Response to Hungary is test for EU
16.05.13 @ 17:21
Faced with a deteriorating situation on human rights and democracy in Hungary, Brussels has failed to show the necessary resolve.
Criminals prefer virtual currencies
15.05.13 @ 09:27
Criminals are using bitcoins and other unregulated digital currencies as a payment method of choice when blackmailing companies following a data breach.
EU to extend welfare rights, despite UK warning
08.05.13 @ 17:59
The EU commission wants to extend EU nationals' welfare rights despite a warning on "benefit tourism" by major EU countries.
EU police agencies reject cost-cutting merger
07.05.13 @ 22:20
The European police college Cepol and the EU police agency Europol have rejected a proposal to merge the two in a cost cutting measure.
Cyprus gets €2bn despite money laundering concerns
14.05.13 @ 00:02
The EU on Monday said many Cypriot banks do not know who their customers really are, but wired Nicosia €2 billion anyway.
Survey: Croatia and Slovenia most corrupt in EU
08.05.13 @ 09:28
Croatia, about to enter the EU, is one of the most corrupt countries in Europe. But Slovenia - an EU and euro member - is even worse.
The man behind the EU parliament's data regulation
06.05.13 @ 09:28
German Green Jan Philipp Albrecht is overseeing one of the most complex pieces of legislation to ever hit the European Parliament.
Blogs
High prison populations result of policy, not crime: study
03.05.13 @ 16:58
Prison populations and overcrowding in member states is linked to sentence length and not to the number of people incarcerated.
EU anti-fraud chief defends his name
23.04.13 @ 20:48
Olaf has been unjustly accused of wrongdoing over the Dalli affair, its chief, Giovanni Kessler, has said amid calls for his resignation.
Irregular migrant numbers to EU drop by half
19.04.13 @ 09:21
The number of people trying to get into the EU dropped by around a half in 2012, says the EU's border agency.
French leader promises anti-tax-cheat crusade
11.04.13 @ 09:28
French leader Hollande has promised to "eradicate" tax havens in the EU and in the wider world, after his approval rating fell to 26 percent following a tax scandal.
MEPs vote down air passenger data scheme
24.04.13 @ 18:44
Euro-deputies have rejected a proposal obliging airlines to pass personal details of EU passengers to national authorities.
From Dalligate to Olafgate: supervisors condemn EU anti-fraud office
23.04.13 @ 10:53
Olaf violated its mandate and broke EU laws in its John Dalli probe, a leaked report by its supervisors says.
Hungary to pay EU fines via new tax on own citizens
17.04.13 @ 14:47
Hungary plans to pass on the cost of EU fines through a new tax on its own citizens, in the latest move to annoy Brussels.
Euro-deputies back suspending Balkan visa-free regime as 'last resort'
09.04.13 @ 09:55
A sudden increase in unfounded EU asylum claims from Balkan nations could see their visa-free regimes temporarily revoked, say euro-deputies.
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