Janez Potocnik, the European Commissioner for Science and Research, has exhorted the countries of south-eastern Europe to invest more heavily in research.
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Healthy China: Finnish health care technology meets Chinese medicine
China attracts interest all over the world. Finns are now exporting their health care expertise to China. A Chinese-Finnish collaboration, the Healthy China project is about the prevention of lifestyle diseases such as adult onset diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
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Refining the process of gathering information
Bombarded by information from numerous sources, many people today turn to electronic news-aggregation services to find what they want. One European team of researchers claims to have developed a flexible and innovative tool that enables journalists and other users to fine-tune the process of news-gathering and delivery.
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European Council adopts common position on FP7
The European Council adopted a common position on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) at a Competitiveness Council meeting, held on 25 September in Brussels. Agreement on FP7 should now be reached under the co-decision procedure, assuming the European Parliament responds positively in its second reading.
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Experiences in Using Web Services and Web Service Semantics in eHealth
eHealth information systems today are proprietary and often only serve one specific department within a healthcare facility. It means it is impossible to easily share data across one facility, never mind trying to share data across different facilities, or different countries.
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EU launches ambitious new 10-point innovation plan
The European Commission has launched an ambitious 10-point innovation plan which calls for urgent action at regional, national and European levels and across a range of policy areas.
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Interactive online tool for managing craniofacial anomalies
A web-based interactive tool for cleft lip and palate speech and language assessment has been developed. An EC funded project, EUROCRAN has set out to solve problems associated with treating children with craniofacial anomalies (CFA) such as cleft lip through five inter-related work packages.
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The European Council adopted a common position on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) at a Competitiveness Council meeting, held on 25 September in Brussels. Agreement on FP7 should now be reached under the co-decision procedure, assuming the European Parliament responds positively in its second reading. 
eHealth information systems today are proprietary and often only serve one specific department within a healthcare facility. It means it is impossible to easily share data across one facility, never mind trying to share data across different facilities, or different countries.