13/01/2011

With its report "Towards a greener labour market - the employment dimension of tackling climate change", the EMCO Temporary Working Group on Employment and Climate Change, aims to improve the evaluation and monitoring of climate change policies on the labour...

According to the latest European Commission Monthly Labour Market Monitor, released today, the labour market in the EU remained stable in October, with signs of recovery in some Member States.

The decline in employment in the EU as a whole stopped, with employment unchanged in the...

The new report underlines how young people have borne the brunt of the crisis, with unemployment disproportionately hitting 15-24 year olds and reaching over 30% in some countries.

The rise in unemployment combined with limited opportunities to re-enter work has aggravated the risk...

Iranian woman Khadijeh Jahed, known as "Shahla" (1),was executed by 

hanging this morning in Tehran. Commenting on the hanging, Green MEP 

and chair of the European Parliament's Iran delegation, 

Barbara Lochbihler said:

"The...

The Consensus Conference will address six key questions relating to homelessness, on which there is a lack of consensus.

These questions were selected by a preparatory committee, consisting of various stakeholders in the field of homelessness:

1. What does homelessness...