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NEWS · NEWS FROM EUROPE
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Major Decisions by the EMSP Council Meeting
Stuttgart May 28, 2010. New Executive Committee. more ... |
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The best attended EMSP Annual Conference in the history of EMSP
192 participants, hereof 53 attending the EMSP Youth Congress 2010 more ... |
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Summary of the 1st Congress of YPwMS
Stuttgart, Germany, May 2010 more ... |
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The European Parliament uses the report on MS for illustrating “the right of petition”
Any citizen of the EU has the right to petition Parliament, individually or in association with others. (June 2008)more ... |
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EU leaves decision on stem cell ethics to member states
The European Parliament has backed a compromise package on a proposed EU regulation on advanced therapies. After hard battle, the decision on ethics of treatment derived, for example, from human embryonic stem cells, is finally left to member states. more ... |
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MEPs bitterly divided over ethics of gene therapy
An alliance of centre-right and Green MEPs is fiercely pushing for ethical safeguards on a proposed advanced therapies regulation, against a compromise package supported by the Commission, Council, business and patient organisations. more ... |
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Stem-cell registry to boost new therapies
A European online registry for human embryonic stem-cell lines is expected to contribute to international standardisation and boost progress towards new medical therapies more ... |
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EU to study impact of cross-border health care (January 2007)
"The core challenge in cross-broder access to health care is to ensure that political goals combine both the objectives of health-care systems and those of the internal market," the Commission has stated. more ... |
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Pharmaceutical forum far from consensus
The EU high-level pharmaceutical forum still has a long way to go before tabling a consensus on the structural changes needed to improve competitiveness of the European pharmaceutical industry. (October 2006)more ... |
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Commission pushes for internal health market (2006 September)
As public and private healthcare were excluded from the services directive, the Commission has decided to set up a specific EU health services framework to guarantee cross-border access to health care.
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Employment guidance services for people with disabilities
The number of people on long-term disability benefits in Europe is rising and this group is particularly at risk of social exclusion. more ... |
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New historical United Nations Treaty to protect (August 2006)
The UN Convention adopted last Friday, the eighth international human rights Treaty in history,
will prohibit discrimination against 650 million disabled people in the world. more ... |
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EUROPEAN UNION- "European Year of Equal Opportunities for All" gets green light for 2007
The European Commission welcomed the decision by the Council and Parliament to designate 2007 as 'European Year of Equal Opportunities for All'. more ... |
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Free to fly (June 2006)
Landmark EU Regulation adopted by Transport Ministers about to stop daily discrimination against disabled air passengers (European Disabilty Forum)
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New EU portal on health launched
The Commission has launched a new Health-EU Portal to answer to the needs of an estimated third of the EU population searching for information on different health issues. (May 2006) more ... |
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NGOs & EU Structural Funds (April 2006)
ECAS has re-affirmed its opinion in the context of the NGO statement on sustainable and fair use of EU funds. more ... |
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EU-wide regulatory framework for advanced therapies (November 2005)
The Commission answers to industry's urgent need for a single, farmework for gene, cell and tissue-based therapies by proposing an integrated legal framework for all advanced therapies. more ... |
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THE EUROPEAN CITIZEN
(November 2005)
The Latest European Citizen Newsletter
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EU launches new global safety and health portal (September 2005)
Bilbao, 14-09-2005. The new online information portal is operated by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work and is based on the most advanced Internet technology. more ... |
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THE EUROPEAN CITIZEN
(August 2005)
The 6th European Citizen Newsletter more ... |
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Launch of the ECAS hotline
The press conference on 10 August was attended by well over 60 people, a surprise for a month when the Institutions are on holiday, but many were not journalists. However, there were enough news agencies – associated press, EU observer, Reuters, some national agencies – to spread the message, plus good representation of the UK press (Times, Independent and Guardian), German press (FAZ and radio). There were several people from the Commission and organizations which can relay the hotline: youth forum, Eurodesk. more ... |
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