(BRUSSELS) – An EU plan to cap the price operators can charge mobile phone users while abroad was expected to clear a key hurdle in the European Parliament on Thursday.The…
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(BRUSSELS) – New EU-wide regulations came into force on Wednesday restricting the working week for lorry and coach drivers and requiring longer rest stops.Among the new measures is an obligatory…
(BRUSSELS) – The .eu online domain name is enjoying a runaway success in cyberspace with over 2.5 million registered users during its first year, the European Commission said.Booming demand for…
Climate change (BRUSSELS) – A United Nations report on the potentially devastating effects of global warming provides new backing for the European Union’s policy to limit climate change, the EU’s…
(BRATISLAVA) – Slovakia’s economy is on track for further growth and should meet adoption criteria for the euro in early 2009, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday.”Slovakia…
Trade photo (BRUSSELS) – The EU offered on Wednesday to scrap most tariffs and quotas on exports from African, Caribbean and Pacific nations to boost talks on new trade pacts,…
(BERLIN) – Germany on Wednesday welcomed signs from Poland that it is ready to lift a veto on talks between the European Union and Russia about a new cooperation pact,…
(SEOUL) – South Korea will soon start talks with the European Union for a similar free trade agreement that it recently struck with the United States, top officials said here…
(BRUSSELS) – Growth in the service sector of the 13 countries that share the euro lost more steam in March but nonetheless remained at a high level, according to a…
Prince of Wales (LONDON) – The heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, described as “crazy” European Union legislation which prevents the sale of seeds from old vegetable varieties, in…
