Updated: 17 July 2009

News from the European Union

EU Presidency
    •   Swedish Presidency - July to December 2009

European Commission
    •   Directorate-General Research (DG-Research)
    •   European Research Area
    •   Investing in Eureopan Research
    •   Science and society

Directorate-General Enterprise and Industry (DG-ENTR)
Directorate-General Health and Consumer Protection (DG SANCO)

European Parliament

External Agencies
    •   European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
    •   European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

Other European News Sources

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EU Presidency

Swedish Presidency
http://www.se2009.eu/

Swedish Presidency Research and Development Priorities
http://cordis.europa.eu/sweden/presidency2009/priorities_en.html

Swedish Presidency: research must focus on grand challenges
http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&RCN=31013

EU Council
http://consilium.europa.eu/cms3_fo/showPage.asp?id=695&lang=en&mode=g

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European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/index_en.htm

DG Research General information about the research activities of the European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm
http://ec.europa.eu/research/leaflets/index_en.html

Commissioner for Science and Research: Janez Potocnik
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/potocnik/indexfl_en.htm

Organisation chart of DG Research
http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=org&lg=en

Community Research and Development Information Service
http://cordis.europa.eu/en/home.html

Information about FP7
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/home_en.html

CORDIS News
http://cordis.europa.eu/news/research-eu/home_en.html

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European Research Area
http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/index_en.html

Final Results of the Public Consultation on the Green Paper
"The European Research Area: New Perspectives" April 2008.
http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/progress-on-debate/expert-groups-analyses_en.html

Progress with the debate
http://ec.europa.eu/research/era/progress-on-debate_en.html

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Investing in European Research
http://ec.europa.eu/invest-in-research/index_en.htm

Expert Group on fund-raising of universities from philanthropic sources
http://ec.europa.eu/invest-in-research/policy/expert_en.htm

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Science and society
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.topic&id=781&lang=1

Nanotechnology
http://ec.europa.eu/nanotechnology/index_en.html

Report from conference on governance and ethics of nanotechnology
http://ec.europa.eu/research/science-society/index.cfm?fuseaction=public.topic&id=1640

Socio-economic sciences and humanities
http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/index_en.htm

Newsletters
http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/news_en.html

Newsroom
http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER=EN_NEWS_INTERVIEW_FP7&ACTION=D&DOC=12&CAT=NEWS&QUERY=0119fec73c9f:0914:5da4244a&RCN=27162

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DG Enterprise and industry

DG Enterprise (DG ENTR): Competitiveness in the Pharmaceuticals Industry and Biotechnology
Unit with the aim to promote competitiveness in both biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries with one of the priorities being innovation.
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/index_en.htm

Vice-President for Enterprise and Industry: Günter Verheugen
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/verheugen/index_en.htm

Pharmaceuticals
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/

Latest news on pharmaceuticals
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/pharmaceuticals/pharmacos/new_en.htm

Newsroom
http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/menu.cfm

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DG Health and Consumers (DG-SANCO)
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/index_en.htm

Commissioner for Health and Consumers: Androulla Vassiliou
http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/vassiliou/index_en.htm

Public Health
http://ec.europa.eu/health/index_en.htm

Overview of health strategy
http://ec.europa.eu/health/ph_overview/overview_en.htm

SANCO future challenges paper: 2009-2014
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/future_challenges/future_challenges_en.htm

Newsletters
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/newsletters_en.htm
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/112&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

Pressroom
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/health_consumer/dyna/press_room/index_en.cfm

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European Parliament
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/

Europa: Gateway to the European Union
http://www.europa.eu

European Parliament newsroom
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/default_en.htm
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/expert/default_en.htm

Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/committees/homeCom.do?language=EN&body=ITRE

Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI)
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/activities/committees/homeCom.do?language=EN&body=ENVI

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External Agencies

Europa: Gateway to the European Union
http://www.europa.eu

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/

ECDC News and Media
http://ecdc.europa.eu/en/News_Media/

European Medicines Agency (EMEA)
http://www.emea.europa.eu

Newsroom EMEA
http://www.emea.europa.eu/whatsnewp.htm

European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
http://www.euro.who.int/observatory

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Other European News Sources

Agence Europe
http://www.agenceurope.com

AlphaGalileo
http://www.alphagalileo.org/

BBC Inside Europe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/europe/2003/inside_europe/default.stm

CEPS - Centre for European Policy Studies
http://www.ceps.be/index3.php

CORDIS News
http://cordis.europa.eu/news/research-eu/home_en.html

EIN News
http://www.einnews.com/europe/newsfeed-europe-health

e-healthNews
http://www.ehealthnews.eu

Euclide Newsletter
http://www.aeidl.be/

EU Observer
http://euobserver.com/

Euro Correspondent
http://www.euro-correspondent.com/

EU Monitor
http://www.eumonitor.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=103&allstories=1

EURACTIVE
http://www.euractiv.com/en/HomePage

European Policy Centre
http://www.epc.eu/

European Report
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WXI

European Voice
http://www.europeanvoice.com/page/european-voice/1.aspx

Financial Times Europe
http://www.ft.com/world/europe

Glycosmedia
http://www.glycosmedia.com

LexisNexis
http://support.lexisnexis.com/lexiscom/record.asp?ArticleID=lexiscom_intlaw_ec_directives

NuEurope
http://www.neurope.eu/

PharmaNews
http://www.pharmanews.eu/

Research *EU
http://ec.europa.eu/research/research-eu/index_en.html

The Parliament Magazine
http://www.theparliament.com/

The Parliament Magazine: Research Review
http://www.theparliament.com/research-review/

Welcome Europe
http://www.welcomeurope.com/

This list is not exhaustive and EURADIA would be pleased to hear of any other useful resources.

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