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The EU wants to make sure e-health schemes play their full part in today's tight financial conditions. The EU's engagement with e-health is not new. Programmes have been...

Telecoms warn about fragmentation of market. Telecommunications and internet companies have warned that a fragmented approach to copyright issues will prevent the ‘digital...

After one year in office, Barroso II is beginning to get into its stride. We attempt an early assessment of the commissioners' performances so far. “Happy Birthday, Mr...

Robert Madelin has been appointed new head of the Commission's information society and media department. Robert Madelin has been appointed the European Commission's...

Robert Madelin, the European Commission's director-general for health and consumers, is to become director-general for information society and media, replacing Fabio...

The soft-drinks industry has heeded calls to limit advertising targeted at children and intends to extend that voluntary ban online. But self-regulation is now coming under...

The European Commission has spent years arguing that public health is good for the economy. But when will it be be entrenched in the EU's economic and social policy? If the...

Even though the EU allocates very little funding to public health, the European Court of Auditors is questioning the benefits. In comparison to the big-spending agriculture...

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Why the EU's public-health role should be strengthened and its funding protected In his letter “A clean bill of health” (3-9 September), Robert Madelin, the European...

In defence of the Commission's Public Health Programme. In the article “A spoonful of sugar too many?” (9-15 July), European Voice painted a fair portrait of the Court...

The Commission has brought together health groups andmajor food producers to tackle obesity, but are they doing enough? If EU regulators want cleaner cars or more...

EU member state experts to meet in Brussels this afternoon to discuss the EU's response. Spain's Health Minister Trinidad Jiménez today confirmed the first case in...

France suggests patients should gain prior authorisation before getting treatment abroad. Diplomats from EU member states are trying to water down a proposed law to...

EU unionists find and name their man. A new bogeyman for the staff unions in the EU institutions is emerging. The Renouveau et Démocratie (R&D) union has written...

Despite technological improvements to EU countries' healthcare systems, cancer and other diseases will continue to take their toll. Cancer statistics make grim reading....

Obesity is recognised as one of the EU's biggest public health challenges. Armchair fans are being encouraged to swap the sofa for the soccer pitch. Ronaldo and Ronaldinho...

Commission re-organises and rebrands its department for fisheries and maritime affairs to improve management. A major organisational shake-up at the European Commission's...

The Lisbon treaty marks a change from a directive-based approach to health to a preventative one. One little-noted part of the Lisbon treaty is the statement that the aim of...

Robert Madelin talks about DG Sanco's plans. Sosme director-generals can order raids on the offices of corporate rule breakers, others shuffle billions in subsidies, but the...