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Slovakia
State of emergency in hospitals

“The fight for survival. What more can be done?” writes Pravda two days after the collective resignation of 1,400 Slovak doctors to protest […]

2 December 2011

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Pravda
Slovakia
Doctors mobilise against privatisation

Although the project to transform 31 public hospitals into private companies has been shelved until after general elections next March, “doctors are continuing to resign”, headlines […]

8 November 2011

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Pravda
Greece
New poor seek humanitarian aid

Hardest hit by the draconian budget cuts imposed by the debt crisis, the most disadvantaged Greeks are seeking health care from humanitarian NGOs. Interviewed by […]

6 October 2011

Presseurop
EUobserver.com
Romania
Inside Europe last leper’s colony

In Tichileşti, in the Danube delta, 19 patients continue to live in Europe’s last leper colony. Evenimentul Zilei reports from a location that was long kept secret by Romanian authorities.

12 September 2011

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Evenimentul zilei Bucharest
Mental health
Survey reveals a mad and sad Europe

A new survey reports that almost 40% of the population of Europe suffers from a mental disorder each year, writes the Irish Examiner. Along with […]

7 September 2011

Presseurop
Presseurop
Romania
TB is alive and well

“Why does Romania hold the European record for TB?” asks România Libera. According to the statistics, 20,000 Romanians currently suffer from this disease, a rate of […]

25 August 2011

Presseurop
România libera
Belgium
Rise in assisted deaths

"Growing trend for euthanasia," headlines the front page of Le Soir. "Since 2002, and the implementation of a law that partially depenalises the practice, there have […]

23 August 2011

Presseurop
Le Soir
E.coli crisis
Hamburg — agony of the big city

Hamburg, at the epicentre of the food crisis brought on by the EHEC pathogen, has run up the epidemic flag: the blood supply is running out, and vegetables are rotting unsold. ‘We’re still alive,’ hisses the vendor in her market booth. A report.

7 June 2011
Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich
Food
Deadly bacteria – German weakness

“First cucumbers, then soja, tomorrow it will probably be strawberries,” headlines De Volkskrant, which explains that even in Germany, “everyone is equally baffled” […]

7 June 2011

Presseurop
De Volkskrant
Germany
Not killer cucumbers, but bean-sprouts

"Now it’s sprouts," headlines Die Welt following the announcement by Lower Saxony’s Agriculture Minister of a new leads in the investigation to determine […]

6 June 2011

Presseurop
Die Welt
E.coli
New food scare, same old mistakes

There is no doubt that E. coli bacteria are dangerous. But the panic stricken response of authorities and consumers to the current outbreak of infections is largely pointless. A Belgian editorialist complains about the damage not only to the European economy but also to the spirit of Europe.

3 June 2011

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De Standaard Brussels
Food
Killer cucumber, a European panic attack

After helping to fuel the controversy, the European press is speculating on the public psychosis associated with the EHEC bacteria.

1 June 2011

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Presseurop
Spain
Agriculture victim of the killer cucumbers

“The boycott of Spanish vegetables is spreading throughout Europe despite the lack of scientific evidence,” writes Spanish daily El Mundo following a food safety alert […]

31 May 2011

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Presseurop
El Mundo
Food
Europe “in a state of nuclear emergency”

Following the disaster in the Japanese nuclear power plant in Fukushima and the fear of contamination in food coming from Japan, the European Commission has […]

31 March 2011

Presseurop
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Czech Republic
Doctor exodus averted

"The doctors have won. They got higher wages and a promise to reform the health system", leads Hospodářské noviny, after Czech doctors had resigned en […]

17 February 2011

Presseurop
Hospodářské noviny
Czech Republic
Army doctors to manage the hospitals?

The Czech Government has admitted that the health system is threatened by the doctors’ protests. "The crisis plan: the Army will pitch in," announces Hospodářské […]

9 February 2011

Presseurop
Hospodářské noviny
Romania
Head shop panic in Eastern Europe

"I spent a day with the ethnobotanical poisons" leads Adevărul after investigating the dramatic expansion of the "dream store" or "spice shops” in Romania. On […]

31 January 2011

Presseurop
Adevărul
Czech Republic
Revolting doctors cry victory

“The government has found the money it needs for the doctors. Insurance company will have to dip into their reserves,” reports Hospodářské noviny. The […]

27 January 2011

Presseurop
Hospodářské noviny
Romania
“AIDS generation” accuses state

Two representatives of the "AIDS generation" have demanded that the Romanian state officially recognise its responsibility for the infection of several thousand […]

24 January 2011

Presseurop
Adevărul
Healthcare abroad
Medical Schengen zone is go

“Your neighbour goes to Slovakia for varicose vein treatment. A German and a Czech are waiting for an appointment with a Polish ophthalmologist”. Gazeta Wyborcza […]

20 January 2011

Presseurop
Gazeta Wyborcza
Belgium
Belgian hearts are with the Dutch

"Seeking a heart in Belgium," headlines De Standaard, leading with a report on the large numbers of patients who avoid long waiting lists […]

17 January 2011

Presseurop
De Standaard
Spain
Smokers – banned almost everywhere

"Anti-smoking war will now be fought in clubs," headlines El Periódico de Catalunya in the wake of the ban on smoking in all public places […]

4 January 2011

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El Periódico de Catalunya
Pharmaceutical industry
European guinea pigs

“It’s the next big step in globalisation, and there’s good reason to wish that it wasn't,” remarks Vanity Fair. American pharmaceuticals companies are increasingly testing […]

23 December 2010

Presseurop
Vanity Fair
France
Public health scandal inquiry

"State’s responsibility for Mediator:" Libération reports on the scandal over the antidiabetic drug Mediator, prescribed as an appetite suppressant and distributed by Servier Laboratories between […]

9 December 2010

Presseurop
Libération
HIV/AIDS
Everything's coming up roses

The Independent in London has no news on its front page at all today, just a nice picture of some gently wilting roses by the […]

1 December 2010

Presseurop
The Independent
Czech Republic
Young doctors flee the country

“I treat people 30 hours nonstop. I want to get out”, headlines Mladá Fronta DNES. The Prague daily tells the story of an exhausted young […]

2 November 2010

Presseurop
Mladá Fronta DNES
Ireland
Abortion drugs on the net

"Customs seized 1,216 packs of illegal abortion drugs in 2009," headlines the Irish Times, which reports that a growing number of women in Ireland are […]

26 October 2010

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Presseurop
The Irish Times
Generic medicine
EC accused of doing Big Pharma’s bidding

MSF (Médecins sans Frontières) has accused the European Commission of blocking the production of cheap generic drugs in the developing world, reports the Guardian. After […]

11 October 2010

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Presseurop
The Guardian
Greece
Last gasp for public smoking

“Absolutely no smoking in parliament, except on the balcony,” remarks an ironic To Vima. On the day when “the total ban on smoking in public […]

1 September 2010

Presseurop
To Vima
Drugs
No to ‘shooting galleries’ in France

"Fillon shot up on repression" reads the headline of Libération, following the Prime Minister's opposition to the opening of experimental medically-supervised centres for hard-drug consumption, […]

13 August 2010

Presseurop
Libération
Smoke
Brussels to blank cigarette packs

"I'll have a pack of 'Smoking kills', please". This is how European smokers will soon be ordering their cigarettes if the proposal to eliminate all […]

6 August 2010

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Presseurop
Lidové noviny
Alimentation
Lobbies win food labelling war

The food labelling directive that passed its first reading in the European Parliament on 16 June which stipulates that food labels must plainly indicate the […]

17 June 2010

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Presseurop
EUobserver.com
European Union
Green light for healthcare without borders

“After Schengen, this is the second opening of the EU borders”, enthuses Dziennik Gazeta Prawna’s leader on the draft directive adopted on 8 June by […]

9 June 2010

Presseurop
Dziennik Gazeta Prawna
Greece
This crisis drives you crazy

Admissions to Dromokaitio hospital in Athens have doubled over the past four months, especially in the psychiatric ward. The cause is the recession and attendant […]

8 June 2010

Presseurop
To Vima
Romania
No more universal free health care

"Say goodbye to free state health care!" announces the front page of Adevărul. According to the terms of a new bill proposed by the Ministry of […]

25 March 2010

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Presseurop
Adevărul
United Kingdom
British hospitals, not the place to be

Senior managers who presided over one of the worst of the NHS’ recurring hospital scandals, in which up to 1,200 patients died, have got off […]

25 February 2010

Presseurop
The Daily Telegraph
Work
European Parliament out to mother mothers

“The EU has a finger in every pie,” editorialises Dagens Nyheter, reacting to the European Parliament Women’s Rights Committee proposal to extend maternity leave. Varying […]

24 February 2010

Presseurop
Dagens Nyheter
Romania
Swine-flu panic highly contagious

Authorities in France may have announced the end of the Influenza A (H1N1) epidemic, but in Romania controversy over the virus is very much in […]

15 January 2010

Presseurop
România libera
Netherlands
The secret life of asbestos

On its front page, Trouw reports that "in 80% of cases in the Netherlands, work to remove asbestos in dwellings and businesses is conducted without a […]

8 January 2010

Presseurop
Trouw
Romania
Bucharest has knives out for junk food

The Romanian government has announced its introduction of a tax on junk food in order to help fund the health system and fight obesity. Set […]

7 January 2010

Presseurop
Evenimentul zilei
Swine Flu
Was the pandemic a scam?

"They organised the hysteria," headlines L'Humanité, "they" meaning the pharmaceutical lobbies. The charge is levelled by Wolfgang Wodarg, chairman of the health committee at the […]

7 January 2010

Presseurop
L'Humanité
Swine Flu
The germ of doubt

Several European governments are trying to resell millions of doses of swine flu vaccine. So was the threat exaggerated after all? The press takes the authorities to task.

5 January 2010

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Hospitals
Don’t get sick in the UK

“Britain, the sick man of Europe”, headlines the Daily Mail on its front page. In an article accompanied by a photo of a silvery-haired jogger […]

9 December 2009

Presseurop
The Daily Mail
Cross-border treatment
EU-wide healthcare still in waiting room

"Spain and Romania against reimbursement of medical tourism expenses," reports the Spanish edition of Adevărul. Health ministers from Europe's 27 member states have failed to […]

3 December 2009

Presseurop
Adevărul
Abortion
Ireland challenged at the ECHR

All forms of abortion are illegal and subject (in theory) to punishment in Ireland. During this year’s bitter Lisbon campaign many on the Catholic right […]

30 November 2009

Presseurop
The Irish Times
Swine flu
Romania confesses vaccine not safe

“Pandemic vaccine not authorised for under-16s,” reads Evenimentul Zilei’s headline. The vaccination campaign for swine flu (H1N1), which gets underway in Romania on 27th November, […]

27 November 2009

Presseurop
Evenimentul zilei
Netherlands
Vaccine panic outstrips pandemic

The Netherlands has been swept up in a “wave of anxiety” and scepticism about H1N1 flu vaccinations, reports De Volkskrant. The Dutch daily recounts that […]

9 November 2009

Presseurop
De Volkskrant
Ukraine/Poland
Flu at the gates

It’s only a matter of days, maybe hours, before H1N1 reaches Poland, according to Polska’s front page leader. The epidemic is ravaging nearby Ukraine where […]

2 November 2009

Presseurop
Polska The Times
Prevention
EU redoubles efforts to fight AIDS

100,000 new cases of HIV infection annually in Europe. Two million seropositive Europeans, 730,000 of them in the EU alone. These figures for the period […]

27 October 2009

Presseurop
La Stampa
Pharmaceutical Industry
Dutch doctors addicted to laboratories

According to the lead story in Trouw, nearly 70% of doctors responsible for establishing medical guidelines in the Netherlands have financial links to the pharmaceutical […]

26 October 2009

Presseurop
Trouw