Europe News

EU will hit Russia with tougher sanctions if Ukraine truce fails, Merkel says

The EU is ready to Russia with tougher sanctions if a ceasefire deal brokered last month is seriously violated, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said

04/03/2015

Europe News

EU officials set sights on new drone directive

EU officials want to set up a legal framework to govern the use of drones, amid safety and security concerns. The European Commission is collecting

02/03/2015

France

EU lets France off the hook again for breaching spending rules

France has been let off the hook yet again for breaking EU spending rules. Paris has breached an EU mandated budget deficit target of three percent

25/02/2015

Greece

Greece delivers economic reform plans as part of bailout extension

Greece has sent a list of economic reform plans to the International Monetary Fund and European institutions, according to Reuters, citing a source

24/02/2015

Hungary

Orban loses 'supermajority' in Hungary parliament

A by-election in Hungary has dealt a blow to Prime Minister Viktor Orban who’s faced accusations of being power hungry. His governing Fidesz party

23/02/2015

Europe News

EU extends Mediterranean rescue mission until 2015

Faced with an influx of migrants from the Middle East and Africa, the EU has extended its rescue mission off the Italian coast until the end of 2015

19/02/2015

Greece

Greece : PM looks set to ask for a six month loan and vote on a new president

Greece intends to ask for a six month extension of its loan agreement with the eurozone today but ministers stressed it would not be the same as the

17/02/2015

World

Jyrki Katainen says reform is as vital as economic stimulus

Greece dominates the headlines when it comes to the European economy. But the story is bigger than that. It is also about growth and getting people

13/02/2015

Europe News

Eurozone officials seek Greek debt deal

Eurozone finance ministers want to clinch an interim debt deal with Greece on Wednesday. Athens wants to strike an agreement on stop gap financing

10/02/2015

My Europe Series

How the EU's Passenger Names Record system might affect you

The issues raised by the EU’s European Passenger Names Record system are complex and potentially controversial. Hans in Copehagen asks: “There is a

06/02/2015

Europe News

EU opens Belgium tax probe

EU officials opened an investigation into the tax affairs of major multinationals in Belgium on Tuesday. The probe focuses on so-called “excess

03/02/2015

My Europe Series

Europe Weekly: Europeans still reeling from Paris terror attacks

In this week’s edition of Europe Weekly: Belgian police storm a suspected jihadist hideout in eastern Belgium; EU officials unveil new planned

23/01/2015

Belgium

EU pushes for quick decision on new anti-terror law

The EU wants a quick decision on a new law that will force governments to share air passenger data. The draft bill, first proposed in 2011, is being

21/01/2015

World News

EU foreign ministers hold Brussels talks over terrorism threat

European foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels today to discuss security boosting measures. Sharing information and coordinating the work of

19/01/2015

Cyprus

Cyprus Airways ends operations after EU state aid decision

09/01/2015

Europe News

Brussels joins tributes for Charlie Hebdo victim

Brussels have joined other capitals around the world in paying a silent tribute to the slain Charlie Hebdo journalists. Officials from the major

08/01/2015

World News

Poll for Europe

2014 was also marked by a major poll for millions of Europeans. In May, voters in the 28 member states voted for their new representatives in the

19/12/2014

Economy

EU summit agrees 300 billion euro fund to avert crisis

EU leaders have agreed to launch an investment fund that could generate up to 300 billion euros to jump start the bloc’s sluggish economies and

19/12/2014

Greece

EU commissioner warns Greek non-payment of bailout debts would be 'suicide'

Against a background of political turmoil the European Union’s Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici arrived in Athens on a two-day visit

16/12/2014

Europe News

EU Commission ditches 'watered down' air pollution proposal

The European Commissions plan to reduce air pollution has been ditched, along with a host of other new measures. The reason given, national heads of

16/12/2014