European stocks pulled back on Thursday, failing to gain traction from a surprise drop in US unemployment claims, while Citigroup earnings disappointed. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day down just 0.07 percent at 6,815.42 points. Frankfurt…
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US President Barack Obama will head to Brussels on March 26 to attend an EU-US summit, a European source told AFP Friday. The meeting is expected to give Obama the opportunity to mend ties with the 28-nation bloc, after tensions over revelations that…
The EU food safety watchdog warned Friday that exposure levels to Bisphenol A (BPA), already implicated as a health concern for babies, should be cut by a factor of 10. The European Food Safety Authority said a review of recent studies showed “exposure…
A rare opportunity to change the path of copyright in Europe has emerged, but there’s not much time to take advantage of it. The European Commission (EC) has opened up for public comment copyright policy across the European Union for the first time…
The United States and the European Union on Friday ended a third round of talks to create the world’s largest free-trade area to boost growth and jobs in their huge economies. US and EU trade officials wrapped up five days of negotiations in Washington…
The Standard and Poor’s ratings agency on Friday downgraded the European Union’s long-term credit rating one notch, from “AAA” to “AA+”, citing weaker credit worthiness among the bloc. “The downgrade… reflects our view of weaker creditworthiness among…
The European Union took a historic leap towards greater integration just hours ahead of a summit Thursday, with a deal on a banking union aimed at preventing a repeat of the eurozone’s crippling crises of the past. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, just…
The European Commission said Wednesday it would ban meat from cloned animals but stopped short of imposing restrictions on produce from the offspring of such animals, a hugely sensitive issue. Animal rights groups attacked the plan as not going far…
Talks between experts from Iran and world powers on implementing last month’s nuclear deal will resume on Thursday in Geneva, a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Wednesday. “The technical talks will be resumed tomorrow and…
Catholic leader in England and Wales urges rethink on spousal visas and warns many families are split by new income rules
Malta has announced it is selling passports to foreign investors for £546,000, but that’s cheap compared with other countries, such as Britain and the US
Proposal emerges among range of measures including tougher employment criteria in leaked government report
Ireland on Sunday became the first eurozone nation to leave its bailout programme but celebrations were muted as the country faces more austerity despite the end of the three-year rescue package. Dublin turned to the International Monetary Fund and…
The European Commission approved on Wednesday Microsoft’s nearly 5.5-billion-euro takeover of the mobile phone business of Finland’s Nokia which once dominated the global industry. The acquisition does “not raise any competition concerns, in particular…
Russian strongman Vladimir Putin on Monday slammed street protests in Ukraine against the government’s decision not to sign a key agreement with the European Union and seek closer ties with the Kremlin. “The events in Ukraine seem more like a pogrom…
The European Union will on Friday begin imposing anti-dumping measures on some Chinese solar panels whose manufacturers rejected an amicable settlement. The two-year measures will enter into force on Friday December 6, said the EU Commission, and will…
Croatians voted on Sunday in a referendum that could ban same-sex marriage in this conservative and Catholic country, an issue that polarises the European Union’s newest member. Discrimination or protection of family values, human rights or gay activists…