European Union

European Union Health Ministers have signed up to promote the free movement of electronic patient records across Europe.

Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases are Europe’s latest big health issue, new MEP Antonio Fernando Correia de Campos tells Science|Business.

European bioenergy experts have hit out at mounting skepticism, saying that 20 per cent of Europe’s energy demands could be met by sustainable biofuels by 2050.

Closer links are needed to ensure a coherent policy approach and to achieve the goal of developing a European-wide knowledge economy, says a new report.

A new study shows that the costs associated with a single new crop pest or disease agent have increased by 68.4 per cent in the past decade.

The Administrative Council of the European Patent Office has elected Benoît Battistelli as its new President.

After 7 years of deliberation, the European Commission is to authorise the Amflora genetically modified potato to be cultivated for industrial purposes.