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The social partners of the agro-food industry have decided to launch a sectoral social dialogue based on the recommendation adopted, in 2009, by the EU's high-level group on the competitiveness [...]

Top Obama administration officials have sought to address what they say are 'overblown' concerns raised primarily among Europeans about the ability of U.S. law enforcement agencies to access information stored [...]

2012 has been designated the European Year of Active Ageing and Solidarity Between Generations by the European Union. The EU said it offered a chance to reflect on how Europeans [...]

By virtue of the precautionary principle, the EU has alerted consumers to a risk of botulism - a serious neurological disease caused by an extremely potent toxin produced by the [...]

Greece was again hit by strikes, protests and rioting, as the parliament voted in favour of a crucial new round of austerity measures and economic reforms. The European Union and [...]

The European Commission's choices for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) - namely the greening', capping and redistribution of direct aid - are being examined in an impact [...]

On 13 April, the European Commission decided on an additional allocation of 10 million to ensure evacuation of foreigners from Libya and repatriation to their home country. 'Every passing day [...]

The unexpected political earthquake in Northern Africa - the ousting of the autocratic regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, a violent revolution in Libya and popular protests in Algeria, Morocco and [...]

The EU's cyber security agency, ENISA, has published a study on the botnet threat and how to address it. The report makes recommendations for all groups involved in the fight [...]

Lancashire County Council has issued a request for between three and five tenders to provide superfast broadband to the county within three years at a cost of [pounds sterling]20m to [...]

Lancaster City Council has scrapped support for a 'digital village pump' pilot project that would have provided at least seven remote Lancashire villages with fibre to the home (FTTH) for [...]

Byline: Graham Dunn Brussels After the progress pushed through during Belgium's presidency of the EU, the industry wants the foot kept on the pedal Long-sought progress in implementing the Single [...]

The European Commission's (EC) largest ever software contract is in 'direct contradiction' of EU guidelines, according to campaign group Free Software Foundation Europe (FSF). The EC signed the [euro]189m SACHA [...]

No increase in quotas, a slight decrease for black scabbardfish and roundnose grenadier and the status quo for the majority of other species: the EU's fisheries ministers unanimously reached a [...]

The Future of Rural Energy in Europe (FREE), a loose group of associations and companies, wants the EU to focus more on rural areas in future energy policy. The EU's [...]

On the first anniversary of the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty, on 1 December, the European Union's institutions stayed rather quiet. There were no grand celebrations, just a [...]

Europe has the best data protection laws in the world, but the rapid pace of technology change has prompted new questions and challenges, according to Viviane Reding, the EC justice, [...]

The European Union has launched an investigation into Google's business practices. The European Commission (EC) investigation follows several complaints from rival search engines accusing Google of abusing its position as [...]

After much speculation the Irish government said it had asked the European Union and the IMF for a bail-out to help it meet the costs of propping up its struggling [...]

legislation EU privacy laws to demand greater transparency on the web The European Commission (EC) has recommended updating privacy laws to make it easier for citizens to delete private data, [...]

The Cabinet Office is taking legal advice over its [pounds sterling]5.8bn cost-cutting IT programme after admitting that its G-Cloud project presents a significant challenge under EU procurement law. The G-Cloud [...]

The European Union is considering establishing pan-EU resolution bodies to deal with failing international lenders quickly and prevent national authorities from acting unilaterally, according to a draft document. Different rules [...]

UK data protection law needs to provide greater clarity for individuals and businesses, says the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). In particular, the ICO wants clarity on the definition of personal [...]

On 10 March this year, the Union's High Representative, Catherine Ashton, addressed the European Parliament and outlined her top three priorities for a coherent EU Arctic policy. The first was [...]

Even during the holiday season, the EU remains present for European citizens. It is precisely to defend this message that the EU executive has issued a reminder of a series [...]

Hu Jintao President of China, which decided last week to drop its tie to the US dollar. The yuan is now likely to appreciate, making exports more expensive. Commentators say [...]

AVOLON AEROSPACE The lessor formed by ex-RBS Aviation financier Dómhnal Slattery received European Union approval to launch operations, with $1.4 billion in private equity and debt financing. Avolon's first move [...]

The Highways Agency is looking for suppliers to provide a scalable platform which will be used for at least 15 years. According to the prior information notice issued on the [...]

by Brendan Coyne Consumers could save billions of pounds if smart meters were designed to interact with intelligent distribution networks, or smart grids. A report by Imperial College and the [...]

European law should require digital equipment makers to build in an easy, free way to delete all personal data, according to Peter Hustinx, the European data protection supervisor. Privacy and [...]

A study by the Committee of European Securities Regulators into how the Market Abuse Directive is applied has found wide divergence in national regulatory practices. CESRs report examined how different [...]

Timothy Geithner, the U.S. Treasury secretary, made a new plea to European lawmakers not to discriminate against U.S. fund managers as they negotiate new rules for the hedge fund and [...]

EU lawmakers want to equip the proposed European Securities and Markets Authority with the ability to adopt decisions in emergency situations without waiting for orders from the European Systemic Risk [...]

Running an international business from a sunny island in the Mediterranean may have many advantages, but there are a few practical disadvantages too. An obvious drawback is that you cannot [...]

Despite being one of the smallest countries within the EU, Malta's open but diverse economy - based upon financial and other related services, tourism and higher value-added manufacturing activity - [...]

The European Union called for Google to provide people advance notice when its Street View vehicles are roving European streets to take pictures and asked that these images be deleted [...]

U.S. carriers now offer a range of 'user friendly' door-to-door programs. With the deadline for Western European market unification just over 100 days off, U.S.-based carriers are making sure shippers [...]

Byline: ADRIAN LADBURY Europe's top regulator last week adopted plans to overhaul the financial supervisory system through the creation of a board to oversee systemic risk and individual supervisory authorities [...]

Whatever you do, don't call Gibraltar an 'offshore tax haven'' this is an image it has been trying to shake off for 15 years. Gibraltar is a self-governing parliamentary democracy [...]

Questions vex non-EU companies, but answers are not far away FEWER THAN 18 months remain until the first major registration deadline for the EU's Reach chemical control program - November [...]

The industry is running out of time to comply with the EU's Reach chemical legislation, according to the European Chemicals Agency THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is so concerned about [...]

ZOE DOUBLE/BUDAPEST THE EUROPEAN Commission is cracking down on EU member states in Central and Southeast Europe that do not have intra-day trading systems in place. The announcement came from [...]

EU invites bids for [euro]4bn in energy funding Project developers hoping to cash in on nearly [euro]4bn ($5.5bn) of EU funds earmarked for new energy infrastructure have until July 15 [...]

A number of member states will have to pay back into the EU budget a total of 126.7 million corresponding to irregular expenditure under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). A [...]

Jeremy Woolfe says the economic crisis has seen a startling transformation in the bureaucratic, red-tape approach of the EU If you go back a year or so and look at […]

Advisers are about to be hit by a "tidal wave of reforms" from Europe that will influence the direction of the RDR, according to the Financial Inclusion Centre. Director Mick […]