The Financial Crisis of 2007-8 triggered a large-scale overhaul of European and Global Financial Services Regulation. Financial institutions are now subject to more far-reaching and onerous regulation, as well as the prospect of increased regulatory fines. The European Market Infrastructure Regulation (“EMIR”) (and parallel regimes in other G20 members countries) is part of this new landscape. ...

The rapid development of cross-border e-commerce has injected new vitality and productivity to e-commerce. But it also brought the lag problem of cross-border logistics and distribution system. Under current models of logistics and distribution, the order cycle is too long to be efficient which coexist with high cost, uncontrollable risks and complicated procedure. These factors have hindered t...

The revolution started without anybody realising it. The finding, by the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court), that two Italian nationals, Mrs Luisi and Mr Carbone, were entitled to travel to another member state to receive health services – unrestrained by capital movement or other restrictions – hardly alarmed people in the health sector: Luisi and Carbone were over-the-border s...

Electronic Identities (eID) and their cross-border recognition are on top of the agenda of various e-Government initiatives of the European Commission (EC). Therefore, the EC launched the EU large scale pilot STORK, which was running for about 3.5 years and finished at the end of 2011. In this period, STORK has established a European eID interoperability platform for citizens. The focus of STOR...

Migration of health workers 'Brain drain' is defined as the movement of health personnel in search of a better standard of living and life quality, higher salaries, access to advanced technology and more stable political conditions in different places worldwide. The debate about migration of health workers from the developing to the developed world has remained pertinent for decades now. Regard...