The European Union plays an increasingly influential role in the management of asylum-seekers and refugees in Europe. This paper addresses the question why European states have decided to cooperate in this policy area and why they have been prepared to give EU institutions an increasingly greater role in this process. It seeks to offer new insights into the motivation for international cooperat...

This study analysed 89 episodes of catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI) occurring during one week in 107 hospitals from 21 European countries (1.02 episodes/1,000 admissions). Patients from European Union (EU) countries had a higher incidence of CR-BSI than patients from non-EU countries (1.55 vs. 0.33/1,000 admissions). Most (67%) catheters were non-tunneled central venous catheters...

The EU has long been a global power in the world economy and in international economic policy-making. The EU is the largest trader in the world economy; in 2005, its external merchandise trade equalled about $ 2,790 bill., with a rather well balanced position: the external deficit of the EU came to about $ 134 bill. 1 In the same year, the US total merchandise trade came to about $ 2,637 bill. ...

Pay-TV piracy in Europe is affecting the legal providers of Pay-TV services. This paper describes the main players in the European Pay-TV market, the Conditional Access Systems (CAS) used in the European Union (EU 15), the European PayTV piracy market, and the most important technologies used. The paper then discusses the effects of Pay-TV piracy on the CAS providers and Pay-TV service provider...

Even though the number of notified tuberculosis (TB) cases in the World Health Organization (WHO) European Region has continuously gone down, from 474,794 in 2007 to 380,366 in 2011 [1], there is no room for complacency. The number of extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) cases in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) is not decreasing and a considerable number of TB patients do not f...

Government procurement accounts for a considerable proportion of economic activity in the European Union (EU) yet resists integration and harmonization. The European Commission believes that the solution to integrating government procurement into the single market lies in e-procurement. While technology has the potential to improve the efficacy of procurement processes among EU Member States, i...

EU platform called Manufuture aims goal to support manufacturing engineering and technology development in nearer and distant future. Manufacturing technologies are key for sustainable development of EU member states. Serbia as native part of this european nations union, needs to follow these european trends. This article presents an importance of national Manufuture platform adoptation basic p...

the eu, which has its roots in the early fifties, in a short time reached nearly all aims to which the founders had refereed. establishing the major institutions and promoting its member states to cooperate in economic, social, political and recently in military issues, the eu is going to attain the old aspiration of the europeans, i.e., a united states of europe. in this regard, the conclusion...

Paralleling the development of the information society, European Union institutions are making more and more information available electronically. The progress of this process is reviewed. It is a process which contributes to the openness of the EU institutions. How effective are electronic media in providing access to information? It is concluded that the journalistic and library professions w...

financially support the implementation of the objectives of the European Union in the employment, social affairs and equal opportunities area, and thereby contribute to the achievement of the EU2020 goals in these fields. The seven-year Programme targets all stakeholders who can help shape the development of appropriate and effective employment and social legislation and policies, across the EU...