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The European Parliament, citing health concerns, has drafted legislation to limit new cars’ noise later this decade. The parliament also recommended adding sound to hybrid and electric vehicles to alert pedestrians. According to research by the European Environment Agency traffic exposes half of the EU’s urban population to noise levels above 55 decibels (db). The parliament [...]
The European Commission has published a “digital to-do list” for the European Union’s 27 member states in an effort to speed up the development of the internet economy. Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner in charge of the so-called digital agenda, said 2013 will be the busiest year yet in her area of competence. “My top [...]
Neelie Kroes warned European Union member states this week that an impending shortage of skilled IT professionals could hurt the economy of the 27-nation bloc. Speaking at a conference in Sofia, the EU commisioner for Europe’s so-called “Digital Agenda” said  that, in the near future, almost all jobs will require “some kind of digital skills.” [...]
The European Commission, in a move to boost innovation in Europe, is pushing to make scientific information more easily available to everyone. The governing body of the 27-nation European Union will make open access to scientific publications a general principle of its research and innovation funding programs for the coming years. That means EU funded [...]
EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes last week called on CIOs to help improve Europe’s IT infrastructure by together building an EU-wide digital single market. In a speech on the occasion of the European CIO of the Year award, Kroes said CIOs from both the public and private sector need to contribute their expertise to reduce the [...]
