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Sweden's Baltic Sea focus

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:46:04 +0200

Against the backdrop of a festival in Gotland, in the Baltic Sea, Sweden's European Union presidency considers environmental priorities, fish,…

Dehumanising the Roma people in Hungary

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:48:15 +0200

Banned by court order, the far right Magyar Garda enjoys impunity thanks to bonds with the police, as abuse of Roma claims lives. Opportunity awaits…

Iranian exiles in Europe and Iraq

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:19:31 +0200

The exiled People's Mujahedin of Iran -- opposed to religious rule -- has been seeking public attention in Europe for quite some time. A former…

New faces, big changes?

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:12:18 +0200

Their seats secure, 736 members are getting ready to start a new legislative period in the European Parliament. Among the new faces are veteran…

The coming of age of the European Parliament

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:23:35 +0200

The European parliament has had to travel a long hard road to become an integral part of the European Union's decision-making. Now it packs a punch…

Desert solar power

Fri, 29 May 2009 21:41:16 +0200

Clean energy from North Africa's sun belt could soon be electrifying Europe. Here is the technology, green promoters say; All that's missing is the…

Mali, CIGEM and so on

Fri, 22 May 2009 21:02:25 +0200

Encouraging alternatives to leaving home. Mali and Europe join hands to manage migration from one of the world's poorest countries.

EU vote: low turnout expected among young voters

Fri, 15 May 2009 21:27:50 +0200

Less than one in four young voters are expected to turn out and cast their ballot in the European elections in June. But ironically polls show…

A short history of European parliamentary elections

Fri, 15 May 2009 17:55:00 +0200

It was 1979 when the first elections for a European Parliament were held. Then, just nine countries chose their MEPs. The turnout: 62 %. The…

EU report card for 2004-09 - Could do better

Fri, 08 May 2009 18:09:21 +0200

In 2004 an enlarged Europe went to the polls and tried to paper over cracks made by the Iraq war. It was not made easier with the following…

EU institutional triangle land

Fri, 08 May 2009 20:28:41 +0200

Brussels, a city within a city... the heart of Europe. Most of the European institutions are concentrated in the capital of Belgium, forming a power…

REACH outs chemical risk potential

Fri, 01 May 2009 15:15:04 +0200

So this chemical is safe is it? Thanks to EU law, industry has to prove it. REACH legislation says the producers or importers must furnish safety…

EU no example when it comes to women in power

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:03:51 +0200

In most European countries, women are a minority in the political elite: in the Italian parliament women only have one seat in five, below the…

EPP-ED's election downsizing

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:19:02 +0200

Meeting in Estonia, the European People's Party and European Democrats plan strategy for the EU Parliament elections in June. The British…

European Socialists divided before election

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:30:07 +0200

There is more than a whiff of turmoil among the European Socialists in the countdown to June's elections. Opinion polls suggest that they will be…

Liberal candidate for next EP

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:47:37 +0200

Graham Watson, British head of the third-largest group in the European Parliament is not only leading the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for…

Have the Greens got a hope?

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:19:10 +0200

The Greens see the European elections as a golden opportunity for ecological transformation. They are convinced that their innovation platform will…

What's left? GUE/NGL hope for gains

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:52:34 +0100

Anticapitalists who put people first, the United European Left group in the European Parliament has long sought to mobilise public opinion on social…

Eurosceptics divided ahead of EU elections

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:51:30 +0100

Criticising the way the EU works is the common currency of parties on the further reaches of the right in Europe. But while some are overtly…

A day in the life of two MEPs

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:43:17 +0100

A Euronews team accompanied two European Parliament members during a working day in Brussels and in Nicosia.

What does Azerbaijan expect from the EU?

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:06:02 +0100

It's a country that lies in a conflict zone and that is of great geostrategic importance to Europe. But what does Azerbaijan expect from the EU?…

An orientation tool for EU voters

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:25:16 +0100

How would you vote, who with and for what political programme? To build up critical mass for the European elections, an unprecedented Internet site…

How to get Europeans to vote

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:44:52 +0100

Some three quarters of the laws affecting the day- to-day life of Europeans and the world around them are decided in the European Parliament!…

What Belarus wants from Europe

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:57:40 +0100

There are signs Belarus is opening up. But the opposition advises caution, suggesting President Lukashenko just needs Europe to help Belarus weather…

Slovakia's energy weakness

Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:35:31 +0100

Slovakia was one of the countries hardest hit by Russia and Ukriane's recent gas dispute. Figures show its economy suffered losses amounting to more…

'Independent' Kosovo awaits rule of law

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:44:37 +0100

One year after Kosovo declared itself independent, it is far from being fully stable or secure about its status. Encouraging signs of cooperation…

Recession effects fisheries in Spain

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:52:05 +0100

Can marine research help prospects for fishing in the future? Europe continues to look for ways to adapt.

Pirates cower where EU rides shotgun

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:18:53 +0100

To protect humanitarian aid for Somalia and trade plying the Gulf of Aden, the European Union's first joint naval mission is under way. But European…

Arab Gulf state views of Europe

Sat, 10 Jan 2009 09:51:02 +0100

Promoting intercultural dialogue, a high-level European Parliament visit to four Persian Gulf states. A look at attitudes, influences and potential…

Czech EU presidency raises doubts on treaty

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:33:09 +0100

The Czech Republic assumes the EU Presidency at a time of deep internal division in the bloc between pro-integration Europeans and eurosceptics. Will…

Safer toys

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:18:13 +0100

Just a week before Christmas the European Parliament has said "yes" to a new law aiming to reinforce rules on toy safety. The difficulty has been how…

Breaking down the barriers to EU money

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:01:20 +0100

There are moves in Brussels to make it easier for small communities to get their hands on European money. The EU has decided to cut through the…

What EU China policy is coming to

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:50:42 +0100

Even after the Olympics, China is still not out of the starting blocks over human rights. The latest cause celebre is Hu Jia, jailed for subversion…