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Much is said about adult poverty, and yet in the European Union, it is children that are most at risk of poverty. According to Eurostat figures (2005), 20% of dependent under 16 in the EU were living in poverty, compared to 16% of adults. Poverty is not only a denial of children’s fundamental rights, it also mortgages the future wellbeing of European society. For example, numerous studies show that: (continue)

The EU finance ministers recommended that Bulgaria seek a greater effectiveness of public spending, in particular through a reform in the health care system, Bulgarian Finance Minister Plamen Oresharski told a news conference here on Wednesday in connection with the Convergence Programme of Bulgaria on which the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) adopted an opinion in Brussels on March 27. (continue)