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Marios Matsakis: 'scandalous' use of asbestos-ridden EU parliament building

In front | OPINION
Warnings are needed (Image: Nad Renrel/ Flickr)

The Cypriot environment and health MEP, a professional forensic pathologist, calls for transparency on the health risk to all MEPs in the ten-year old building. Expresso

by Marios Matsakis // 24/09/08

NEWS
(copyright 2007 Mick Jagge/ mickjagger.com)

Mick Jagger advises the EU commission

Regulating internet music sales and multimedia content on the web, counterfeit medicine and parliament television – the latest news from Brussels. Weekly edition

by Jesús Ramírez Morales // 24/09/08

FEATURE
(Photo: José Lavazzi)

Senegal: paying for health as a community


In the Thiès region of Western Senegal, three new community healthcare insurance services are created every single year and this system of reimbursement appears to be very successful.


by José Lavezzi // 11/06/08

REPORT

Drinking trademark Budweiser beer in Bohemia

Czech beer came to the world’s attention again in April after a century-old dispute with the US over the naming rights to its Budweiser beer was settled in a Luxembourg court

by Chris Yeomans // 29/04/08

FEATURE
Is smoking sexy? (Photo: Prcelgrl°/ Flickr)

No more smoking in Paris' bistros

On 1 January 2008, France followed Italy, Ireland, Great Britain and Spain by passing a law against smoking in public places. We went to see how things are coming along on the other side of the Alps. A report from the City of Lights

by Elisa Marengo // 06/02/08

TESTIMONY

Hospitals in Europe: pain in the wallet

A guide to social security the French way (to help avoid a head-ache or heart attack when you check your bank balance)

by Jorge Gutiérrez Torrejón // 10/01/08

TESTIMONY
The official opening of a school in Bir Lehlu, West Sahara (Photo: Saharauiak/Flickr)

Africa: at the end of the Earth

On February 27 the Saharauis celebrate independence day. International aid makes survival possible

by Núria Serra // 01/03/07

Illustration: Henning Studte

Sun, sangria, siesta

 

by Ariadna Matamoros Fernàndez // 21/02/07

ANALYSIS
30, 000 'green' bottles sitting on the wall (Photo: G0DA/ Flickr)

What REACH costs you

The new European regulation on chemical substances is here, both for industries and animals. But research does not get the last word

by Luca Caridà // 21/02/07

INTERVIEW
Sacconi success (Photo: European parliament/ PNO)

Guido Sacconi: 'Industrialists: enough with propaganda!'

Italian MEP and REACH Rapporteur Guido Sacconi on the long haul for the regulation on chemical substances

by Alessandro Grimaldi // 21/02/07

PANORAMA

Within our REACH?

The EU's chemical regulation - at a glance

by Nabeelah Shabbir // 20/02/07

Stressed out (Photo: Britney Bush/ Flickr);

The economy of stress

A whopping three out of four employees in Europe suffer from anxiety. How much is stress costing the Union?

by Federico Poggi // 13/02/07

ANALYSIS
Legalise abortion! (Photo: Rosava/ Flickr)

Portugal sits on the fence

The February 11 referendum on the decriminalisation of abortion has garnered mixed reactions

by Silvia Filipe // 08/02/07

FOCUS
Abortion conditions are terrible in Poland too (Photo: Prawnpie/ Flickr)

Poland: 'socialise bellies'

Stop debate on the protection of life 'from the beginning,' say the staunch Catholic right-wing, as they announce an amendment of article 38 in the Polish constitution

by Maria Kwiatkowska i Inga Pietrusiska // 08/02/07

FOCUS
A Dalit child in Benares (Photo: Ángela Corbalán)

India: child brides to child mothers

In its sixtieth anniversary year, UNICEF reports on the children of the dalit and adivasi, the most outcast amongst the pariahs of India

by Javier Delgado Rivera // 11/12/06

PANORAMA

H20 on land, sea and air

Dried water, artificial rivers, icebergs in the Thames or space agencies searching for artificial water are just a few of the methods used to fight the current water shortage

by Eduardo S. Garcés // 02/11/06

INVESTIGATION

Dutch prostitution: from sex trade to trade unionism

Though Prostitution was legalised in October 2000, Dutch call-girls enjoy little social recognition

by Nicolas Baker // 28/08/06

FOCUS
GM Potatoes

Food for Life

The organic lobby is suspicious of GM and biotechnology, but the European Commission wants the know-how.

by Nora S. Stampfl // 23/01/06

PANORAMA

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.

by Silvia Filipe // 23/01/06

FOCUS

Non-Governmental Organics

Health fanatics are fighting to defend our stomachs.

by Tiziana Sforza // 23/01/06

Squealer, urges birds to attack

Animal Farm reloaded

A new chapter to Orwell's classic. Animal Farm recruits sickly birds in a Jihad against human-kind.

by Jana Neupauerova // 23/01/06

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