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EU-funded think tanks defend their credibility

29.01.2010 @ 09:15 CET

The European Commission will in 2010 pay €6.7 million in subsidies to a group of think-tanks and NGOs, posing questions about their impartiality.

EU commission justifies Haiti 'visibility' concerns

28.01.2010 @ 12:44 CET

The European Commission has said that improving the EU's "visibility" as an aid donor is a secondary concern next to helping the victims of the Haiti earthquake.

France and Germany to unveil 10-year plan

04.02.2010 @ 09:28 CET

Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy are set to unveil their own economic and political strategy document in an attempt to put some substance in the widely advertised but not always smoothly working partnership between the EU's two major economies.

Spy hunters give all clear to new Bulgarian nominee

26.01.2010 @ 17:35 CET

A special committee for rooting out collaborators with Bulgaria's Communist-era secret services has given the all clear to the country's new European Commission nominee, Kristalina Georgieva

Lithuanian foreign minister quits in CIA prison row

22.01.2010 @ 09:14 CET

Lithuania's foreign minister has resigned his post following a sharp disagreement between him and his president over whether the country had held detainees at a secret CIA prison.

Europe and Israel cement relations at Holocaust solemnities

27.01.2010 @ 09:44 CET

Sixty five years after Soviet troops liberated the German death camp in Auschwitz, Poland, European leaders will on Wednesday pay tribute to Jewish suffering during the Holocaust.

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Rumiana Jeleva's resignation letter

19.01.2010 @ 14:32 CET

The full text of the Rumiana Jeleva resignation letter, in an unofficial translation from Bulgarian into English by EUobserver.

MEPs to decide Bulgarian candidate's fate

19.01.2010 @ 09:24 CET

The fate of Bulgarian commission nominee Rumiana Jeleva is to be decided on Tuesday at a behind-closed-doors meeting of MEPs on the development committee, after parliament lawyers said her financial declaration is broadly in line with the rules.

MEPs clear 25 out of 26 commission nominees

21.01.2010 @ 15:15 CET

EU parliament president, Jerzy Buzek, has said that MEPs have approved 25 out of the 26 nominees for the next EU commission, with a plenary vote on the whole team scheduled for 9 February.

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Bulgarian justice ministry clears Jeleva nomination

15.01.2010 @ 09:20 CET

Concerns about Rumiana Jeleva's competence are set to come to the fore as documents emerge appearing to exonerate the Bulgarian nominee in terms of financial disclosure.

Conservatives counter-attack in defence of Jeleva

14.01.2010 @ 09:43 CET

The Parliament's centre-right group mounted an attack on one of the left's commissioner candidates on Wednesday, while defending their own contested nominee from Bulgaria. The political scrap may delay plans to have the new European Commission up and running on 1 February.

Parliament threatens to derail EU-US bank data deal

18.01.2010 @ 09:28 CET

The European Parliament is threatening to derail an interim agreement allowing US authorities to track European bank transactions in terrorism investigations.

Socialists question competence of Lithuanian nominee

13.01.2010 @ 09:28 CET

The Socialist group in the European Parliament on Tuesday took aim at Lithuania's commissioner designate, raising "serious doubts" about his ability to deal with the tax and anti-fraud portfolio.

Anti-corruption candidate wins Croatia election

11.01.2010 @ 09:25 CET

Social Democrat law professor and classical music composer Ivo Josipovic won Croatia's presidential elections on Sunday, pledging to back the centre-right government's efforts against corruption on the path to EU accession.

Van Rompuy makes debut at Turkey-sceptic gathering

08.01.2010 @ 09:23 CET

Herman Van Rompuy on Thursday delivered his first official speech as president of the EU council at a party gathering of Bavarian conservatives, just days after the group caused a stir in Turkey with a paper underlining its opposition to the country's membership of the EU.

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