European Solidarity Corps to support people in need with €145m in 2024
Volunteering activities will get a major boost in 2024 thanks to a new funding opportunity that the Commission launched today. A…
Volunteering activities will get a major boost in 2024 thanks to a new funding opportunity that the Commission launched today. A…
The European Health Data Space shall give citizens the right to access prescriptions, imagery and lab tests across borders. Aggregated…
The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) investigation found that some substances added to polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic, like plasticisers, may pose…
The European Commission is carrying out unannounced inspections at the premises of companies active in the online ordering and delivery…
Tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a top priority for the Commission and an integral part of many actions under the…
Cannabis products are becoming increasingly potent and diverse, while collaboration between criminal groups is creating new security risks in Europe.…
Today, Member States did not reach the required qualified majority to renew or reject the approval of glyphosate during a…
Do you like smoky-flavoured snacks? Then you should read the latest Q&A on smoke flavourings, plublished by the European Food…
The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached yesterday between the European Parliament and the Council on the Commission's proposal to amend two…
A package containing non GB/NI veterinary medicines was identified by an Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) inspector working at…
Six interventions, one aim: to prevent and control infections among people who inject drugs. In new public health guidance released…
Invented and developed by civilian orthopaedic major trauma surgeon Professor Ian Pallister, the Surgical Advanced Mannequin (SAM model) is a…
Empa researchers are developing a dressing containing probiotic lactobacilli. These are intended to heal chronically infected wounds by destroying persistent…
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) carried out an in-depth evaluation of the vaccine. Following this evaluation, the Commission authorised the…
The Commission's Health Emergency and Preparedness Response Authority (HERA) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) are strengthening their…
The Global Gateway initiative was launched in late 2021, after the COVID-19 pandemic. With this project, we intended to mobilise €300 billion…
The project proposed by Inge Herrmann from Empa in collaboration with the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen and the Cleveland…
CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS: CEN Workshop on methodology to improve the recyclability rate of Critical Raw Materials from cars +++ RIGHT…
SUSTAINABLE RAW MATERIALS: Global Gateway: EU and Namibia agree on next steps of strategic partnership on sustainable raw materials and…
The new regulation ensures better protection of donors, recipients and children born following medically assisted reproduction. The proposed new rules…
FOREST MANAGEMENT: EU Commission approves €742 million Czech State aid scheme to support sustainable forest management +++ UNECE: Between trees…
In the text agreed at committee level MEPs said that, as the world’s largest development donor, it is incumbent on…
The Commission has adopted today a set of actions to better prevent and mitigate critical medicine shortages in the EU, this…
On Tuesday the Environment Committee adopted its position on measures to ensure sustainable pesticides use and reduce the use and…
In the resolution on the European Protein Strategy, adopted on Thursday by 305 votes to 129 and 69 abstentions, MEPs…
Amphetamine is the most common synthetic stimulant available in Europe, constituting a large and stable market worth a minimum of EUR…
Today, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new financing partnership…
The Joint Council welcomed the significant progress achieved in the implementation of the GCC-EU Strategic Partnership, which was announced at…
GREEN CLAIMS: EP Research Service: ‘Green claims’ directive: Protecting consumers from greenwashing - EU Legislation in Progress +++ CIRCULAR ECONOMY:…
Mental health and work are closely interconnected. Mental health is an important issue for work ability and productivity, and, conversely,…
As autumn moves to winter, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the European Commission and the European Centre for Disease…
As autumn moves to winter, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the European Commission and the European Centre for Disease…
Today, to ensure that the food on the market in the EU is as safe as possible for consumers and…
On Thursday, Parliament adopted its position on new rules for the collection, treatment and discharge of urban wastewater to better…
The proposal for a European Declaration on Cycling, adopted today by the Commission, recognises cycling as a sustainable, accessible, inclusive, affordable and…
In addition to identifying the technical aspects of how evidence was produced, it is also important to recognise any external…
Parliament approved new rules to protect EU workers from the health risks related to asbestos and to improve the early…
Malaria is still a significant threat to global health, which is further exacerbated by impact of climate change on vector-borne…
Today, the European Cancer Imaging Initiative has reached a first major milestone: as of today, the Cancer Image Europe platform links up 36 datasets…
Cardiovascular disease continues to severely affect health, societies and economies around the world. It is the leading cause of death…
While the situation in poultry has eased over the summer, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus continued to affect seabirds in…
The European Commission has decided today to appoint Rainer Becker as Director for ‘Medical Products and Innovation' at the Commission's Directorate-General for…
The European Commission has decided today to appoint Marco Marsella as Director for ‘Digital, EU4Health and Health Systems Modernisation' at the Commission's…
More than 4 400 organisations, companies and individuals submitted comments and information on the proposal to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl…
Today, the Commission takes another major step to protect the environment by adopting measures that restrict microplastics intentionally added to products under the EU…
The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) supports France’s proposal to restrict the placing on the market, reuse and banning the…
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) carried out a stringent evaluation of the vaccine under the accelerated assessment mechanism. Following this evaluation, the…
MEPs want the EU watch lists - which contain substances posing a significant risk to human health and the environment…
MEPs adopted the report on new rules governing the use of so-called substances of human origin (SoHO) in the EU,…
While the decline in SDG progress is universal, poorer countries are being disproportionately affected by the consequences, largely due to…