The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, has announced the new team of EU Commissioners for the term 2009-2014.Of particular interest is the new EU Commissioner designate for health and consumer affairs, John Dalli, from Malta, currently the country’s ...

The European Commission is looking for views on its future strategy for growth and jobs.Views are sought on how the EU can increase productivity and competitiveness while at the same time fostering social cohesion and environmentally friendly policies.The EU 2020 strategy seeks to establish ...

A long-awaited regulation on labelling is part of the latest attempt by the EU to bring about greater energy efficiency. Decision-makers have agreed on measures to raise consumer awareness of the energy performance of various appliances such as refrigerators and freezers, televisions and washing machines. The ...

The European Commission is looking for views about the best ways to assist developing countries in addressing agriculture and food security challenges. The development directorate-general has issued a public consultation on topics such as how EU development policy might contribute to increased food production in ...

The Equity Channel offers you the opportunity to be involved in the production of a new report on obesity and health equity. In July this year, EuroHealthNet published a report called ‘Focusing on obesity through a health equity lens’, which ...