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EU to bring in implanted microchip ID - for horses

Microchip IDBrussels - Starting next year, all permanent residents of the European Union shoul

German upper house set to approve EU's Treaty of Lisbon

Berlin  - The upper house of the German parliament was voting Friday on the Treaty of Lisbon and was expected to pass the European Union's reform accord by considerably more than the two-thirds maj

Eastern Europe's migrant workers weigh return home

Rezekne, Latvia - Sergejs Cakss swerves his 2002 Volkswagen Golf around potholes in one of the poorest parts of the European Union, near the Russian border.

EU trade officials say China's new visa rules hamper business

Beijing - ChinaChina's new visa stipulations ahead of the Olympic Games in August are hampering econom

EU plans to step up control of financial institutions

Brdo, Slovenia - The European Union wants to set up official monitoring bodies to keep an eye on internationally operating banks and insurances, sources close to the Slovenian EU presidency said Fr

Glaxo’s ‘Cervarix’ Gets EU Authorization

London: GlaxoSmithKline PLC’s cervical cancer vaccine ‘Cervarix’ has received nod for sale across the European Union.

The vaccine has been sanctioned to avert pre-cancerous wounds and cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 that held responsible for over 70 per cent of all cervical cancer cases.

The world’s second-biggest drug manufacturer said that the indication for Cervarix is based on statistics developed by clinical studies in girls and young women between 10 and 25.

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