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EU top jobs

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:35:04 +0100

The chances of British Foreign Secretary David Miliband becoming the European Union's foreign policy chief are improving. Italian Massimo…

Herbal drug mix alert

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:31:20 +0100

The European Union has sounded the alert about drug dealers targetting the European Union market with increasingly sophisticated strategies.…

Internet access protection wins telecoms deal

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:13:43 +0100

A compromise to defend the rights of people suspected of using the Internet illegally has secured a European Union agreement on reforms to the bloc's…

EU-Cuba improvements hinge on Havana's rights record

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:13:43 +0100

Cuba will have to improve its record on human rights to help normalise relations with the European Union. The 27-nation bloc's Humanitarian Aid…

Cameron's Lisbon climbdown

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:15:30 +0100

Britain's Conservatives have climbed down from a pledge to hold a referendum on the Lisbon treaty. Leader David Cameron says he can not now because…

Lisbon Treaty perceptions by ordinary Europeans

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:15:30 +0100

A lot has been said about EU institutional reform, but what does the Lisbon Treaty change for European Union citizens? How can they expect it to…

Slovenia-Croatia border arbitration deal

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:42:22 +0100

Slovenia and Croatia have signed a border arbitration agreement, a step towards ending a nearly two-decade-old dispute that has held up Croatia's bid…

EU eyes turn to Prague for treaty decision

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:15:49 +0100

The Czech Republic court decision that could clear the way for the last signature on the European Union's Lisbon Treaty for institutional reform is…

Van Rompuy, from Belgian premier to EU president?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:15:50 +0100

Belgian centre-right Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy is emerging as a strong "consensus" runner for the new full-time EU president. This follows…

Blair's EU star wanes

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:40:17 +0100

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was much talked-about at the EU summit and beforehand, but his chances of filling the new post of individual…

Spain, Belgium, Hungary EU Presidency team

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:22:56 +0100

Spain, Belgium and Hungary are teaming together for their combined 18-months running of the European Union presidency. This is provided for in the…

Lisbon and climate main focus at EU summit

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:22:59 +0100

The European Union's leaders are optimistic they can get the long-delayed Lisbon Treaty finally rolling. Czech Prime Minister Jan Fisher, at a summit…

Food supply chain under scrutiny

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:11:32 +0100

In stores large and small, far and wide, ask shoppers the same question about feeding their families and you get largely similar answers: "I…

Possible lower CO2 from vans

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:33:58 +0100

Tighter European rules on CO2 emissions from cars are being followed by a proposal to do the same for vans and utility vehicles. The powerful…

Juncker 'wouldn't say no' to EU presidency

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:36:33 +0100

Another contender to lead the EU... Both Tony Blair and now Jean-Claude Juncker are considered as possible future European Union Presidents, once the…

High awareness of poverty in EU

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:38:17 +0100

Nine out of 10 Europeans want urgent action by their government to tackle poverty. A new Eurobarometer survey reveals the strength of concern over…

Germany's surprise EU Commissioner

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:56:01 +0100

A local politician with a controversial past is the surprise choice of Germany as its member in the European Commission. Guenther Oettinger is the…

Stature, not size, key for new EU president

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:56:03 +0100

There is enough chance that the Lisbon Treaty is about to get the final check mark that the new post of European Council president is being…

Klaus bends slightly on Lisbon Treaty

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:06:20 +0200

European officials are hopeful that an exit strategy may be forming to get out of the Lisbon Treaty impasse. Eurosceptic Czech President Vaclav…

Russian group Memorial wins Sakharov Prize

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:56:03 +0200

A Russian organisation, Memorial, has won the European Union's foremost human rights recognition, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, awarded…

Barriers render EU eCommerce 'non-existent'

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:56:04 +0200

A call to break down remaining barriers to online shopping in the EU, such as national laws on VAT, recycling and copyright. The fastest-growing…

Poor coordination wastes aid billions

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:56:04 +0200

Up to six billion euros is wasted per year in development aid given to other countries by the European Union; the EU aid Commissioner called the…

EU distanced from media scrutiny in Italy

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:39:35 +0200

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has scored a kind of victory in the European Parliament. Resolutions calling attention to freedom of the…

Planes, ships fall within EU CO2 reduction scope

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:39:35 +0200

Aviation and shipping will be added to the European Union's greenhouse gas reduction targets, under a proposal said to have been agreed by the…

Fishing abuses equal licence loss

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:36:38 +0200

Commercial fishermen breaking European Union rules will lose their licence. The fisheries ministers have agreed on a new system to deter overfishing.…

Climate: Greens melting statue a warning in Strasbourg

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:36:38 +0200

The Greens in the European Parliament have had a climate refugee sculpted in ice for this week's full assembly sitting in Strasbourg. The statue,…

Who will serve new European diplomacy

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:36:38 +0200

Changes in Europe's diplomatic service are in full debate, with the advent of a new external relations position approaching, as referred to in the…

€280 million milk money leaves EU budget 'plucked'

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:11:34 +0200

Europe's milk sector has been thrown a 280 million euro lifeline. Yet struggling farmers' unions say it is a drop in the bucket. Some two thirds of…

Sunday fishing rule denial

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:11:34 +0200

Recreational fishermen will not be forced to declare what they catch under European quota rules, Brussels has reiterated. Questions have been raised…

Blair faces a battle in his bid for EU presidency

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:26:14 +0200

Tony Blair's bid to become the president of a post-Lisbon Treaty European Council has run into choppy waters. The former British prime minister…

Cash but no quota cut for struggling milk farmers

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:50:51 +0200

European dairy farmers will be offered a 300 million euro aid package to help them through a crisis caused by low prices. A series of strikes…

Fish quotas set for cut as cod stocks suffer

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:46:42 +0200

Cod fishermen have been battered by some more bad news by the European Commission as it looks to fixing quotas for next year. The amount of cod…

Europe's car-makers angry at EU-S.Korea deal

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:20:34 +0200

European car-makers will try to block a lucrative free trade deal that Brussels has just agreed with South Korea. The automobile industry in…

Ex Czech president slams Klaus' refusal over Lisbon

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:20:34 +0200

"Dangerous and irresponsible" is how the former Czech president has described his successor's refusal to sign the Lisbon Treaty. Vaclav Havel…

GMO protestors give Brussels food for thought.

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:20:34 +0200

Greenpeace has taken its objections over genetically modified food to the European Commission's door in Brussels. The anti-GMO NGO presented…

Croatia on course to join EU by 2012

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:17:48 +0200

Croatia's bid to enter the European Union could be wrapped up as early as next year. In its annual report on EU hopefuls, the European…

EU wants Turkey to accelerate reform

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:17:49 +0200

Turkey has been told by the European Union to speed up reforms in order to join the 27 nation bloc. The European Commission's annual progress…

Europe told it could do better on HIV care

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:46:10 +0200

The number of Europeans contracting HIV is accelerating along with the number of people practising unsafe sex according to a Swedish think tank based…

Barroso presses Czech leader to sign Lisbon Treaty

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:48:40 +0200

"Absurd and surreal." That is how European Commission president José Manuel Barroso sees the notion of going through the Lisbon Treaty ratification…

EU report tells Turkey to improve press freedom

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:48:41 +0200

Turkey needs to do more to protect freedom of expression if it wants to join the EU, according to a report on the bloc's enlargement that is due out…

Contemplating the next hurdle to the Lisbon Treaty

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:55:01 +0200

The Czech prime minister and the European Commission president will meet on Tuesday to swap ideas on how to push the Lisbon Treaty over the finish…

EU warns against H1N1 complacency

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:55:01 +0200

The H1N1 flu pandemic has not been as dramatic as first feared but this is not the time for the public to let its guard down. That was the message…