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BRUSSELS -- Portuguese brewers in probe The European Commission yesterday launched a surprise investigation at two large Portuguese beer companies as part of a probe into suspected price fixing and [...]

European Union govern-ments agreed last night to ban the feeding of meat-based meal to all farm animals as part of a toughening of measures to combat BSE, or mad cow [...]

European Union governments agreed last night to ban the feeding of meat-based meal to all farm animals as part of a toughening of measures to combat BSE - mad cow [...]

Britain's fishing fleet faces big losses in income and jobs after the European Commission yesterday proposed cuts in catches of up to 75 per cent to avert threatened collapses in [...]

Shipbuilding aid faces axe in EU The European Commission is to oppose prolonging state aid for European Union shipbuilding when the current regime runs out at the end of the [...]

The European Commission yesterday proposed a ban on meat-based animal feed as part of EU-wide controls to tackle BSE, or mad cow disease, and restore consumer confidence in beef. The [...]

A trade dispute between the US and European Union over soya production seems likely following yesterday's recommendation by the European Commission to ban meat and bone meal (MBM) in all [...]

The European Commission is expected today to approve a 'top to bottom' reform of disciplinary procedures for staff as part of efforts to improve effectiveness and restore credibility. The European [...]

European Union countries yesterday threw their weight behind a big increase in post-mortem tests on dead cattle in an attempt to allay public concern over BSE, or mad cow disease. [...]

The European Union is to spend up to Euros 60m (Pounds 36m) to support the French beef market amid fears prices will fall in the wake of public concern over [...]

The European Commission is to propose that European Union countries test millions of cows each year for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, in an attempt to alleviate [...]

The European Commission yesterday promised to do all it could to ensure the European Union enlarged by mid-2004 as potential members broadly welcomed positive assessments by the EU executive of [...]

The European Commission will today unveil long-awaited plans for the creation of a food safety authority. The agency will eventually employ more than 300 people, have an annual budget of [...]

The islands of Cyprus and Malta appear to be the best equipped economically of the 13 countries queueing to join the European Union, according to a long-awaited assessment of candidate [...]

The European Commission will today dash hopes of an early enlargement of the European Union when it outlines plans to prolong negotiations with aspiring members for at least another 18 [...]

The European Union looks likely to take action against South Korea in the World Trade Organisation after European shipbuilders yesterday filed a complaint over state aid to the Korean industry. [...]

Hopes for a fundamental reform of the European Union sugar regime have receded after a majority of governments said the existing system should be kept in place for five to [...]

'Nothing concentrates the mind more than having the barrel of a gun pointed at you.' With a paraphrase of Lenin, Paavo Lipponen, the normally understated prime minister of Finland, described [...]

The prospects for the first former Soviet bloc countries to join the European Union in 2004 will be boosted next month when the EU's executive gives a positive assessment of [...]

Six Latin American countries yesterday rejected European Union proposals for reforming its banana imports regime and threatened to challenge the new regime at the World Trade Organisation. Colombia, Costa Rice, [...]

The European Commission yesterday backed proposals aimed at ending a long-running banana trade dispute with the US and Latin American countries, in the hope it would lead to the lifting [...]

Romano Prodi, the president of the European Commission, yesterday launched a fight to win back the political initiative by condemning reform ideas favoured by French President Jacques Chirac and leaders [...]

European Commission staff are to be instructed in the art of polite telephone conversation, as part of a 'good behaviour' code to improve relations with the public. Under legally binding [...]

Germany will be told today it should cut taxes on labour further as the European Commission takes EU countries to task over their job creation policies. The EU's executive will [...]

The European Commission yesterday declared EU enlargement the 'greatest task of this generation of Europeans' as it rebuked Gunter Verheugen, enlargement commissioner, for appearing to suggest plans be delayed. 'This [...]

Olaf, the European Union's internal fraud investigation unit, has failed to make its mark in improving the protection of EU finances even after a year of operation. The unit's surveillance [...]

Olaf, the European Union's internal fraud investigation unit, has failed to make its mark in improving the protection of EU finances even after a year of operation. The unit's surveillance [...]

Few things in life are as simple as bananas. They are, after all, a basic foodstuff. They grow on trees. But try creating a trade regime for them and problems [...]

The European Commission is on a collision course with EU governments after outlining plans to end a two-year moratorium on licensing genetically modified products. The EU's executive said yesterday it [...]

The European Commission yesterday warned it would recommend abolishing EU quotas for banana imports unless it won support for its preferred system for regulating the trade by mid-October. Franz Fischler, [...]

The European Commission yesterday warned it would recommend abolishing EU quotas for banana imports unless it won support for its preferred system for regulating the trade by mid-October. Franz Fischler, [...]

Air traffic across Europe was severely disrupted yesterday as a result of a 24-hour strike by French air traffic controllers protesting at plans put forward by the European Commission for [...]

European Union airline passengers who suffer delays would be given a legal right to ticket reimbursement or an early alternative flight under controversial proposals to be unveiled in Brussels today. [...]

EU PROPOSAL Goals to fight social exclusion European Union countries are to draw up annual action plans to combat 'social exclusion' under proposals expected to be agreed today by the [...]

European Union rice growers are to lose the guarantee of minimum prices under a reform proposed by the European Commission yesterday to balance supply and demand and increase competitiveness. In [...]

European Union plans to outlaw sexual harassment in the workplace came under fire yesterday from employers. Unice, representing private-sector organisations, agreed harassment should be tackled but argued it should not [...]

WORKPLACE LEGISLATION Harassment plan under attack European Union plans to outlaw sexual harassment in the workplace came under fire yesterday from employers. Unice, representing private sector organisations, agreed harassment should [...]

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PROPOSAL Bigger tobacco health warnings Health warnings would cover 40 per cent of the front of cigarette packets and 50 per cent of the back under proposals endorsed [...]

The European Commission yesterday threatened legal action after uncovering evidence that banks are systematically breaking the law by double charging customers for transfers of small sums across borders. According to [...]

EU citizens would be able to compare the healthcare systems of different countries under a Euros 300m (Pounds 180m) programme to fight disease approved yesterday by the European Commission. They [...]

European Union countries will today be asked to increase by up to six-fold the proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources including solar and wind power as part of a [...]

European Union governments are to be asked for the fifth time to support a collective ban on animal parts thought to pose a risk to human health - and this [...]

BIOTECHONOLGY Brussels forms advisory team The European Commission has created a high-level team of scientists to advise on biotechnology amid growing public unease on issues such as genetically modified organisms [...]

The European Commission is to take France to the European court of justice over telecoms pricing to ensure against discrimination toward France Telecom's competitors. The EU executive's decision to take [...]

The European Commission has launched legal action against Germany, Italy and Spain over telecommunications pricing and unveiled a blueprint for increasing competition in the sector. Mario Monti, European Union competition [...]

NORTHERN EUROPE Threat from record ozone loss North Europeans face increased risk of skin cancer and eye cataracts after record losses in Arctic ozone levels, found by a team of [...]

The US is challenging European Union claims that the so-called 'precautionary principle' - used to justify sales embargoes on some genetically modified (GM) foods and other products - is enshrined [...]

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Better safety laws sought The European Commission yesterday proposed tightening product safety laws in a move aimed at providing greater protection for consumers. The proposals, which must be [...]

AIRCRAFT NOISE Hopes rise of 'hushkits' deal Hopes rose last night for a breakthrough in an aircraft noise dispute between the US and the European Union after 'positive' talks involving [...]