health

2012-01-16Low birth rates will pose an economic threat to Serbia in the years to come.

2012-01-12Various state projects and humanitarian organisations are trying to meet the demand for organ transplantation in Serbia.

2011-11-29For the second time this year Serbia faces a shortage of vital drugs.

2011-07-21It's been billed as a cancer fighter, but banned in several countries. Doctors are concerned about "Vidatox".

2011-05-31TIRANA, Albania -- Albania is home to the second largest number of smokers in Europe after Turkey, according to figures published by the Public Healt...

2011-05-27NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Former Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash is in critical condition, doctors said on Thursday (May 26th). Denktash, 87, was admit...

2010-09-01BUCHAREST, Romania -- Two people have died and at least five others have been infected with the West Nile virus, the health ministry confirmed late o...

2010-08-20ATHENS, Greece -- A total of seven deaths are now blamed on the West Nile virus after three more elderly people succumbed to brain inflammation, heal...

2010-08-10ATHENS, Greece -- Health authorities confirmed on Monday (August 9th) that 16 people have been infected with the West Nile virus, and three of them h...

2010-08-09Serbian citizens will be receiving electronic health cards by 2013. Also in science and technology: Bulgarian astronomers discover a new planet.

2010-05-10A Serb festival finds a "supernatural" way to celebrate Earth Day and raise environmental awareness.

2010-04-22Kosovo intends to implement new strategies to reduce death rates among infants and their mothers, according to the health ministry.

2010-04-02SOFIA, Bulgaria -- The agriculture ministry announced on Thursday (April 1st) that a dead bird found near the city of Varna on the Black Sea coast ha...

2009-10-22BELGRADE, Serbia -- Health authorities reported on Wednesday (October 21st) the first death caused by swine flu. The patient, a 46-year-old woman, sh...

2009-10-22ZAGREB, Croatia -- Defence Minister Branko Vukelic suffered a heart attack early Wednesday (October 21st) and was admitted to hospital in Zagreb. Vuk...

2009-10-09NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Authorities pressed charges Thursday (October 8th) against three people suspected in the deaths of three newborns, as a result of...

2009-10-05More than 100 Kosovo teens were treated for a mysterious illness last week. While most were sent home, five returned to hospital for further treatment.

2009-09-23ATHENS, Greece -- Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, who was hospitalised five days ago for a pulmonary infection, was discharged on Tuesday (Septembe...

2009-09-17Smoking in cafes will be allowed again, if basic requirements are met.

2009-09-14SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) -- Mladen Ivanic, leader of the Party of Democratic Progress (PDP) and former Bosnian foreign minister, suffer...