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Kroes is a Commission vice president responsible for the Digital Agenda portfolio. Born in Rotterdam, she was previously (2004-2010) the Competition Commissioner in the Barroso I Commission. She answered questions put by Euractiv’s Jeremy Fleming in...
Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia have signed the letter of condemnation. The website “encourages negative perception of a particular group of EU citizens working in the Netherlands," according to the letter. Meanwhile, EU Justice Commissioner Viviane...
EU Vice President Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes (L) welcomes French's Culture and Communications minister Frederic Mitterrand pose prior to their bilateral meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on February 09, 2012. View Photo »
There are couple of nuts to be cracked-...That is not a matter of delay. Still the bit has to be finalised if both the sides are inspired to have an ambitious pact and India is interested in results and so are we...
Opening the debate on 14 February 2012, Ms Bowles asked what the response had been to the consultation, and what timescale the Commission envisaged for their introduction. Responding on behalf of the Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn, who was...
"European Commission concerned about new website by PVV in the Netherlands directed against EU citizens," Cecilia Malmstroem, responsible for home affairs, tweeted on Sunday. "A ridiculous idea," wrote Dutch digital affairs commissioner Neelie Kroes...
A Chinese journalist did ask Wen about Tibet. Wen said: "Any attempt to incite a small number of monks to take radical moves to undermine stability in the Tibet Autonomous Region is not in the interests of people living in Tibet." Back in Brussels, a...
(FromL) Cypriot Minister of Commerce Industry and Tourism Praxoulla Antoniadou Kyriacou, French EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier, Danish Minister of Business and Growth Ole Sohn and EU commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie... View Photo »
Neelie Kroes is very passionate. She is trying to drive those targets. She’s spoken to national governments, to CEOs, to see what can be done.
Hungary is also under fire over a new media law that critics say gives government loyalists too much influence over the press and broadcasters, and could inhibit free speech. “I continue to have grave concerns about the current situation in Hungary,”...
Hungary’s media policies may seem like small potatoes when the biggest issues are constitutional law and fundamental rights but they serve the EC and international observers as warning signs of rot in the garden. At the European Parliament (February...
Neelie Kroes (born 19 July 1941 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland) is a Dutch politician and businessperson. Full Article
(FromL) Cypriot Minister of Commerce Industry and Tourism Praxoulla Antoniadou Kyriacou, French EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier, Danish Minister of Business and Growth Ole Sohn and EU commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes hold a final joint press conference...
View Photo »EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes appears before the Parliamentary Committee of the Financial System in The Hague on December 7, 2011. The committee will investigate the measures that the Dutch government took between September 2008 and January 2009, to solve the problems in the Dutch...
View Photo »EU digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes (3rd L) visits on September 27, 2011 a computer waste management center, which is run by the charitable non-governmental organization Computer for Schools Kenya (CFSK), in Nairobi. Kroes, who is a keynote speaker at the opening session of the...
View Photo »Former German Defence Minister and member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg listens to questions during a joint news conference with European Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes, on the launch of Europe's "No Disconnect...
View Photo »Former German Defence and Economy Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, left, and European Commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes address the media at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011.
View Photo »BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - DECEMBER 12: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg stands next to European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes upon his arrival to speak at the launch of a European Commission-sponsored initiative for freedom of the Internet at the European Commission on December...
View Photo »Former German Defence Minister and member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg listens to questions during a joint news conference with European Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes, on the launch of Europe's "No Disconnect Strategy",...
View Photo »European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes (R) and Hungarian Minister of State for Economic Strategy of Ministry for National Economy Zoltan Csefakvay (L) open the exhibition, helped by a human brain waves controlled robot in Budapest Congress and World...
View Photo »(FromL) Cypriot Minister of Commerce Industry and Tourism Praxoulla Antoniadou Kyriacou, French EU Commissioner for Internal Market and Services Michel Barnier, Danish Minister of Business and Growth Ole Sohn and EU commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes hold a final joint press conference...
View Photo »There are couple of nuts to be cracked-...That is not a matter of delay. Still the bit has to be finalised if both the sides are inspired to have an ambitious pact and India is interested in results and so are we...
Neelie Kroes is very passionate. She is trying to drive those targets. She’s spoken to national governments, to CEOs, to see what can be done.
Users want a fairer deal and for charges to be reasonable, without fearing that their phone bill abroad will cost more than their holiday . I want this too
We are now introducing these [retail price] caps for data roaming. But they must be set at the right level: to be a consumer safety net that leaves sufficient margins for competition to develop
None of this makes sense in a digital age
We need to support the EU institutions, member states and society at large in getting better internet security
Only [Pefias] would bring the necessary coherence to secure electronic transactions and boost user confidence
First, Enisa must be able to attract and to retain the very best IT security experts in Europe. Second, Enisa staff and stakeholders must have the best conditions for networking
Citizens increasingly hear the word copyright and hate what is behind it. Many see the current system as a tool to punish and withhold, not a tool to recognize and reward.
For me the [economic] crisis underlines all the more the need to reform ... We should not shy away from, but actively seek out, new market opportunities. We should not be scared of, but embrace the possibilities of open data and joined-up service delivery.
