurobarometer survey on social climate in the EU. The impact of the financial and economic crisis is still being felt, with bouts of speculation in relation to various Member States.  In addition to this, ...

The First Annual Convention of the European Platform against Poverty and Social Exclusion was organized by the European Commission with the Polish Presidency, to review the progress made towards the headline target of reducing poverty and social exclusion by at least 20 million by 2020 and the implementation of the ...