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Space cucumbers in battle against E. coli
While European scientists still haven’t managed to identify the exact source of the E. coli epidemic that has struck Germany, a Japanese astronaut has decided to rise to the challenge. Taking off on the morning of 8 June, Satoshi Furukawa, a crew member of the latest mission to the International Space Station (ISS), intends to grow space cucumbers
food security, epidemic, alimentation, germany, society, health, europe
Patient patients in Europe: kid gloves come off
4% of Europeans received medical treatment in another member state in 2006-2007, according to Eurobarometer, and 1% of public healthcare budgets (10 billion euros) a year is spent on cross-border healthcare. There are no EU laws on European patients rights in general though. From dying in Slovenia to migrating doctors via France and Romania, to the HIV virus which has pinned an era in health, a look at some of the medical topics affecting young Europeans today, featuring three finalists of the second EU health prize for journalists
- Read the special edition Patient patients in Europe: kid gloves come off
- Where did all the Romanian doctors and French med students go?
- Medicine’s new dot-com revolution
- Preparing to die in Slovenia’s first hospice institution
- Aids: the HIV carrier criminals in Europe
- Sweden and Norway are anti-junk food leaders
Italian, French and Bulgarian press vs genetically modified potato
On 3 March the European commission gave the green light for the 'Amflora', used for the production of industrial starch. This was the first time since 1998 that it has approved a GMO for cultivation. Some commentators say Brussels has bowed to the pressure of agriculture companies; others claim this paves the way for a better future
food security, potato, eurotopics, ogm, european commission, european union, agriculture
EU bread and salt directive gets Germans in a pickle
Whether it’s a pretzel or some yeasty rye bread, bread and salt are essential ingredients in Germany, despite the silliness of EU directives
Hungry Senegalese fishermen
Amidst a global food crisis and scarcer fish, the fishermen 'victims' of EU commercial agreements set off in their pirogues for the shores of Europe
food security, photogallery, labour, foreign policy, western africa, family, immigration
April fools on Belgian TV
Flemish only on the telephone, the US and the EU fight it out over growth hormones and unhappy times for EU lobbyists - your latest news from Brussels
food security, identity, cyprus, nicosia, america, euweek, european union
A dioxin with my Italian mozzarella, please
On 28 March the EU withdrew a ban on the Italian cheese after regulations found they contained more dioxins than usual. French sales were halted temporarily – we speak to an Italian cheese-seller in Paris
Yellow week: where did all the MEPs go?
Call a plumber for leaking Balkan and Turkey progress reports, bye-bye Bosnians! aka Lidija Topic's 'total recall' and EU Wining and Dining Day
food security, consumers, past enlargements, discrimination, euweek, european union, belgium
'Fair trade? It's not charity – it’s an alternative’
The economic movement has really taken off in the European Union. Gaga Pignatelli, representative for International Association of Alternative Trade Italy, explains why
Europe warns of water shortages
A human being weighing 70 kilos needs to drink 2,1 litres of water per day. Yet only 1% of the water available on earth is drinkable. And nearly 70% of this water is used for irrigation
Sushi fashion hits tuna stocks hard
As the sushi fashion hits Europe, blue-fin tuna is increasingly in danger of extinction. Greenpeace France calls for more quotas
Food for Life
The organic lobby is suspicious of GM and biotechnology, but the European Commission wants the know-how.
food security, jean quatremer, investigation, international trade, agriculture, genetically modified organisms, society
A decade of food hysteria
Many EU countries have ordered farmers to keep their chickens indoors. Such action has a familiar ring. The past decade has been marked by crises in the food chain in Europe.
food security, russian federation, bulgaria, european commission, france, turkey, romania
Non-Governmental Organics
Health fanatics are fighting to defend our stomachs.
food security, united kingdom, yum nyam, germany, genetically modified organisms, italy, health
Animal Farm reloaded
A new chapter to Orwell's classic. Animal Farm recruits sickly birds in a Jihad against human-kind.
food security, world affairs, politics, economy, health, europe
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