Politico (06.10.2016) Europe’s health care systems aren’t feeling very well. Doctors have been threatening massive strikes in Britain to protest pay and conditions. Italian regions are going bankrupt trying to fund medicines. Drugmakers are pulling diabetes drugs from Germany, blaming government-set prices that don’t let them recoup their investment.
EurActiv (14.10.2016) European Commissioner Marianne Thyssen defended the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) at a meeting of European social affairs ministers on Thursday (13 October), hoping to encourage member states to unblock a €2 billion budget
EurActiv (14.10.2016) La commissaire Marianne Thyssen a défendu le bilan de l’initiative pour l’emploi des jeunes devant les ministres européens le 13 octobre, dans l’espoir d’obtenir un budget de 2 milliards d’euros, pour l’instant bloquée par les États membres.
EurActiv.com (20.10.2016) Today, 928 million people are aged 60 and over – by 2050 that number will grow to 2 billion. An ageing worldwide demographic presents new challenges requiring our attention both close to home and further afield, writes Mairead McGuinness.
EurActiv (20.10.2016) National healthcare systems should embrace the digital era and use Health Technology Assessment (HTA) to become truly sustainable and cost-effective, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Vytenis Andriukaitis told EurActiv.com in an interview.
El País (23.10.2016) Tras salir de la fase más aguda de su crisis existencial, la eurozona está en medio de una recuperación mediocre, con varios líos políticos gravitando a su alrededor y la sospecha de que la Gran Recesión no ha dicho la última palabra. Europa necesita al menos completar la unión bancaria a medio hacer y una capacidad fiscal para absorber los shocks en la zona euro.
Wafa (18.10.2016) Marking the United Nations-designated International Day of Eradication of Poverty, the European Union (EU) and the Ministry of Social Development launched a new €1.5 million capacity building program for the improvement of social protection systems in Palestine, an EU statement said on Monday.
Europa (26.10.2016) Job creation continued to be stronger in 2015 and the beginning of 2016 than could be expected based on economic growth according to the findings of the Commission's 2016 Labour Market and Wage Developments in Europe report, published today.
France Soir (24.11.2016) L'espérance de vie ne cesse d'augmenter en Europe. Problème: la santé, elle, ne suit pas. Les maladies évitables continuent de tuer ou d'handicaper gravement une part importante de la population, et les systèmes de sécurité sociale sont soumis à des tensions budgétaires croissantes.
EurActiv (08.12.2016) The Maltese EU presidency will seek more transparency in the way pharmaceutical companies negotiate with member states on medicines’ pricing, Health Minister Chris Fearne said in an interview with EurActiv.
