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A new strategic approach to health for the EU (2008-2013)

The present White Paper sets out a new Community health strategy until 2013, which is designed to confront the growing challenges to the health of Europe's citizens, such as population ageing, cross-border health threats or illnesses linked to unhealthy lifestyles. This strategy is also intended to strengthen, in a single strategic framework, Community cooperation in the areas in which the Member States cannot act alone, ensure that health is better understood at European level and worldwide, and secure a bigger role for health in all policies. To this end, the White Paper proposes four principles and three strategic objectives for the coming years.

OLAF PUBLISHES ITS ACTIVITY REPORT

A crumbling bridge built with EU money but substandard materials, plagiarism in an EU research project, tomato importers evading customs duties, a retired official trying to increase his pension by illegal means: these are only four examples demonstrating the large variety of cases in which the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) intervened in 2007. OLAF presented today in Brussels its new Annual Activity Report which illustrates its work inside and outside the EU in 15 case studies and numerous statistical tables. At the end of 2007, OLAF was investigating a total of 408 cases.

EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE ADVOCATE GENERAL DESCRIBES EU FOOD SUPPLEMENTS DIRECTIVE VITAMIN AND MINERAL PROCEDURE “AS TRANSPARENT AS A BLACK BOX”

UK GOVERNMENT DECIDES NOT TO ATTEND COURT HEARING TO MAKE ITS OBJECTIONS TO THE CHALLENGE

Roche Pharmaceuticals: PEGASYS(r) and COPEGUS(r) Dominate Hepatitis C Treatment Abstracts

European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Conference To Feature 17 Abstracts on New Generation Pegylated Interferon

QUALCOMM Hosts Inaugural European BREWTM Developers Conference in London

- Key Presenters Include Representatives from Leading International Operators Verizon Wireless and VIVO as well as VP of Wireless Services for Sony Pictures Digital Networks Rio Caraeff and EA Founder Trip Hawkins -

IRE Regina Elena Cancer Institute: European Parliament and Physicians Agree On Urgent Need to Improve Access to Screening and Treatment of Breast Cancer Across Europe

- 25,000 More Lives Could Be Saved and 90% of Women with Breast Cancer Could Potentially Be Cured if Diagnosed and Treated Early Enough

European Moon mission set for blast off

SMART 1 will test a revolutionary ion propulsion system (Image:ESA)

An internal knowledge market

The European Research Area

New NIST Guidance: March-In Rights and Federal Innovation

Nuova Guida NIST: March-In Rights e Innovazione Federale

EU Strengthens Sanctions for Serious Human Rights Violations: New Measures Against Six Responsible Individuals

Digital Services Act - Beyond Superplatforms: Reflections on Freedom of Expression and Human Rights in the Digital Era