Behemoth European brain study agrees to drastic reforms

Back to the future: 10 years of European health reforms.

The challenges facing European health systems have changed little over 30 years but the responses to them have. Policy ideas that emerged in some countries spread to others; however, the way policies were implemented and the impact they have had has been shaped by specific national contexts. Comparative policy analysis has evolved in response to this, moving away from simple classifications of ...

European Parliament supports data protection reforms.

Reforms on the use of personal data for medical research purposes are one step closer to being made law after the European Parliament (EP) voted in favour of amendments on March 12. The initial draft of the new Data Protection Regulation proposed by the European Commission (EC) set out a mechanism for protecting privacy while facilitating research. It included a requirement for specifi c and ex...

Administrative systems and reforms across the European Union – towards sustainability?

This paper presents an overview of the particularities of the administrative systems across the European Union. With more and more countries becoming members of the Union, legal and administrative harmonisation becomes more important than ever. Both internal and external aspects may trigger changes, whose scale will be dependent of many factors. It must be realised that administration in this c...

A closer look at European health care reforms.

Agrarian Reforms in Eastern European Countries: Lessons from International Experience

The fall of the Berlin wall has led to a monumental change in the social and economic structure of most countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the CIS that have profoundly affected the nature of the rural sector and the livelihood opportunities open to rural residents. Prior to 1990, most of these countries had de facto abolished private property rights in favor of state or cooperati...