(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…
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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…
(BRUSSELS) – Retailers in the 13 countries sharing the euro saw their sales rise in February as German spending bounced back from a value added tax hike the previous month,…
New implementing rules for EU funds, set up today by the European Commission, will simplify access to EU funding and cut associated administrative burdens, particularly for smaller businesses.For the first…
