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The E.U. Summit produces a pledge to cut greenhouse gases and slash energy imports
EU leaders urged international banks to help calm markets by revealing recent losses, wrapping up two days of talks that come to a close Friday with a report showing inflation in the euro area hit a new high.
The caretaker government on Monday urged the president to call early parliamentary elections in May after the Cabinet collapsed because of an impasse over how Kosovo's independence affects Serbia's pursuit of EU membership.
A legendary US investor steps to the plate to defend sovereign wealth funds, while the European Union proposed a voluntary code of conduct for governing their activities.
Face Time -- Charlie McCreevy/EU Internal Market Commissioner
British lawmakers rejected calls Wednesday to give the public a vote on adopting the new European Union reform treaty.
The United States and European Union filed a WTO case against China on Monday demanding that it loosen restraints on foreign companies vying for a greater slice of the country's lucrative market for financial information.
The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday only the tasty, crumbly stuff they have been making for 800 years around the Italian city of Parma can be called "Parmesan" cheese.
Visitors could face digital fingerprinting at airports under plans to beef up border security
Foreign ministers formally gave the go-ahead for the Union's biggest-ever peacekeeping force outside Europe
The E.U. Summit produces a pledge to cut greenhouse gases and slash energy imports
EU leaders urged international banks to help calm markets by revealing recent losses, wrapping up two days of talks that come to a close Friday with a report showing inflation in the euro area hit a new high.
The caretaker government on Monday urged the president to call early parliamentary elections in May after the Cabinet collapsed because of an impasse over how Kosovo's independence affects Serbia's pursuit of EU membership.
A legendary US investor steps to the plate to defend sovereign wealth funds, while the European Union proposed a voluntary code of conduct for governing their activities.
Face Time -- Charlie McCreevy/EU Internal Market Commissioner
British lawmakers rejected calls Wednesday to give the public a vote on adopting the new European Union reform treaty.
The United States and European Union filed a WTO case against China on Monday demanding that it loosen restraints on foreign companies vying for a greater slice of the country's lucrative market for financial information.
The European Court of Justice ruled Tuesday only the tasty, crumbly stuff they have been making for 800 years around the Italian city of Parma can be called "Parmesan" cheese.
Visitors could face digital fingerprinting at airports under plans to beef up border security
Foreign ministers formally gave the go-ahead for the Union's biggest-ever peacekeeping force outside Europe
The measures announced to combat climate change means major changes for how Europe gets its energy
True or False: Aviation's contribution to climate change is around 3 percent.
An investigation has been launched to investigate whether drug firms have been fixing the market to squeeze out copycat medicines
If Tony Blair is considering running for EU president, he may find the going tough if his weekend sojourn in France is anything to go by
The nine newest members of the European Union were celebrating on Friday after border controls officially were lifted, allowing them to move freely within the EU's passport-free zone.
Under the new proposals, carmakers that fail to meet emissions targets will face fines -- and Chancellor Merkel isn't pleased
European leaders signed a new treaty in Lisbon, Portugal on Thursday to reshape the European Union and streamline decision-making, despite criticism that the treaty strips member nations of too much power.
The European Commission has suggested there should be a cut in catches for most waters. Yet the survival of stocks comes in conflict with sustaining the livelihoods of Europe's fishermen
The European Union and the United States reached agreement on a compromise for a global warming pact Saturday, setting the stage for intense negotiations in the next two years aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions worldwide.
Though European leaders are about to sign a new treaty, the event has been dubbed a diplomatic vanity trip and an environmental extravagance
Inflation in the 13 nations that share the euro surged to 3 percent in November, the highest level since consumers began using the currency in 2002, the EU statistical agency Eurostat said Friday.
The impact of the Green Card has been noted by the European Commission, which hopes to capitalize on its success
Forging the legal framework for the European Union has not been without its problems. But 27 member states agreeing to sign a new document will help
A new treaty that will reshape the European Union's institutions and, it is hoped, streamline decision-making is a "European victory", according to the current president of the EU.
Europeans might be enjoying stateside shopping sprees, but economic chiefs want the U.S. to stop its currency's slide
The European Union and the United States should join forces to investigate the role of credit ratings agencies in the current debt market turmoil, the EU's head of financial services said Friday.
The European Commission has ditched its attempt to impose the metric system on Ireland and Britain
The European Commission cut its forecast for annual economic growth in the euro currency zone and the European Union, saying Tuesday that the recent credit crisis has "tilted the balance of risks to the downside."
A unit at a Bulgarian nuclear power station on the Danube River underwent an emergency shutdown Saturday, facility operators said.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged European Union nations Monday to accept a greater share of defense spending to cope with escalating global threats.
The European Union relaxed a ban on exports of British livestock, meat and dairy products Thursday, imposed after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in southeastern England earlier this month.
This month, CNN Business Traveller is all about Open Skies - the most dramatic change in aviation in decades. In March 2008, the Open Skies agreement will give American and European Union carriers the freedom to fly from any city in the U.S. to any EU city and vice versa.
The European Commission has expanded an informal probe into whether the licensing strategies of two rival groups of DVD developers are anti-competitive by seeking information from film studios, the EU executive said.
Why is the EU arguing, yet again, over its constitution?
European and Asian foreign ministers agreed to set a 2009 deadline to complete negotiations on a new international climate change pact to limit greenhouse gases
European Union transport ministers unanimously backed a landmark agreement with the United States on Thursday to throw open transatlantic air travel to more competition and drive down fares.
Despite the usual wrangles and disagreements between transportation negotiators from the EU and USA, a deal has been struck between the two sides that could ultimately provide more choice and cheaper tickets for passengers flying between the EU and the U.S.
One of the unseen problems of increasing environmental awareness is exactly how to dispose of toxic materials involved in making cars, regardless of the exhaust emissions of these vehicles.
Romania's arrival in the European Union has had one unexpected effect -- it has handed a significant bonus to the forces of the far right in the European Parliament.
The European Union is the world's heaviest drinking region, according to figures provided by the European Commission. The commission says it is committed to supporting programs combating alcohol-related illnesses, curbing underage alcohol consumption and to pressure beverage makers to promote responsible drinking. But the plan, which will target binge drinking and drink-driving, particularly among young people, stops short of a ban on alcohol advertising, opting to educate rather than restrict the industry's sales or publicity.
27: The number of European Union member states from January 1, 2007, in the event of Bulgarian and Romanian membership being approved on Tuesday.
The European Union plans to harmonize the size of carry-on bags with the U.S, while UK officials are set to announce an easing of air travel restrictions next week.
A European Union draft statement being discussed by EU foreign ministers Tuesday calls for "an immediate cease-fire" in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah militants, an EU official said.
Iran's nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said Thursday in Brussels that his country is "serious" about talks with the European Union on its nuclear program, according to the EU press office.
Some nations face a severe brain drain in the coming decades as a direct result of the European Union's policy to increase student mobility, experts have warned.
Voters in Montenegro have decided narrowly to sever the country's union with Serbia, a move that breaks up the last two pieces of the former Yugoslavia, according to official preliminary results from the election commission.
Iran will reject any European Union proposal to break the stalemate over its nuclear program that includes a suspension of uranium enrichment, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Monday.
Finland's parliament voted in favor of the European Union's stalled constitution on Friday, clearing the way for formal ratification which the government wants as soon as possible.
British beef producers are beginning their long battle to win back European Union customers after a decade-old export ban was officially lifted.
The European Union has condemned violence used by Belarus authorities to quell demonstrations and called for the "immediate release" of an arrested opposition leader.
A European Union panel Wednesday approved a plan to vaccinate poultry in France and the Netherlands against bird flu, in an effort to stop the spread of the disease in Europe.
European Union veterinary experts have backed plans to boost surveillance of migratory birds and impose stricter bans on imports as officials desperately tried to find ways to curb the spread of deadly bird flu on the continent.
The EU's executive office warned Iran Tuesday that attempts to boycott Danish goods or cancel trade contracts with European countries would lead to a further rupture in already cool relations.
Palestinian gunmen Thursday shut down the European Union's office in Gaza City, demanding an apology for German, French and Norwegian newspapers reprinting cartoons featuring the prophet Mohammad, Palestinian security sources said.
The European Union said it is increasing its funding in the battle against a possible bird flu pandemic as the number of deaths from the virus mounts.
The European Union says it will pledge $100 million (83 million euros) towards fighting the spread of avian flu at a conference on the virus next week in Beijing.
Ministers from 149 states have saved long-running global trade talks from collapse with an interim deal to end farm export subsidies by 2013 and open up markets in wealthier countries to the world's poorest nations.
EU leaders are working to resolve their budget deadlock, but "the issues remain difficult," British Prime Minister Tony Blair's spokesman says.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair faces a tough fight to preserve London's rebate from the European Union budget, while hosting a summit of EU leaders who want him to pay more of the costs of enlargement.
The European Union and 10 mostly Muslim Mediterranean nations have agreed on an anti-terrorism document at the end of a two-day summit in Barcelona, officials say.
The European Union has delivered a letter to Iran offering to possibly renew talks with the Islamic republic over its disputed nuclear program, an EU spokeswoman told CNN.
A Commonwealth summit has opened in Malta, with members calling for poorer countries to draw greater benefits from global markets.
The leaders of 21 Asia-Pacific nations, including U.S. President George W. Bush, have begun their annual economic summit in South Korea with a call for the European Union to do more to break the impasse in talks on securing a global trade liberalization deal.
GENEVA -(Dow Jones)- Talks among trade ministers from the world's biggest commercial powers to open global markets ended in acrimony Tuesday night.
European Union officials have imposed a temporary ban on imports of live poultry, game and feathers from Croatia after at least six swans died there from bird flu.
The European Union will show more flexibility when talks aimed at salvaging a global deal on trade resume on Wednesday, EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson said.
A new wave of suspected bird flu cases was reported across Europe and Asia Wednesday as EU officials geared up to prepare for any human pandemic.
European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday declared the spread of bird flu from Asia into Europe a "global threat" requiring international action.
European Union officials say bird flu had been found on one of the Greek isles and tests were being conducted to determine if it is the deadly H5N1 virus.
European Union foreign ministers were holding hold emergency talks in Luxembourg Tuesday on the widening bird flu scare, a day after tests in Greece indicated the virus has reached the EU for the first time.
Turkey was elated and relieved finally to have started talks on joining the European Union, but amid the joy some warned on Tuesday of big obstacles strewn on the road to membership.
Diplomats say the European Union has postponed a ceremony to mark the historic start of Turkey's membership talks, setting no new time.
Britain said the European Union was on the "edge of a precipice" on Monday over terms for historic membership talks with Turkey.
Plans for Turkey to start EU membership talks next week were under threat following a move by Austria that could block negotiations.
European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson on Tuesday urged EU member states to back a plan to release millions of euros' worth of Chinese-made garments stuck in European ports, warning that a failure to do so could lead to economic hardship.
European and Chinese trade negotiators met Monday for a fifth straight day of talks on resolving a textile dispute that has left millions of euros' worth of Chinese-made garments stuck in European ports.
Like tens of thousands of others, the Laurent family were en route to Hong Kong last week and found themselves stranded in the British capital.
European Union negotiators offered Iran long-term support for its civilian nuclear program Friday if the country pledges not to develop atomic weapons.
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced an informal European Union summit in the autumn to discuss the direction of Europe.
Bulgaria's opposition Socialists faced an uphill battle on Sunday after they won weekend elections but fell short of the absolute majority needed to form a government to lead the Balkan state into the European Union in 2007.
European Union nations are struggling to find a way forward after the failure of a two-day summit that produced neither a budget for the years ahead, nor a clear sign that the EU constitution will ever be ratified.
The two-day European Union summit has ended in failure, with its president stating, "Europe is not in a state of crisis -- it's in a state of profound crisis."
French President Jacques Chirac has called for an emergency summit to discuss the future of the European Union, reeling after French and Dutch rejections of is first constitution.
The head of the European Union has warned that the 25-nation bloc faces a "permanent crisis" over its constitution and urged leaders to "pause for reflection" on the future.
Ethiopian security forces held a number of opposition leaders under house arrest Thursday, a day after police and troops fired into crowds killing at least 22 people in the country's worst bloodshed in four years.
Euro zone finance ministers have dismissed talk of a euro zone break-up amid the crisis over the EU constitution as "absurd."
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said a referendum on the European constitution has been postponed, following the document's rejection in France and the Netherlands.
The leaders of France and Germany were set to hold crisis talks following the twin French and Dutch rejections of the proposed European Union constitution.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has vowed to keep on fighting for the proposed EU constitution.
In a sign of growing frustration over a voter backlash to a proposed European Union constitution, Luxembourg's prime minister has threatened to resign if his country rejects the charter in a referendum next month.
Just days after French voters handed the EU constitution a big "thumbs down," a slimmed-down government to be led by new Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has been unveiled.
Latvia's parliament voted overwhelmingly to support the EU constitution Thursday, a decision lawmakers and analysts said sent a message from the new Europe to the old that the approval process must continue.
The Netherlands has become the second country to reject a proposed constitution for the European Union, three days after the French turned the proposal down, leaving the EU in disarray over what steps to take next.
The European Union's trade chief said Tuesday he was "disappointed" with the U.S. decision to proceed with a trade case against the European Union for allegedly providing illegal subsidies to aircraft maker Airbus, the major competitor to U.S.-based Boeing.
Stocks edged lower early Tuesday as investors coming off a long holiday weekend faced questions about the future of a European constitution and the strength of the EU economy.
Several European countries said they would proceed with their own referendums on the EU constitution despite France's rejection, while Britain called for a period of "reflection" before deciding whether to press ahead with a vote.
Overseas voters cast their ballots on Saturday in France's crucial referendum on the European Union's constitution, with the "No" camp holding its lead in the final opinion polls.
Michele Alliot-Marie is worried that a French vote against the proposed EU constitution could cost a million lives.
France is wrapping up a divisive campaign on the new European Union constitution with most polls indicating that voters will shake the continent by rejecting the landmark charter.
EU leaders are urging Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw to reconsider his threat to use the veto to protect Britain's multi-billion pound rebate.
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