Smaller EU states risk being left behind in critical medicines market, says Belgian MEP Sommen
Belgian MEP Liesbet Sommen spoke with Euractiv about critical medicines shortages, EU Pharma Package progress, and SANT’s evolving role.
Belgian MEP Liesbet Sommen spoke with Euractiv about critical medicines shortages, EU Pharma Package progress, and SANT’s evolving role.
The Brits, French, and Germans all have their own ideas about how to defend the continent with Americaโs plans in flux.ย
Belgiumโs Deputy Prime Minister, Frank Vandenbroucke, called the EUโs joint health technology assessment a model of European cooperation, improving medicine evaluation, reducing costs, and strengthening price negotiations.
Belgium is once again allowing the use of a herbicide that could contaminate crops on farms several kilometres away.
Euractiv investigated the alleged dangerous trend that has national health authorities sounding the alarm.
The unions have already planned another general strike for 13 March.
Voters share which party they are backing on key issues from immigration to economic stagnation amid a fractured political landscapeโI live in Germanyโs oldest city, founded by the Romans over 2,000 years ago,โ said Gregor, 59, from Trier, a town of ab…
There is broad agreement to boost defense spending โ but the U.S. president’s call for 5 percent of GDP is too much for most European countries.
Medicine shortages, preventive care, and mental health reform top priority list of new Belgian government says Health Minister Vandenbroucke.
The globalization of the illicit narcotics trade is hampering investigators โ but Brussels needs to score some quick societal wins, says Belgium’s drug commissioner after wave of shootings.
Greenlandic parliament calls for snap election for 11 March as ruling party, Siumut, proposes accelerating independence processGerman chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday that US president Donald Trump was wrong to impose sanctions on the internationa…
Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may well have been sounded.
โMafiaโ shootings with Kalashnikovs trigger alarm in the city as politicians convene an emergency meeting.
The country aims to curry favor and keep the U.S. president committed to transatlantic defense by being the first to catch the mood in Washington.
The ambitious plans aim to secure medicine supply, accelerate innovation, strengthen clinical research, and reinforce IP protections.
Belgian police have launched a hunt for two suspects after gunshots were reported in the early hours of Wednesday outside Clemenceau metro station in the Anderlecht area of Brussels. According to local reports, no one was injured in the shooting which …
Once an advocate of separation from French-speaking Wallonia, Bart De Wever, the president of the New Flemish Alliance (N-VA), has become the head of the federal government.
Conservative Bart De Wever was sworn in Monday as Belgium’s new prime ministerย after seven months of tortuous negotiations to reach aย coalition deal that shifts the country to the right.ย De Wever has pledged toย crack down on irregular migration and ha…
De Wever, a nationalist from Flanders, takes over from Alexander De Croo after seven months of negotiationsConservative Bart De Wever has been sworn in as Belgiumโs new prime minister, after striking a hard-fought coalition deal that moves the country …
Belgium leads calls for suspension of agreement after Rwanda-backed rebels captured city of GomaThe EU is under mounting pressure to suspend a controversial minerals deal with Rwanda that has been blamed for fuelling the conflict in the east of the Dem…
With its new government, Belgium joins a growing list of European countries led by nationalist forces such as Meloni’s Italy and Orban’s Hungary.
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N-VAโs Bart De Wever takes over after marathon talks as anti-establishment forces gather strength across Europe
The coalition government will be led by the conservative New Flemish Alliance partyโs Bart De WeverFive Belgian parties struck a coalition deal on Friday to form a new government headed by the Flemish conservative Bart De Wever, after more than seven m…
After repeated false starts and breakdowns in talks, the country gets a Flemish-nationalist led coalition.
11 countries signed a paper to Ursula von der Leyen warning the move would downgrade Europe’s health crisis resiliency.
Also in this newsletter: Is Belgium finally going to form a government?
From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, EU politicians are competing for the privilege of being Europe’s Trump whisperer.
The proposal will not include a blanket prohibition of LNG imports, as scores of EU hawks have been urging.
Paris attraction in need of overhaul amid complaints of leaks, long waits, lack of signage โ and too many peopleAs the crowds poured out of the Louvre, the look of dazed exhaustion on many faces confirmed what the museumโs director had warned last week…
Cans and bottles containing the chemical, which can cause health issues, were distributed in Britain at the end of last yearCoca-Cola has recalled its drinks in some countries across Europe after detecting โhigher levelsโ of the chemical chlorate.Cans …
Coca-Cola recalled its drinks in several countries across Europe on Monday because of excessive levels of a potentially harmful substance. The recall concerns cans and glass bottles of Coke, Sprite, Fuze Tea and other beverages distributed in Belgium,…
Jos Leijdekkers, reportedly the son-in-law of African countryโs president, was sentenced to 24 years in prisonOne of Europeโs most wanted men, the Dutch crime boss Jos Leijdekkers, is hiding out in Sierra Leone, Dutch prosecutors have said.The statemen…
Before relenting, Budapest had threatened to allow billions of dollars to flow back to the Kremlin in a row over energy imports.
Police say a dispute over money is behind the shooting of Baroness Myriam Ullens.
Belgian authorities said the suspect arrested on Friday was believed to have supplied the firearm used in the attack.
Viktor Orbรกn has flirted with killing the EU’s Russia sanctions. But he didn’t get the ally he might have expected in Donald Trump.
And Catalonia’s new President wants to shoot it dead.
The EU is keen to reactivate talks on a trade agreement with New Delhi.
European Commissioner for Economy Valdis Dombrovskis said Moscow must be made to โpayโ for its nearly three-year-long war in Ukraine.
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Hungary PM says new US leader will bolster Europeโs rightwing forces as nationalist politicians attend inaugurationDonald Trump inauguration โ live updatesWhat time is Trumpโs inauguration? How to watch the eventsDonald Trumpโs presidency will boost ri…
For our first Talking Europe interview with the new crop of EU Commissioners, we host Hadja Lahbib, who is in charge of preparedness and crisis management, as well as equality. Lahbib, a former foreign minister of Belgium, talks about the challenges o…
If Herbert Kickl becomes chancellor, Vienna will join list of disruptive member states, putting EU policies in perilWhen Austriaโs Freedom party (FPร) entered government 25 years ago, shock waves reverberated around Europe. Punitive measures were impos…
While itโs not usual to invite foreign dignitaries, Trump is laying down a clear ideological marker with his invitees from across the world.
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Law to stop armed groups profiting from trade in gold, tin, tungsten and tantalum is being breached, rights groups sayThe European Union has been urged to clamp down on illegal imports of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC…
Export restrictions on cutting-edge microchips will affect some EU countries, including Poland.
Verdict of crimes against humanity for kidnap of mixed-race children could pave way for wider justice, activists sayA historic court ruling that found Belgium guilty of crimes against humanity during its colonial rule of central Africa has been hailed …
Trade unions called the strike to protest against government plans for pension reform.
Aide of Alexander De Croo hospitalised after opening letter containing potentially fatal poisonA white powder in a letter that hospitalised an aide to Belgiumโs prime minister, Alexander De Croo, has been identified as strychnine, a poison that can be …
Similar letters were found at the interior ministerโs office on Nov. 20 and on Dec. 9.
Message came after northern city of Ghent posted tips for recycling the conifer as a dishAt a time when most people have probably polished off their holiday leftovers, Belgiumโs food agency has issued a surprising seasonal health warning: donโt eat you…
Negotiations must be wrapped up by the end of January.
The cautionary note comes after the city of Ghent promoted eating Yuletide trees to reduce waste.
It’s the eighth case of the new strain to be detected in Europe.
Political uncertainty in several EU countries could weaken the bloc’s hand in talks with Donald Trump.
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EU countries are behind on most, if not all, their sustainability commitments.
The former Council President wanted to intervene in a bitter conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. He ended up mired in problems of his own, excerpts from a new book on the region reveal.
Animal rights activists, however, say a nationwide ban in Belgium should come first.
Products banned on health and environmental grounds, while Milan outlaws outdoor smoking Belgium has become the EU first country to ban the sale of disposable vapes in an effort to stop young people from becoming addicted to nicotine and to protect the…
The Belgian capital saw 159 arrests.
Countries target single-use products but experts warn bans may only have limited impact on growing e-cigarette industry
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Moscow says the move is โcensorshipโ and that it reserves the right to โrespond in the same mannerโ. What we know on day 1,041Russia has vowed to retaliate after the channels of its state media were apparently blocked on the popular Telegram social med…
European Commission has delayed updated EU rules on tobacco products.
The U.K. is the latest country to move toward legalizing the controversial yet evermore popular practice.
Warsaw wants to use its turn in the EU’s rotating chair to take on Russian imports.
Prime Minister Edi Rama blamed the Chinese-owned platform for inciting violence after a schoolboy was stabbed to death.
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Franceโs Serge Hercberg warns that disinformation is shortening the lives of consumers.
Bombed Russian general was accused over banned chemical weapons use in Ukraine; Nato takes over role of Ramstein group. What we know on day 1,029Donald Trumpโs incoming Ukraine envoy, retired Lt Gen Keith Kellogg, will travel to Kyiv and several other …
Dutch court found Daniel Castledineโs attacker, a Belgian male, guilty of manslaughter in January A British student was stabbed to death in Amsterdam, dragged and left at the bottom of steps belonging to a basement apartment, an inquest has heard.Danny…
“The Commission may decide to […] refer Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, and Poland to the Court of Justice of the European Union,” wrote the EU executive.
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A major donor and surrogate to Trumpโs 2024 campaign, White previously backed President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, both Democrats.
For many Syrian refugees in Europe, joy at the fall of Assad has been tempered by immediate calls for them to go home.
The foreign office in Berlin has scripted an eight-point plan for a free and democratic Syria.
Belgium, Germany, Greece and Austria said they will halt Syrian asylum applications one day after rebel forces ousted the country’s dictator.
Eurostar, which links France, Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands, charges prices that are twice the European average, yet fails to deliver better services.
Representatives from Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands and Slovenia stated that they were not in favour of consolidation.
But Hungary’s minister reminded countries that the move was nonbinding, as Germany and Greece abstained.
The former EU commissioner Didier Reynders is suspected of laundering money by purchasing large amounts of lottery e-tickets.
One euro invested in diabetes prevention can save eight euros in the future. Diabetes is crushing Europe’s health budgets, but Belgium is trying to get ahead of the curve.
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Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity for kidnappings in colonial Congo
In a landmark ruling, Belgium’s court of appeals on Monday said that five women, born in Belgian-ruled Congo and now in their 70s, had been victims of “systematic abduction” by the state when they were abducted from their mothers as small children and…
Court said five women were victims of โsystematic kidnappingโ by state over forced removal from mothers as small childrenThe Belgian state has been found guilty of crimes against humanity for the forced removal of five mixed-race children from their mo…
Five mixed-race women sued the Belgian state for taking them away from their families in racially motivated abductions.
Move by lawmakers hailed as โhuge step forwardโ, ending legal discrimination against sex workersBelgian sex workers have gained the right to sick days, maternity pay and pension rights under the first law of its kind in the world.Lawmakers voted in May…
Over 70 years ago, thousands of mixed-race boys and girls were torn from their mothers by order of the state. This week five survivors hope a court will censure Belgium for crimes against humanityMonique was three years old when a white man from the go…
A surge in sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhoea and chlamydia is complicating the HIV epidemic. STIs increase the risk of contracting HIV if exposed. A decline in condom use is adding to the crisis.
Frustrated with mainstream parties and unable to return home, Romanians abroad are emerging as staunch supporters of ultranationalist presidential hopeful Cฤlin Georgescu.
The 50-year-old is being held after being extradited from Italy, according to reports.
Why Europe’s diamond control node undermines African sovereignty and the Kimberley Process
In addition to Paris and Warsaw, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands are also concerned about the free-trade agreement’s impact on their agricultural sectors. Yet, at this stage, they have not all committed themselves.
A chronicle of the largest criminal case in French history from a master of the genreIn the early evening of 12 November 2015, three cars left Charleroi in Belgium, arriving a few hours later at a rented house in the northern suburbs of Paris. The occu…
Belgium has solidified its position as a European leader in pharmaceutical research and development with a daily investment of โฌ15.5 million, according to the latest figures from pharma.be.
It means his appointment will be tied to the more high-profile commissioner hearings on Tuesday.
Like in France, farmers’ organizations in Belgium and Poland are denouncing the free trade agreement negotiated between the European Union and the MERCOSUR countries. Action is being planned.
Carabinieri and Pisa prosecutor say 38 people being investigated with about 2,100 fake artworks seizedItalian police have uncovered a large-scale pan-European forgery network making and selling fake artworks attributed to some of the biggest names in m…
MEPs resort to mutually assured destruction to get Jessika Roswall and Hadja Lahbib through their parliamentary hearings.