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03.07.2009 @ 09:27 CET
As fresh statistics in both Europe and the US dash hopes for an early economic recovery, Brussels is proposing micro loans to small firms in a bid to help them keep local jobs.
03.07.2009 @ 09:18 CET
The European commission announced on Thursday its intention to release the second tranche of an EU loan agreed with Latvia last year, while at the same time calling on the small Baltic state to put its public finances in order by 2012.
03.07.2009 @ 17:38 CET
Turkey will host the signing of an inter-governmental agreement on the EU-backed Nabucco gas pipeline on 13 July, in a major breakthrough for the long-delayed project aimed at reducing Europe's gas reliance on Russia.
01.07.2009 @ 12:20 CET
A code of conduct coming into force on Wednesday in 25 EU member states and Norway is to bring more transparency in defence procurement contracts. But experts question its effectiveness as long as it is a non-binding agreement.
30.06.2009 @ 09:19 CET
The upcoming European strategy for the future of the Danube river is to focus on transport, environment and economic development and will be drafted by the end of 2010, outgoing regional policy commissioner Danuta Hubner said on Monday.
02.07.2009 @ 09:22 CET
As members of the European commission gathered in Stockholm to mark the start of the Swedish presidency on Wednesday, the country's financial markets minister warned against overregulation of the hedge fund and private equity sectors.
29.06.2009 @ 17:28 CET
The European Commission has condemned a coup in Honduras which saw the country's president, Manuel Zelaya, forcibly removed from his home in the early hours of Sunday morning and flown to Costa Rica by military aeroplane to start a life in exile.
29.06.2009 @ 09:21 CET
Italian ministers approved a new stimulus package on Friday - reported to be in the region of €4.5 billion – as the government attempts to stave off a further slide in economic activity
29.06.2009 @ 17:39 CET
Searching for a phone charger that works with your phone will soon be a thing of the past, as the world's ten major mobile phone manufacturers have agreed to produce a harmonised charger for users across Europe, with the first such chargers expected to be introduced on the EU market next year. The industry's agreement, pushed by the European Commission, is not legally binding, however.
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26.06.2009 @ 09:25 CET
The European Commission said on Thursday it was taking Luxembourg to court over concerns the Grand Duchy is breaching EU rules on savings revenues and using a so-called non-domiciled status for tax avoidance.
25.06.2009 @ 17:46 CET
Some users of social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace and Bebo and not just the sites themselves are responsible for ensuring they adhere to European privacy laws, EU data protection enforcers have warned. All users should also be aware that they should only upload photographs with the consent of people in the image.
26.06.2009 @ 09:26 CET
European Union environment ministers have cobbled together an agreement on plans to reduce industrial pollution, combining together a patchwork of previous anti-emissions legislation in a new piece of legislation that is expected to prevent thousands of deaths in the bloc every year.
25.06.2009 @ 09:28 CET
The European Central Bank will lend a further €442 billion after a record auction on Wednesday, in which eurozone banks snapped up one-year loans amid expectations borrowing costs may rise in future.
24.06.2009 @ 17:34 CET
The European Commission wrapped up its initial assessment of member state budgetary reports on Wednesday but called on the Belgian government to resubmit a new report this autumn due to a lack of detail in its most recent offering.
Nordic countries aim to counter protectionism and respond to the economic crisis by harnessing the need for innovation i...
It is crucial that interventions to stimulate the EU economy in the short run also strengthen competitiveness in the lon...
The Commission's proposals this week to give a financial stimulus to recession-hit European economies have missed an opp...
05.07.2009 @ 17:23 CET
Italian MEP Mario Mauro has pulled out of the race to become the next president of the EU parliament. The move leaves the way clear for Polish conservative deputy Jerzy Buzek to take up the post instead.
03.07.2009 @ 21:50 CET
Sweden is considering holding an informal summit in September to deal with the financial crisis and climate change - two of the biggest issues on its EU presidency agenda. French president Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly supports the idea, says a spokesperson for Swedish PM Fredrik Reinfeldt.
03.07.2009 @ 14:56 CET
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt Friday said that a European Parliament vote on Jose Manuel Barroso's bid to become European Commission president for a second time will not take place mid-July. Stockholm is now pushing to have it take place by 15 September.
03.07.2009 @ 13:58 CET
Turnout in Bulgaria's legislative elections on Sunday will reach 55 to 60%, according to polling agency Gallup. It says Sofia mayor Borisov's centre-right Gerb party will get up to 30% of the votes, followed by the ruling Socialists (19 - 23%) and the Turkish Movement for Rights and Freedoms (15%).
03.07.2009 @ 13:57 CET
The resignation of Croat PM Sanader was his political "rebellion" against Slovenia's blocking of Croatia's EU talks, MP Andrija Hebrang from Mr Sanader's conservative HDZ party said, reports Hina. Meanwhile, Slovenia said it hopes the new Croat government will resume talks on their border dispute.
03.07.2009 @ 09:35 CET
Czech President Vaclav Klaus has attacked a German court decision to allow the Lisbon treaty after a tweak to German national law. "I do not believe that it is possible to annul the known defects of the Lisbon Treaty by an accompanying law," he wrote in the Mlada Fronta Dnes newspaper.
03.07.2009 @ 09:31 CET
The four EU states which had full ambassador-level representation in Honduras - France, Germany, Italy and Spain - have recalled their envoys in protest at a recent coup against President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales, the Swedish EU presidency said. Spain has led the EU's opposition to the coup.
03.07.2009 @ 08:32 CET
France has said that draft commission plans for hedge fund regulation are a step in the right direction but will need to be tightened up before they can be accepted. "I will not let this directive be adopted in this state," said the country's economy minister Christine Lagarde, reports Reuters.
03.07.2009 @ 08:30 CET
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will tell leaders from the Group of Eight industrialised countries that measures must be stepped up to end market cyclicality, reports the Wall Street Journal. Economic growth - when it returns - must be tempered she said, to prevent further cycles of boom and bust.
Moody's credit rating agency downgraded Ireland from its top rating on Thursday, following similar moves by other agencies earlier this year. Moody's cited the government's deteriorating public finances as the main reason, as an increasing share of tax revenues is used to service the country's debt.
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The 7th European Parliament elections are due to take place in June 2009. Some 400 million Europeans will be eligible to elect 736 MEPs for the only European institution where citizens have a direct vote.
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