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Rising EU sales of animal antimicrobials raise concern

The latest annual surveillance report from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) shows a worrying increase in antimicrobial sales for animal use across the European Union. According to the European sales and use of antimicrobials for veterinary medicine report (ESUAvet), 98% of

Listeria remains Europe's most lethal foodborne threat

ECDC and EFSA warn over danger of Listeria and Salmonella in latest One Health report. In their joint European Union One Health 2024 Zoonoses Report the ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ) and EFSA (European Food Safety Agency) have highlighted Listeria

Syria 'at risk of Balkanisation'

Syria is at significant risk of Balkanisation ,thanks to internal stresses and competing foreign interests since the collapse of the Assad government. The term ‘Balkanisation’ refers to the breaking up of a state into smaller entities, comparable to Yugoslavia’s disintegration

Clash over new EU plans for asylum and migration

The European Council has reached agreement on a raft of policies, which will set the direction for the EU’s new asylum and migration system. The agreement between member states, reached on Monday, comes only six months after the European Council, on 26 June, called for efforts