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EU states oppose putting lid on migrants' detention

08.05.2008 - 09:17 CET

EU member states have failed to agree the maximum period an migrant can be kept in detention after setting foot onto the union's territory, further prolonging nearly three-year-long wrangling between EU institutions.

EU states muscle in on bloc's judicial body

06.05.2008 - 09:28 CET

The European Commission has dropped its plan to table a piece of legislation granting more powers to the EU's judicial body, Eurojust, after being wrong-footed by a group of 14 member states.

EU to launch travel security talks with Washington

21.04.2008 - 09:27 CET

EU-US talks on a new set of US security demands for establishing a visa-free regime with additional EU member states are set to start this week. Meanwhile, EU justice ministers have agreed to introduce laws throughout the EU punishing the 'incitement of terrorism' on the internet.

Finland halts migrant transfer to Greece after UN criticism

21.04.2008 - 09:29 CET

Finland has suspended sending migrants back to Greece following the UN refugee agency's sharp criticism of conditions faced by asylum seekers in the Mediterranean country.

Brussels to reveal secret list of items banned on planes

11.04.2008 - 09:36 CET

The European Commission is facing pressure to publish a list of items banned from being carried on board airplanes, with the EU's top court adviser describing Brussels' secretive attitude as "fundamentally absurd".

Parents of missing Madeleine call for EU-wide alert system

10.04.2008 - 17:48 CET

The parents of four-year old Madeleine McCann, who has been missing for almost a year, called for a Europe-wide alert system for abducted children on Thursday, arguing that such a system could have increased the chances of recovering their daughter.

Brussels calls for 'urgent action' against organised crime in Bulgaria

08.04.2008 - 17:27 CET

The European Commission on Tuesday condemned the killings of two high-profile figures that took place in less than 24 hours in Bulgaria, calling for "urgent action" by Sofia against organised crime.

Home-grown terrorism rising in EU, Europol says

Court annuls decision to put PKK on EU terror list

Greece under fire over refugee treatment

Barroso slams Bulgaria over corruption

EU borderless zone to be extended to airports

EU data protection chief criticises fingerprint plan

Spring Survey 2008

Bulgaria and Romania unruffled by Brussels' corruption criticism

04.02.2008 - 17:21 CET

The European Commission's interim reports on Sofia and Bucharest's progress in the field of justice and home affairs have not raised any particular hackles in the two countries.

Frattini 'disappointed' by member states on child protection

04.12.2007 - 17:39 CET

The European Commission has said that it is disappointed by member states' poor record inimplementing legislation on child protection.

Frattini criticised for comments on migrant crime in Italy

16.11.2007 - 10:44 CET

The European Parliament has criticised EU commissioner Franco Frattini for comments on Italy's crackdown on crime by Romanian Roma migrants, while urging the bloc's member states to avoid collective punishments on migrant groups such as Roma.

MEPs endorse EU passport-free zone

15.11.2007 - 17:37 CET

MEPs have strongly supported extending the Schengen passport-free zone. But deputies from the "new" EU member states have warned against the creation of a 'fortress Europe' which could damage ties with border countries like Ukraine.

EU states could do much more for immigrants, says report

15.10.2007 - 18:42 CET

EU member states are not doing enough to integrate legal immigrants from outside Europe, according to a new report launched on Monday, which ranks Sweden top and Latvia last.

EU cites secret evidence against Iran group

31.05.2007 - 09:41 CET

The EU claims it has secret evidence that justifies keeping Iran opposition group PMOI on its terrorist register but cannot reveal the content for security reasons, in a situation stoking anger among some MEPs.

[Comment] Romania's backlash to kleptocracy

23.04.2007 - 17:20 CET

With all reformist ministers now out of office and with old guard former communists backing a new "black coalition," Romania's slide back towards kleptocracy is proving that the EU's "soft powers" are sometimes too soft, writes Valentina Pop.

Balkan travellers to get cheaper EU visas

16.04.2007 - 17:40 CET

People from four Balkan countries will in future benefit from cheaper and easier EU-entry visas after a new travel deal signed at the weekend, but Serbia is not in the group despite EU worries over young, alienated Serb radicals.

Spain injects immigration into EU birthday text

26.03.2007 - 09:27 CET

The German EU presidency included a last-ditch line in its Berlin Declaration that the EU would combat illegal immigration after the request of Spain, which has experienced a vast wave of illegal immigration in the past year.