Topic: Androulla Vassiliou

Top film-makers fear EU funding cuts

AFP Global Edition - 338 days ago
Top European film-makers are pressing EU politicians to allay fears of funding cuts for a scheme that helps independent movies make it onto screens.Authors, directors and producers will urge European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso and EU culture commissioner Androulla Vassiliou ...

G7 seeks coordinated response to flu pandemic

AFP Global Edition - 890 days ago
Health ministers from the Group of Seven most industrialised nations and Mexico met Friday to set out a battle plan against the swine flu pandemic, which threatens to worsen. "We will share and develop common approaches towards mitigating the public health and ...

G-7, Mexico: risk groups to get 1st swine flu meds

AP News - 890 days ago
G-7 and Mexico agree health workers, high-risk groups should get first swine flu vaccinesPregnant women, health workers and people with risky health conditions will be the first to receive swine flu vaccinations, according to an agreement reached Friday by the world's ...

EU health chief proposes stricter laws on smoking

Reuters Life! Online Report - 963 days ago
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's health chief proposed on Tuesday that uniform laws be drafted for all 27 countries in the bloc to regulate smoking more strictly in public areas and workplaces.Many EU countries have laws limiting exposure to second-hand ...

Fears grow that recession could trigger EU health crisis

AFP Global Edition - 1075 days ago
Concerns are growing among European Commission and health sector representatives that the economic crisis may impinge on public health provision, officials said Monday.Urging EU nations to act now, EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has sent a letter to her 26 colleagues ...

EU reassures German bakers over salt level rules

AFP Global Edition - 1089 days ago
The European Commission on Tuesday sought to reassure anxious German bakers that their favourite salt-rich bread was not under threat, while insisting that consumers need new nutrition information.Last week Bavarian bakers protested that planned European food-labelling rules would endanger the traditional ...