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covering health and equality at @euronews đź’Śany tips
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Gerardo Fortuna
8 months ago
And it's out! The Critical Medicines Act proposed by the EU executive aims at strengthening the security of supply and availability of critical medicines, going as far as prioritising EU-based suppliers in public procurement.
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Commission to push 'buy European' in new critical medicines act
The European Commission has proposed new rules aimed at strengthening the security of supply and availability of critical medicines, prioritising EU-based suppliers in public procurement. #EuropeNews
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/03/11/commission-to-push-buy-european-in-new-critical-medicines-act
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Satellites can monitor public health threats and assess risks for people living in specific areas. From forecasting heatwaves to monitoring pollen levels, Here are five ways space technology can support public health, for
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www.euronews.com/health/2025/...
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Five ways satellites can help improve public health
Satellites, as part of their Earth observation tasks, can monitor public health threats and assess risks for people living in specific areas.
https://www.euronews.com/health/2025/02/17/five-ways-satellites-can-help-improve-public-health
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Paula Soler
9 months ago
🚨 “The EU cannot fill this gap left by others,” the European Commission told Euronews as disability NGOs seek emergency aid from Brussels after US President Donald Trump blocked international development projects. Super story by
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www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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EU can't plug USAID funding gap including in Ukraine, Commission says
“The EU cannot fill this gap left by others,” the European Commission told Euronews as disability NGOs seek emergency aid from Brussels after US President Donald Trump blocked international developmen...
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/11/eu-cant-plug-usaid-funding-gap-including-in-ukraine-commission
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Gerardo Fortuna
11 months ago
Time constraints and procedural hurdles set to complicate Olivér Várhelyi's desire to present the Critical Medicines Act, one of the key health legislations of the term, within the first 100 days of his tenure. More on this from
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Race against time for EU’s Critical Medicines Act
Wanted in the first 100 days of the new legislative mandate, doubts linger over whether the European Commission will unveil the Critical Medicines Act on time.
https://www.euronews.com/health/2024/12/19/race-against-time-for-eus-critical-medicines-act
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Gerardo Fortuna
11 months ago
It's the most wonderful time of the...term when parliamentary intergroups are launched.
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and I curated a selection of these groups, a mirror of the EU’s ever-changing priorities—part tradition, part reinvention, and a little bit of whimsy
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
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New European Parliament intergroups: What’s in and What’s Out
Although informal, parliamentary intergroups are a mirror of Europe’s ever-changing priorities—part tradition, part reinvention, and occasionally, a little bit of whimsy. #EuropeNews
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/17/new-european-parliament-intergroups-whats-in-and-whats-out
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Paula Soler
11 months ago
The gender employment gap costs the EU €370 billion a year. “If the EU truly wants to become more competitive, gender equality should play a crucial role,” the director of the European Institute for Gender Equality told Euronews.
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Women's parity vital to EU competitiveness drive, says agency director
The gender employment gap costs the EU €370 billion a year. “If the EU truly wants to become more competitive, gender equality should play a crucial role,” the director of the European Institute for G...
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/16/womens-parity-vital-to-eu-competitiveness-drive-says-agency-director
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Gerardo Fortuna
11 months ago
Took almost six months to find the final agreement but the Public Health (SANT) will become a fully-fledged committee of the European Parliament next Wednesday.
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and
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EU Parliament political groups strike deal on four new committees
The mandates of the committees - which will scrutinise and report on legislative proposals - will now have to be voted on and given the final green light by the Parliament's plenary next Wednesday in ...
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/13/eu-parliament-political-groups-strike-deal-on-four-new-committees
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Gerardo Fortuna
12 months ago
So the EU now have two health Commissioners... but what does it mean in practice?
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and I have this new change unpacked for you! Check it on
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Why does the EU now have two health Commissioners?
How health topics will be divided between two Commissioner for the first time is a poser for the new executive.
https://www.euronews.com/health/2024/11/29/why-does-the-eu-now-have-two-health-commissioners-and-what-will-it-mean
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Gerardo Fortuna
about 1 year ago
⚠️The EU Commission is preparing a list of US products to target for retaliatory import tariffs in an ongoing trade spat over Spanish black olives. In the past, the EU executive strategically targeted products from strongholds of the US Republican party such as bourbon and Harley-Davidson motorbikes
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EU targets US with tariff list for Trump-era olive trade dispute
The EU executive is finalising a list of US products to target in retaliation for tariffs slapped on Spanish black olives -originally by Donald Trump's administration - marking a new chapter in a long...
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/20/eu-targets-us-with-tariff-list-for-trump-era-olive-trade-dispute
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Gerardo Fortuna
about 1 year ago
Agriculture ministers meeting in Brussels this week disagreed over Europe's protein future after a position paper suggested that greater reliance on plant-based proteins could mitigate the environmental and climate impacts associated with food and feed production. Check the latest on
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Animal or plant? EU countries at odds over protein strategy
A renewed call by EU agriculture ministers to boost local protein production has sparked a divide over the direction of a forthcoming policy initiative.
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/19/animal-or-plant-eu-countries-at-odds-over-protein-strategy
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Jack Schickler
about 1 year ago
A starter pack of journalists at
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add a skeleton here at some point
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marta iraola
Paula Soler
about 1 year ago
đź’ś Today is
#EqualPayDay
! The Euronews newsroom is fully aware, thanks to my wonderful (and very creative) colleagues
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@romanearmangau EU gender pay gap still at 13%...
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Gerardo Fortuna
about 1 year ago
I'm today's guest in Radio Schuman, Euronews daily podcast on EU affairs, where I further elaborate on what I wrote yesterday under this BlueSky re the political mess at the European Parliament, a sort of House of Cards - Brussels edition. Check it out!
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The political power struggle over approving the Commission
The EU institutions have been on hold since the European elections in June. The EU executive was supposed to be up and running on December 1st, but a clash among political groups might delay the start...
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/15/the-political-power-struggle-over-approving-the-commission-radio-schuman
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