Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty Tuesday, he announced on his Web site, paving the way for major changes to the way the 27-nation bloc is run.
The European Union was days away Friday from ratification of the Lisbon Treaty after the president of the Czech Republic -- the remaining holdout in negotiations -- agreed to ratify it.
Tony Blair's chances of becoming the European Union's first full-time president were in serious trouble late on Thursday as a Brussels summit opened with a chorus of criticism from his own supposed center-left allies.
Pirates seized control of a cargo vessel near the Seychelles Thursday, one of two attacks that took place within minutes of each other off the coast of east Africa, according to the European Union Naval Force.
Airline pilots and cabin crew across Europe are holding demonstrations Monday to protest over rules governing their flying hours which they say are putting the lives of passengers at risk.
Historical tensions and overreaction on the part of both Russia and Georgia contributed to a five-day conflict between the two in 2008, a European Union fact-finding mission concluded in a report released Wednesday.
Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty Tuesday, he announced on his Web site, paving the way for major changes to the way the 27-nation bloc is run.
The European Union was days away Friday from ratification of the Lisbon Treaty after the president of the Czech Republic -- the remaining holdout in negotiations -- agreed to ratify it.
Tony Blair's chances of becoming the European Union's first full-time president were in serious trouble late on Thursday as a Brussels summit opened with a chorus of criticism from his own supposed center-left allies.
Pirates seized control of a cargo vessel near the Seychelles Thursday, one of two attacks that took place within minutes of each other off the coast of east Africa, according to the European Union Naval Force.
Airline pilots and cabin crew across Europe are holding demonstrations Monday to protest over rules governing their flying hours which they say are putting the lives of passengers at risk.
Historical tensions and overreaction on the part of both Russia and Georgia contributed to a five-day conflict between the two in 2008, a European Union fact-finding mission concluded in a report released Wednesday.
The European Union will not lift sanctions on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his allies until the country improves its human rights record and moves ahead on a power-sharing plan, an EU official said Sunday.
The European Union's new ban on incandescent light bulbs violates simple economic principles and imposes substantial hidden costs on the economy. Fluorescent bulbs don't work as claimed and have considerable disposal problems. If the new bulbs were better, consumers would choose them naturally, and could be nudged to do so by a carbon tax.
The European Union, France and Britain denounced Iran's ongoing mass trial after two embassy employees and a French citizen appeared in court Saturday on charges related to post-presidential election violence.
Financial crisis-stricken Iceland formally applied for European Union membership on Friday, a day after lawmakers narrowly backed a government plan to take the island nation into the economic and political bloc.
Cellphone users in the European Union will enjoy significant savings when "roaming" within the bloc's 27 member states from Wednesday with the introduction of new pricing rules.
From the south-eastern edge of Europe, Turkish government officials expressed concern about the gains by right-wing parties in the European Parliament elections.
Voters in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands became the first European Union citizens to go to the polls Thursday to elect a new European Parliament.
With its record $1.45 billion fine levied against Intel for allegedly anticompetitive activities, the European Commission -- the executive arm of the European Union -- is again showing its appetite for taking on and punishing big American companies.
South Korean and European Union trade officials reached a tentative free-trade accord and will seek to finalize the deal in early April, Yonhap news agency cited chief negotiators from both sides as saying Tuesday.
From the Czech Republic to Greece, the eastern part of Europe is changing so fast that you could visit every year and feel as if you've experienced something completely new.
European Union leaders have agreed to provide "appropriate" aid on a case-by-case basis to member nations battered by the global economic downturn, the union's current president said Sunday.
Iceland's new prime minister wants her country to join the European Union and adopt the euro as its official currency to help lift the Nordic nation from financial ruin, a spokesman said Tuesday.
The dollar gained against the euro Friday after a European Union report showed euro-zone inflation fell to a near-10 year low and unemployment in the region rose to a two-year high.
The European Union on Monday removed the People's Mujajedeen of Iran from its list of terrorist organizations. Forty-seven groups remain on the EU's list.
Slovakia became the first of the larger ex-communist EU members to join the European single currency on Thursday amid hope the move will provide stability in the global economic storm.
The European Union will launch its first naval operation Tuesday, protecting vessels from pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia, EU policy chief Javier Solana announced Monday.
The European Union has launched a fact-finding mission to determine the causes of the August war between Georgia and Russia, an EU spokeswoman said Tuesday.
An EU ban restricting the sale of imperfect-looking fruit and vegetables is expected to be overturned on Wednesday, allowing curvy cucumbers and knobbly carrots to return to the shops.
The automobile is synonymous with the personal freedom and high standard of living of the consumer lifestyle. Greening the motor industry is about proving that that lifestyle is compatible with the fight against climate change.
This time they really do need to march in step. The first time a clutch of EU leaders got together as the world slipped into economic meltdown there was no unity. Soon the world was asking if an EU with 15 members inside the Eurozone and the other dozen using their own currencies was even capable of making a useful contribution.
European finance ministers agreed Tuesday to raise the minimum guarantee of bank deposits to 50,000 euros ($68,600) across all EU member states and to work together on measures to address the credit crisis.
European Union monitors began patrolling Georgian territory under a French-brokered peace deal, facing a Russian military that seemed reluctant to retreat
European Union heads of state and government meet in Brussels on Monday to discuss what to do following Russia's crushing of Georgia. Can they make a better job of facing down Russia's new assertiveness than NATO's foreign ministers did?
The European Commission has opened an antitrust probe into a revenue-sharing deal between British Airways PLC, American Airlines and Spain's Iberia SA, a spokesman said Friday
The U.S., European Union and international security organizations Friday called for an end to fighting between Georgia and militant separatists that has dragged in Russian forces.
The European Union will not draft a new treaty after Irish voters rejected the existing one last month, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Wednesday.
Nicolas Sarkozy had intended to take Europe by storm with an exciting new agenda when France inherited the six-month revolving presidency of the EU on July 1. Instead he is being buffeted by storms of others' making, forced into a patch-and-mend role on the European constitution.
France has officially taken over the six-month presidency of the European Union
from Slovenia, and the French President has already promised an action-packed program
There is often an air of theatrical unreality about EU summits. This one seems to be the Keystone Cops Meets Othello, or any other tragedy you care to name.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed there was no point in continuing accession talks with Croatia and Turkey until the current 27 members agreed on their future
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez threatened not to sell oil to European Union countries that follow new rules on immigration, but oil analysts said the threat was largely symbolic since no European country buys oil from Venezuela.
European leaders met Thursday for the first time since Ireland rejected the EU's new constitution, with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen expected to be on the end of some tough questioning.
The European Parliament on Wednesday approved controversial new rules for expelling illegal immigrants from the bloc, overcoming opposition and protests
The European Union has agreed to freeze the overseas assets of Iran's Bank Melli, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Monday, but a spokeswoman for the EU's foreign policy chief said no decision had been reached.
Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen said Friday that he was disappointed that Irish voters rejected the European Union reform treaty, but said the government "accepts and respects the verdict of the Irish people."
It is difficult to assess who is the most embarrassed by the Irish voters' rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, the EU's planned new constitution subtly re-packaged as a series of treaty amendments.
European Union members will learn Friday afternoon whether Irish voters have shot down or supported their latest attempt to create a new governing treaty.
A legendary US investor steps to the plate to defend sovereign wealth funds, while the European Union proposed a voluntary code of conduct for governing their activities.
The nine newest members of the European Union were celebrating on Friday after border controls officially were lifted, allowing them to move freely within the EU's passport-free zone.
European leaders signed a new treaty in Lisbon, Portugal on Thursday to reshape the European Union and streamline decision-making, despite criticism that the treaty strips member nations of too much power.
The European Commission has suggested there should be a cut in catches for most waters. Yet the survival of stocks comes in conflict with sustaining the livelihoods of Europe's fishermen
The European Union and the United States reached agreement on a compromise for a global warming pact Saturday, setting the stage for intense negotiations in the next two years aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions worldwide.
Inflation in the 13 nations that share the euro surged to 3 percent in November, the highest level since consumers began using the currency in 2002, the EU statistical agency Eurostat said Friday.
A new treaty that will reshape the European Union's institutions and, it is hoped, streamline decision-making is a "European victory", according to the current president of the EU.
The European Union and the United States should join forces to investigate the role of credit ratings agencies in the current debt market turmoil, the EU's head of financial services said Friday.
The European Commission cut its forecast for annual economic growth in the euro currency zone and the European Union, saying Tuesday that the recent credit crisis has "tilted the balance of risks to the downside."
French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged European Union nations Monday to accept a greater share of defense spending to cope with escalating global threats.
The European Union relaxed a ban on exports of British livestock, meat and dairy products Thursday, imposed after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in southeastern England earlier this month.
This month, CNN Business Traveller is all about Open Skies - the most dramatic change in aviation in decades. In March 2008, the Open Skies agreement will give American and European Union carriers the freedom to fly from any city in the U.S. to any EU city and vice versa.
The European Commission has expanded an informal probe into whether the licensing strategies of two rival groups of DVD developers are anti-competitive by seeking information from film studios, the EU executive said.
European and Asian foreign ministers agreed to set a 2009 deadline to complete negotiations on a new international climate change pact to limit greenhouse gases
European Union transport ministers unanimously backed a landmark agreement with the United States on Thursday to throw open transatlantic air travel to more competition and drive down fares.
Despite the usual wrangles and disagreements between transportation negotiators from the EU and USA, a deal has been struck between the two sides that could ultimately provide more choice and cheaper tickets for passengers flying between the EU and the U.S.
One of the unseen problems of increasing environmental awareness is exactly how to dispose of toxic materials involved in making cars, regardless of the exhaust emissions of these vehicles.
Romania's arrival in the European Union has had one unexpected effect -- it has handed a significant bonus to the forces of the far right in the European Parliament.
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