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Drug mountain rising, expired medicines pile up in Slovak pharmacies
Slovak pharmacies are struggling to store large stocks of expired and returned medicines. With no current public contract for the retrieval and disposal of medicines, the drug mountain is growing.
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Czechia lacks a vaccination strategy, pharma package could bring focus says MP
Czechia has no clearly defined vaccination strategy, but a new impetus for change could come from the new EU pharmaceutical package, Czech MP tells Euractiv.
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Pharma innovation incentives, medicines shortages, challenge Belgium’s option paper progress
Revision of the EU's pharmaceutical legislation is the health priority for the Belgian presidency of the Council of the EU, but Belgium's efforts to complete the text remain challenged by the complexity of innovation incentives and medicines shortages.
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Former Dutch vaccines envoy says EU pharma framework should focus on innovation
Accelerating access to innovation for patients, and providing predictability in the high-risk environment of drug making is critical, a former Dutch vaccines envoy has told Euractiv, adding that the current EU pharmaceutical framework is unsustainable in the long term.
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Athens rolling out home delivery of medicines for patients with serious diseases
To improve patient access to pharmaceutical products, a Greek Health Ministry decision is rolling out home delivery of high-cost medicines to patients suffering from serious diseases.
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Munich Security Report: Perceived threat of cyberattacks reaches all-time high
Ahead of the Munich Security Conference, the Munich Security Report 2024 was published on Monday (12 February) revealing that for G7 countries cyberattacks on their country are considered the second most important risk, following extreme weather and forest fires.
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France’s former energy minister will support Agriculture Ministry
France's former minister for energy transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, has been appointed 'minister delegate' to the Agriculture Ministry to support Marc Fesneau, the minister already in place, in the midst of a major crisis in the sector.
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The Brief – Russian gas to Europe changes route
Russia's aggression against Ukraine produces images of Armageddon-type destruction: Mariupol, Bakhmut, now Avdiivka. But against this background, there is a place in Ukraine that seems heavenly secure.
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Šuica: Commission to revamp its online citizen engagement platform
The European Commission will release a revamped version of its Have Your Say online citizen’s engagement portal this month, Commission Vice-President Dubravka Šuica told Euractiv.
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Austria’s dependence on Russian gas rises to 98%, two years after Ukraine war
Austria’s dependence on Russian gas has grown from 80% to 98% in two years, prompting the country’s energy minister to ring the alarm bell ahead of a national election in the Autumn.
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Climate-change-driven migration seen as bigger threat than Russia – MSC report
Respondents fear climate-change-driven migration more than the security threat posed by Russia, according to a fresh survey for the Munich Security Conference (MSC) published on Monday (12 February).
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EU Commission moves to ban Bisphenol A in food packaging
The European Commission launched a consultation on a draft proposal to phase out the use of the controversial chemical bisphenol A in food contact materials, including plastic boxes, protective coatings for cans, and food processing equipment.
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EU broadband law final compromise: Useful legislation, with ‘minimal direct impact’
EU telecom associations have criticised the course pursued by negotiators on the Gigabit Infrastructure Act, saying the text will allow the speeding up of telecom infrastructure roll-out but will have a minimal impact due to shrinking returns on investments.
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Germany: Scholz’s SPD emerges battered from final electoral test before EU elections
A court-mandated rerun of the 2021 national election in Berlin on Sunday (12 February) changed little about the composition of the federal parliament, but voters punished the Social Democrats of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD/S&D) while overall, his three-party ruling coalition lost one seat.
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Polish Farmers defend Wojciechowski against Warsaw’s calls for resignation
In today's edition of the Capitals, find out more about Polish farmers backing EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, Spain's Partido Popular saying it would pardon Puigdemont if he accepted to be tried and renounced his calls for independence, and so much more.
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Bulgarian government at risk amid quibble over foreign minister post
Infighting within the ruling coalition over who will be the new foreign minister is threatening the stability of the Bulgarian government ahead of the scheduled change of prime minister in March.
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Romanian PM confident Russia won’t attack his country
Russia has not launched any deliberate attacks on Romania and will not do so in the future, Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Saturday, after residents of Tulcea, which borders Ukraine, received warnings of possible objects descending from the skies.
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Croatian opposition fears new ‘Orban-like’ attorney-general
Croatia’s opposition fears that Ivan Turudić, the country’s new attorney-general, will use his new position to obstruct the work of the EU Prosecutors Office specialised in fighting EU funds fraud.
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Senate advances Ukraine aid bill despite Trump opposition
A narrowly divided US Senate moved closer to passing a $95.34 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan on Sunday (11 February), showing undiminished bipartisanship despite opposition from Republican hardliners and Donald Trump.
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Slovakia excludes NGOs from disinformation fight
Robert Fico’s government is mulling the exclusion of NGOs in the government’s plans to fight disinformation, which plans to scrap the former “non-conceptual” action plan “with elements of politicisation”.
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