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San Francisco Chronicle - Tue Dec 1, 5:25 pm ET
The main points of the Lisbon Treaty which aims to simplify how the 27-nation bloc will be run in the decades ahead. The treaty came into force Tuesday. ___ POWER AND INFLUENCE IN AN EXPANDED CLUB: The EU will have a president for 2 1/2-year terms and a more... Lisbon Treaty - European Union - Tony Blair - Lisbon - EU
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CNN - Wed Dec 2, 9:16 am ET
Britain's Finance Minister on Wednesday warned the European Union's new French finance chief not to interfere with the City of London.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 8:46 am ET
European Union finance ministers agreed on Wednesday a compromise deal for pan-European oversight of banks, insurers and markets, a diplomatic source said.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 9:11 am ET
Chancellor Alistair Darling warned the European Union's new financial overseer on Wednesday against meddling with London's banking hub, amid a simmering cross-Channel row over regulation.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 2, 6:17 am ET
Brussels - Catherine Ashton defended herself against charges of diplomatic inexperience Wednesday as she met the European Parliament for the first time in her new role as the director of the European Union's foreign policy and diplomatic service. EU ...
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 1, 12:43 pm ET
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K.’s Alistair Darling will push fellow European Union finance chiefs to scale back proposed banking rules that could force EU governments to use taxpayer funds to prop up failing institutions in an emergency.
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EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 2, 4:16 am ET
Brussels - The European Union on Wednesday welcomed the United States' pledge to send an extra 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, but stressed that civilian efforts would be as important as military ones to win the conflict. EU states are divided over the...
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UPI - Fri Dec 4, 10:29 am ET
BELGRADE, Serbia, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- A Dutch parliamentarian Friday confirmed reports Holland would approve an interim trade agreement for Serbia at the EU Council of Ministers meeting next week.
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INO News - Thu Dec 3, 6:26 am ET
(AP:BRUSSELS) Utility GDP Suez SA has avoided European Union antitrust fines by striking a binding deal with regulators Thursday to open up French gas import capacity to rivals.
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UPI - Tue Dec 1, 9:05 am ET
BRUSSELS, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- European Union rules will change to allow Serbs, Macedonians and Montenegrins and travel visa-free to Europe, EU interior ministers have decided.
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UPI - Tue Dec 1, 8:18 am ET
JERUSALEM, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- European Union ministers suggested Jerusalem be the capital of Israel and any future Palestinian state, a report by Sweden, the rotating EU president says.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 1, 5:17 am ET
Stockholm - The European Union entered a new era on Tuesday when the Lisbon Treaty came into force, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said. Sweden currently holds the rotating presidency of the 27-nation bloc. Reinfeldt was scheduled to atte...
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The Inquisitr - Thu Dec 3, 9:01 am ET
With the vast number of developments in the neurology field, coupled with crazy new robots appearing on what almost seems to be a daily basis, it was only a matter of time before a thought-controlled prosthesis occurred. Now thanks to a group of European Union scientists we have the Lifehand. Lifehand is a thought-controlled prosthesis that’s [...]
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Bloomberg - Tue Dec 1, 7:43 am ET
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K.’s Alistair Darling will push fellow European Union finance chiefs to scale back proposed banking rules that could force EU governments to use taxpayers’ money to prop up failing institutions in an emergency.
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 3, 7:47 am ET
Madrid - The European Union does not regard this week's elections in Honduras as normal -but wants to find a political solution for the crisis in the Central American country, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Thursday. Moratin...