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Today in Vilnius, the European Commission and the Maltese Presidency of the Council are delighted to welcome more than 600 participants to a two-day conference, hosted by the Ministry of Health of Lithuania, to celebrate the approval of the first 24 European Reference Networks (ERN) in the EU. Two thirds of today’s participants are ERN coordinators and members. These highly specialised healthcare providers are the pioneers of this new European adventure, and we congratulate them on the work they have done to pull together so many healthcare providers across Europe. The full-text press statement you can read тук.