Presidents of the European Commission and of the European Council, J. M. Barroso and H. Van Rompuy, met on 28 January in Brussels with Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation to discuss a number of issues during the 32nd EU-Russia summit. These included the Eastern Partnership, counter-t...

In his fifth State of the Union address, President Obama announced plan to sign an executive order raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour for future federal contract workers. He advocated similar proposal last year. However, it never passed through opposition in Congress. On Tuesday he pledged t...

During its January plenary session, on 14 January, the European Parliament voted in favour of a resolution welcoming the European Commission´s eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020. The EC published the Action Plan on 6 December 2012 as part of continuing effort to promote high-quality efficient patient-ori...

Annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos took place this week. Main challenge for the up-coming year is recovery of financial markets, where reforms are under way, but not yet completed. To the EU leaders, most worrying is an inflation, which is currently below the 2 per cent target and probably...