EU says satisfied with Hungary bird flu probe
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The European Commission said on Tuesday it was satisfied with investigations carried out by Hungary into the origin of the lethal strain of H5N1 bird flu found in that country and a possible link to a case in Britain.
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National farmers' leaders mooted a possible ban on imports of raw poultry from countries hit by the virulent H5N1 bird flu strain as authorities probed a Hungarian link to the outbreak.
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The bird flu outbreak at a farm in Suffolk may be linked to imports from the firm's plant in Hungary, the government has said.
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The strains of H5NI bird flu viruses found in Britain and Hungary are "essentially identical", scientists say.
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European Union (EU) vets agreed on Tuesday to declare Britain free of foot and mouth disease from November 9 and allow all exports of British meat, dairy and live animals from then, the EU executive said.
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Poultry farmers around Europe were on guard Monday against the possible spread of bird flu across the North Sea from infected Britain
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PENANG, Malaysia  - A Malaysian veterinarian and  her three children have received a clean bill of health after  tests for bird flu, leaving no suspected human cases of the  deadly virus after an outbreak among poultry, the government  said on Monday.
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A first-generation experimental bird flu vaccine for use in humans from GlaxoSmithKline Plc has won outline support from European regulators.
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Officials will continue to test their theory that the Suffolk bird flu outbreak was caused by poultry from Hungary.
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The European Union said Wednesday it had extended a ban on imports of chicken meat and pet birds from several Asian countries hit by avian flu to March 31 next year.
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The European Commission says a strain of bird flu which killed 2,600 turkeys in Suffolk is the H5N1 virus.
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The European Commission said Monday it has approved two vaccines to be used against the bird flu virus in the EU member states. The vaccines, the first to be approved by the EU executive, are Nobilis Influenza H5N2, for use in chickens, and Poulvac FluFend H5N3 RG, for use in both chickens and Pekin ducks, the most common breed of duck used for commercial meat.
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The European Commission says the elections in Romania were conducted in an orderly manner and will not affect membership talks.
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The European Union welcomed a Serbian &amp;quot;action plan&amp;quot; to achieve full cooperation with UN prosecutors seeking to try war crimes suspect Ratko Mladic and urged Belgrade to put it into practice.
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(Corrects fifth paragraph to say most geese in Hungary case were slaughtered, not killed by bird flu)
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The outbreak of deadly bird flu in  Asia spurred the EU on Monday to check Europe's preparedness  for the spread of a disease that scientists warn may become  pandemic.
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Despite widespread public opposition, the European Union&#39;s political leaders said late Thursday that Turkey had made sufficient progress in political and economic reforms