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…
MEPs on Personal health data: better portability and safe sharing
The European Health Data Space shall give citizens the right to access prescriptions, imagery and lab tests across borders. Aggregated…
ECHA warns against risks from PVC additives and microparticle releases
The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) investigation found that some substances added to polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plastic, like plasticisers, may pose…
EU Online food delivery sector: EU Commission carries out unannounced inspections
The European Commission is carrying out unannounced inspections at the premises of companies active in the online ordering and delivery…
EU Commission calls for urgent action on antimicrobial resistance
Tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a top priority for the Commission and an integral part of many actions under the…
EMCDDA and Europol publish 2023 EU Drug Markets Analysis
Cannabis products are becoming increasingly potent and diverse, while collaboration between criminal groups is creating new security risks in Europe.…
No qualified majority reached by Member States to renew or reject the approval of glyphosate
Today, Member States did not reach the required qualified majority to renew or reject the approval of glyphosate during a…
Smoke flavourings: EFSA sees concerns of genotoxicity
Do you like smoky-flavoured snacks? Then you should read the latest Q&A on smoke flavourings, plublished by the European Food…
EU Commission welcomes deal for worker protection
The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached yesterday between the European Parliament and the Council on the Commission's proposal to amend two…
UK: Dog vaccines imported from Thailand seized
A package containing non GB/NI veterinary medicines was identified by an Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) inspector working at…
ECDC: Key strategies to prevent infections in injecting drug user
Six interventions, one aim: to prevent and control infections among people who inject drugs. In new public health guidance released…
World-leading surgical mannequin enhances military surgeon training
Invented and developed by civilian orthopaedic major trauma surgeon Professor Ian Pallister, the Surgical Advanced Mannequin (SAM model) is a…
Switzerland: Good bacteria for bad wounds
Empa researchers are developing a dressing containing probiotic lactobacilli. These are intended to heal chronically infected wounds by destroying persistent…
EU authorizes third adapted COVID-19 vaccine for Autumn campaigns
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) carried out an in-depth evaluation of the vaccine. Following this evaluation, the Commission authorised the…
HERA and the Japan’s AMED strengthen cooperation on cross border health threats
The Commission's Health Emergency and Preparedness Response Authority (HERA) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) are strengthening their…
EU HRVP Borrell on Global Gateway, EU’s proposal in the global “battle of offers”
The Global Gateway initiative was launched in late 2021, after the COVID-19 pandemic. With this project, we intended to mobilise €300 billion…
Switzerland: PHRT projects to improve cancer treatment
The project proposed by Inge Herrmann from Empa in collaboration with the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen and the Cleveland…
Insight EU Environment Monitoring 25 October 2023
CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS: CEN Workshop on methodology to improve the recyclability rate of Critical Raw Materials from cars +++ RIGHT…
Insight EU Environment Monitoring 24 October 2023
SUSTAINABLE RAW MATERIALS: Global Gateway: EU and Namibia agree on next steps of strategic partnership on sustainable raw materials and…
EU ensures high-quality and safe blood, tissues, and cells
The new regulation ensures better protection of donors, recipients and children born following medically assisted reproduction. The proposed new rules…
Insight EU Environment Monitoring 23 October 2023
FOREST MANAGEMENT: EU Commission approves €742 million Czech State aid scheme to support sustainable forest management +++ UNECE: Between trees…
MEPs demand accountability and transparency in extractive industries
In the text agreed at committee level MEPs said that, as the world’s largest development donor, it is incumbent on…
EU Commission enhances medicine supply security
The Commission has adopted today a set of actions to better prevent and mitigate critical medicine shortages in the EU, this…
Pesticides: MEPs want a drastic cut in use of chemical pesticides
On Tuesday the Environment Committee adopted its position on measures to ensure sustainable pesticides use and reduce the use and…
European Protein Strategy: EU must increase protein production and diversify supply chains
In the resolution on the European Protein Strategy, adopted on Thursday by 305 votes to 129 and 69 abstentions, MEPs…
Amphetamine: EU production analysis raises environmental concerns
Amphetamine is the most common synthetic stimulant available in Europe, constituting a large and stable market worth a minimum of EUR…
New funding brings world closer to polio eradication
Today, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a new financing partnership…
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27th GCC-EU joint council & ministerial meeting co-chairs’ statement
The Joint Council welcomed the significant progress achieved in the implementation of the GCC-EU Strategic Partnership, which was announced at…
Insight EU Environment Monitoring 6 October 2023
GREEN CLAIMS: EP Research Service: ‘Green claims’ directive: Protecting consumers from greenwashing - EU Legislation in Progress +++ CIRCULAR ECONOMY:…
EU Council urges action on precarious work’s mental health impact
Mental health and work are closely interconnected. Mental health is an important issue for work ability and productivity, and, conversely,…
WHO, EU, ECDC urge boosted vaccination for Autumn/Winter
As autumn moves to winter, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the European Commission and the European Centre for Disease…
WHO, EU Commission and ECDC urge eligible groups to get vaccinated or boosted before the winter
As autumn moves to winter, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, the European Commission and the European Centre for Disease…
EU Commission sets new reduced limits for nitrites and nitrates as food additives
Today, to ensure that the food on the market in the EU is as safe as possible for consumers and…
EU Parliament calls for better reuse and treatment of urban wastewater
On Thursday, Parliament adopted its position on new rules for the collection, treatment and discharge of urban wastewater to better…
EU Commission proposes list of principles to boost cycling across Europe
The proposal for a European Declaration on Cycling, adopted today by the Commission, recognises cycling as a sustainable, accessible, inclusive, affordable and…
ECDC: Swedish distance learning advice process, Nov 2020 – Apr 2021
In addition to identifying the technical aspects of how evidence was produced, it is also important to recognise any external…
Exposure to asbestos: MEPs adopt law to protect workers more robustly
Parliament approved new rules to protect EU workers from the health risks related to asbestos and to improve the early…
Expert reaction: Malaria prevention vaccine recommended by WHO
Malaria is still a significant threat to global health, which is further exacerbated by impact of climate change on vector-borne…
Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan: Launch of Cancer Image Europe platform
Today, the European Cancer Imaging Initiative has reached a first major milestone: as of today, the Cancer Image Europe platform links up 36 datasets…
World Heart Day: Statement by EU Commissioner Kyriakides
Cardiovascular disease continues to severely affect health, societies and economies around the world. It is the leading cause of death…
EFSA urges heightened farm protection against avian influenza
While the situation in poultry has eased over the summer, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus continued to affect seabirds in…
Medical products: EU Commission names new Director at Health and Food Safety DG
The European Commission has decided today to appoint Rainer Becker as Director for ‘Medical Products and Innovation' at the Commission's Directorate-General for…
Health & Food Safety: EU Commission’s DG appoints new Director
The European Commission has decided today to appoint Marco Marsella as Director for ‘Digital, EU4Health and Health Systems Modernisation' at the Commission's…
PFAS restriction proposal: ECHA receives more than 5 600 comments
More than 4 400 organisations, companies and individuals submitted comments and information on the proposal to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl…
REACH: EU Commission adopts measures to restrict intentionally added microplastics
Today, the Commission takes another major step to protect the environment by adopting measures that restrict microplastics intentionally added to products under the EU…
ECHA’s Risk Assessment Committee pledges to ban secondary use of creosote-treated wood
The Committee for Risk Assessment (RAC) supports France’s proposal to restrict the placing on the market, reuse and banning the…
COVID-19: EU Commission authorises second adapted vaccine for Member States
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) carried out a stringent evaluation of the vaccine under the accelerated assessment mechanism. Following this evaluation, the…
Reducing pollution in EU groundwater and surface waters
MEPs want the EU watch lists - which contain substances posing a significant risk to human health and the environment…
Donations and treatments: New safety rules for substances of human origin
MEPs adopted the report on new rules governing the use of so-called substances of human origin (SoHO) in the EU,…
WEF: How much progress is being made on the UN’s SDGs?
While the decline in SDG progress is universal, poorer countries are being disproportionately affected by the consequences, largely due to…