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Many chronic diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s, are thought to be caused by a combination of genetic and other factors. Such diseases place a significant burden on the healthcare system as well as the patient. PM, it was said, provides the tools to treat such diseases "more effectively than ever before" because it is the tailoring of medical treatment to the individual characteristics of each patient.

Personalised medicine can build a "new reality" for Europe´s patients

By: EBR | Thursday, February 20, 2014

Personalised medicine (PM) is starting to "revolutionise" the medical world and the way treatment is delivered.

In the EU the consequences of bankruptcy makes loan eligibility difficult for individuals suffering from low credit scoring. In accordance with the present day credit crunch, entities like the European institutions are posing questionable efforts in alleviating loan qualification. Furthermore the European legislation is not harmonized: the European Commission is taking action based on studies showing that the request to repay debts for a period exceeding three years strongly discourage the decision to start a new business.

Fail2Succeed Campaign

By: EBR | Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Today entrepreneurial failure is rarely associated with positive concepts such as learning, experience and opportunity. When failure is mentioned, often this leads to the idea of disappointment, sadness and depression. This stigma has perforated the very essence of entrepreneurship in the EU.

There is a lot of potential in the Eastern European e-commerce market. First of all, only 27 million of 162 million inhabitants are shopping online - a percentage bound to increase once internet penetration is picking up pace. As demand will rise across this region, logistic services will improve, enabling retailers to serve also the less urbanized areas.

35.7% e-commerce growth in Eastern Europe reflects the region’s enormous potential

By: EBR | Thursday, February 13, 2014

With an average growth rate of 35.7% over the year 2012, the e-commerce market in Eastern Europe is comparatively showing the strongest increase in Europe.

Every year for the past 10 years, Huawei has invested over 10 percent of its global revenue into R&D; in 2013 this equated to over US$5.4 billion, accounting for more than 14 percent of the revenue, told William Xu, CEO of Huawei Enterprise Business Group.

Imperial College London and Huawei open data science innovation lab

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The data science lab is the first major corporate partnership within Imperial’s new Data Science Institute, which will cultivate multidisciplinary collaborations between the College's academic experts and research partners to develop new big data technologies.

The campaign group RenewEconomy says the stance the EU agrees to take on climate and energy in March has implications that go far beyond the policy wrangles and personality battles which dominate the media reporting.

New report urges Poland to phase out its coal-powered plants

By: EBR | Wednesday, January 22, 2014

A major new report calls on Poland to relax its reliance on coal for its energy needs. The demand comes as the European Commission is set to launch its 2030 Climate and Energy Package.

A spokesman for the company told the EBR website, “21st Century Poland has shaken off its Soviet past, but in some parts of the administration there remain some pockets of recidivism and behaviour more appropriate to homo sovieticus.

Legal challenge mounted in bid to recover corporate assets

By: EBR | Monday, January 20, 2014

A formal legal challenge is being mounted against a state prosecutor in Poland in the case of a businessman who has had his business assets seized.

“Taiwan’s industrial clusters have received recognition from global organisations, with the World Economic Forum rating their development as No. 1 in the world for three years running,” a CEPD official said.

Taiwan ranked 3rd in global investment by BERI

By: EBR | Monday, January 13, 2014

Taiwan (Republic of China) remains the world’s No. 3 investment destination, with its prospects continuing to improve over the next two years, according to the latest Profit Opportunity Recommendation report by U.S.-based Business Environment Risk Intelligence SA (BERI).

"Marek does not care about lies printed in the press. He cares only for the 7,000 people he employs. He could retire tomorrow and live abroad on saving and investment income."

Former UK Europe Minister throws weight behind entrepreneur′s campaign clear his name

By: EBR | Tuesday, December 24, 2013

A former senior UK government minister has thrown his weight behind a campaign to clear the name of entrepreneur Marek Kmetko who is locked in a bitter legal battle with the authorities in his native Poland

In 2012, the Western European population was estimated to be 162.3 million (19.8% of Europe’s population). Internet penetration in Western Europe (83%) has been above the European (66%) and EU28 average (76%) in 2012. The top three tier having internet access is being led by the Netherlands with 94%, followed by Luxembourg and the United Kingdom with 93% and 83% respectively.

Western European e-commerce expected to reach 173.8 billion in 2013, 10% growth

By: EBR | Thursday, December 19, 2013

Western European B2C e-commerce is developing extremely well. This is apparent from the new Western Europe B2C E-commerce Report, published by Ecommerce Europe, the European umbrella organisation for online retailers.

Both sides agreed that innovation has an important contribution to make to achieve sustainable development, and that effective protection of Intellectual Property Rights is crucial to support the effective deployment of innovative solutions. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on IPR was signed during the summit.

EU-China summit: Innovation dialogue to drive Sino-European ICT cooperation

By: EBR | Wednesday, December 18, 2013

EU and Chinese leaders officially launched the new High Level Dialogue on Innovation Cooperation on the sidelines of the EU-China summit in Beijing. Huawei welcomes this initiative as a crucial step forward towards reaching common objectives.

While the Commission foresees specific conditions for so-called Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI), experts fear that most of the airports will fail to be considered as such, as the EU Executive’s definition is seen as “too restrictive” and “not sufficiently harmonised”.

Revised EU state aid rules ′could lead to closure of 100 small airports′

By: EBR | Thursday, December 5, 2013

Regional stakeholders from all over Europe are pressing the European Commission to show more flexibility over new guidelines on state aid for airports and airlines, warning these could have “damaging consequences” for local economies.

The two-hour debate, "South Stream: The Evolution of a Pipeline" discussed the importance of the pipeline in economic stimulation, security of supply, diversification of energy sources and its role in the development of a strong partnership between the energy enterprises of Europe.

South Stream gas pipeline ′will bring economic and environmental benefits′

By: EBR | Thursday, December 5, 2013

Top energy bosses have joined forces with senior government ministers in arguing the case for Gazprom's South Stream gas pipeline, stressing its value and potential economic benefit for Europe.

Mr Kmetko compared the actions of the Polish police with a similar investigation of his companies by the Berlin State Prosecutor.

Top businessman appeals to Polish PM to intervene following ´terrifying´ police raids

By: EBR | Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thousands of Polish families face a bleak Christmas as a direct result of ´terrifying´ police raids against companies owned by a leading Polish entrepreneur in seven cities in Poland.

We need more competition in the economy particularly in the inherently monopolistic government providers of goods and services. In order to infuse competition government should relinquish many of its direct production functions in favor of multiple public and private institutions, to work under the supervision of government itself and subject to the free market forces (i.e.: competition).

In search for a new paradigm for Social Responsibility

By: EBR | Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Given that the origins of the economic crisis, which still evolves in many developed countries lie not so much in the private but in the public sector it is time for Corporate Social Responsibility scholars to reconsider the CSR paradigm.

Jim Lu, President of Huawei CEE & Nordic Region, explained “Our priorities include helping our telecoms and enterprise customers to manage the rising volumes of data that are now flooding their networks, reducing the energy consumption of the components that make up those networks and ensuring that our customers will have access to the most advanced and efficient technologies to support fixed and mobile traffic growth controlled by the most advanced software management.”

HUAWEI REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO EUROPE

By: EBR | Monday, October 7, 2013

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, opened recently a new Exhibition Center in The Netherlands, showing its latest global and innovative ICT R&D results and ICT solutions specifically to the European Enterprise market and European customers.

Huawei’s success in Europe will be measured by its ability to help enterprises and channel partners successfully navigate the current major IT challenges and opportunities, which include increasing mobility of employees, customers and applications, the deepening role of cloud computing, the real-world utilization of big data, and the impact of social media on the success of enterprises. In order to be successful, the company is committed to working closely with its local European partners to meet the unique needs of customers in each distinct European market it serves.

Huawei expands activities in Europe

By: EBR | Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Huawei, a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider, opened a new Exhibition Center in The Netherlands, showing its latest global and innovative ICT R&D results and ICT solutions specifically to the European Enterprise market and European customers.

The case of Kmetko v the Republic of Poland has been dubbed "Warsawgate" by some in the Polish media and Mr Kmetko says there were up to 100 Polish businessmen and women who have been subjected to similar ´political harassment´ by the authorities in their homeland.

New "damning" evidence emerges in case dubbed "Warsawgate"

By: EBR | Monday, September 23, 2013

A leading East European entrepreneur is set to launch potentially highly embarrassing legal proceedings against the Polish state, claiming 40 billion dollars compensation for alleged ´systematic harassment.´

Unofficially tipped as the country′s next Prime Minister when the next cabinet reshuffle takes place, Mr Arbuzov is seen as a rising star of Ukraine politics. What is certain is that he will play a vital role in determining Ukraine′s position vis-a-vis the association agreement with the EU.

UKRAINE: a potentially "huge market" for European businesses

By: EBR | Thursday, August 8, 2013

A senior Ukraine government minister says that the country's much-awaited association agreement with the EU is a "once in a lifetime" opportunity on the path towards deeper European integration.

Mr Kmetko, aged 61, who has won more than 50 legal procedures against the Polish authorities since 1993 and was once the biggest truck carrier in Poland, says he is now the victim of another "hostile" campaign, inspired by the Polish state.

Entrepreneur in appeal to EU in bitter "selective justice" dispute with Poland

By: EBR | Tuesday, July 23, 2013

A leading Polish entrepreneur who says he is the victim of 'unlawful' business practices by the authorities in his homeland has asked the European Parliament and EU Ombudsman to take up his case.

The General Data Protection Regulation will replace the current Data Protection Directive from 1995 and will harmonise data protection rules across the different member states of the EU. The provisions in the Directive had to be implemented in national law before they took effect, but the Regulation will have direct impact and doesn’t need to be implemented. The Regulation sets new, strict requirements for organisations processing personal data and gives citizens more rights.

PrivacyChecker: your business compliant with current and future data protection law

By: EBR | Monday, July 22, 2013

Privacy and data protection are high on the agenda of the European Union. At the moment, a major reform of the EU legal framework for personal data protection is underway.