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AP via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 7:55 am ET
The United States should be ready to spell out its long-term vision for reducing carbon emissions over the next two decades, not just until 2020, the European Union said Tuesday.
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UPI - Tue Nov 24, 6:20 pm ET
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- The European Union should respect territorial integrity and sovereignty in a common principle for the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, analysts said.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 10:11 am ET
Brussels - Jose Manuel Barroso vowed to create a strong team Wednesday as European Union heavyweights vying for the bloc's most treasured portfolios piled pressure on the head of the European Commission. I am pleased to have received nominations f...
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 8:56 am ET
Stockholm - The Swedish presidency of the European Union Wednesday condemned the massacre of more than 50 people earlier this week in the southern Philippines. Sweden, holder of the rotating presidency of the 27-nation bloc, said it was confident aut...
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TechWorld - Wed Nov 25, 6:30 am ET
Bureaucrats compromise on copyright infringement After two years of often bitter debate, the European Parliament approved a raft of new telecom laws.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Nov 25, 8:11 am ET
Copenhagen - Danish opposition parties Wednesday failed to persuade Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen to call a referendum on some of the country's current opt-outs from the European Union. We should not be too hasty, he said after a meeting with...
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 1:10 pm ET
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Connie Hedegaard , Denmark’s minister for climate and energy, will become the Nordic country’s new European Union commissioner, Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen’s office said.
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San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Nov 24, 4:09 pm ET
William Kennard, former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has resigned from the board of the New York Times Co. to become the U.S. ambassador to the European Union. Kennard, who served as the head of the FCC under President Bill Clinton, was... European Union - Bill Clinton - New York Times - Federal Communications Commission - William Kennard
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San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Nov 24, 3:09 pm ET
U.S. senators are pressuring European antitrust regulators to hurry their investigation of Oracle Corp.'s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc., citing Sun's "precarious" financial condition and fears about more layoffs at the struggling computing... Sun Microsystems - Oracle Corporation - European Union - Oracle - Competition law
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San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Nov 24, 12:56 pm ET
European Union antitrust regulators on Tuesday dropped a monopoly abuse probe into wireless chip maker Qualcomm Inc. after mobile phone companies withdrew complaints about high royalty fees. Broadcom Corp., NEC Corp., Nokia Corp., LM Ericsson, Panasonic... European Union - Mobile phone - Qualcomm - Ericsson - Mobile
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Bloomberg - Tue Nov 24, 9:05 am ET
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- European Union officials raided the offices of CEZ AS , the largest Czech utility, and other Czech companies, searching for evidence that CEZ may have unlawfully excluded competitors and raised wholesale electricity prices.
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The San Angelo Standard-Times - Mon Nov 23, 6:48 pm ET
SAN ANGELO, Texas —The European Union can’t be accused of being dazzled by celebrity and star power in its choices for its first president and first foreign minister under the recently ratified Lisbon Treaty.The 27 nations bypassed America’s favorite Brit, Tony Blair, in favor of little-known Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy and the even-more-obscure Catherine Ashton, currently the EU ...
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AP via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Nov 24, 7:48 am ET
European Union antitrust regulators said Tuesday they made surprise raids Monday on the Czech Republic's state-owned electricity supplier CEZ and other companies in search of evidence that CEZ shut out rivals and hiked power prices.
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CNN - Mon Nov 23, 8:26 pm ET
A European Union commissioner Monday told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that Europe's policy toward Cuba in the future will place less emphasis on human rights in the island nation than now.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 1:17 pm ET
European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso announced the nominations for his new team Wednesday, with conservatives to the fore and more women members than the outgoing EU executive.