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McCanns call for a Europe-wide alert system on missing children The parents of Madeleine McCann yesterday launched a campaign for an alert system for missing children embracing all of Europe, arguing that such a system could have helped to locate the then three-year-old when she vanished in Portugal almost a year ago.

Kate and Gerry McCann went to the European parliament, the commission in Brussels, and officials of the EU member states to p

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Belgian inflation at highest in March since 1985 BRUSSELS, March 28 (Reuters) - Consumer price inflation in
Belgium, a bellwether for the euro zone, hit its highest annual
rate in March since 1985, data released on Friday showed,

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Universities must be able to reward excellence
Governments should stop promoting average universities in the name of egalitarianism and start rewarding true excellence even if that means creating unpopular differences between the very best and average professors and students, argues Žiga Turk, the Slovenian minister for growth, in an interview with EurActiv.com.

You have said that governments are not

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Belgium's foreign workers register 'not aimed at EU' Limosa, a little-known scheme that requires foreigners to register with social security before heading to Belgium for temporary work, has raised concerns in Brussels EU circles. The official behind the scheme, Sarah Scaillet, seeks to clarify the new law in an interview with EurActiv.

Limosa requires employees, self-employed persons and trainees to fill a mandatory online social

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Doctors unconvinced by eHealth policy Doctors feel they have been excluded from the EU’s eHealth policy, argues Daniel Mart from the European doctors’ association, who says the competitiveness of the European eHealth industry has taken priority over proven benefits to patients and health systems.

What does eHealth currently represent to European doctors and are you enthusiastic about it?
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