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 February 2015

Europe

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

6 February 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

3 February 2015

European Union

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 January 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 January 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 January 2015

Cyprus

Cyprus Airways ends operations after EU state aid decision

9 January 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

8 January 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 December 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 December 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 December 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 December 2014

Luxembourg

Leaker of documents exposing secret Luxembourg tax deals charged with theft

A Luxembourg court has charged the person responsible for whistleblower revelations which exposed secret tax avoidance deals between Luxembourg and

13 December 2014

Europe News

EU's Juncker sworn in amid ongoing tax row

Embattled European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker has officially been sworn as the head of the EU executive amid an ongoing tax row. He and

10 December 2014

Europe News

EU eyes some 2,000 new investment projects

The European Commission has finalised a wish list of nearly two thousands projects to be financed by a new investment plan. The six hundred page

9 December 2014

Italy

Italian PM Renzi gets Senate backing to push on with controversial 'Jobs Act'

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has been given the go ahead to push on with controversial labour reforms after winning a confidence vote in the

4 December 2014

World News

EU's Georgieva urges Europe to wean itself off Russian gas

2 December 2014

United Kingdom

Cameron EU migrant plans get lukewarm reaction

29 November 2014

Economy

Europe Weekly: Commission unveils 21bn investment plan

28 November 2014

France

European Commission grants 'rule-breakers' three months to organise finances

28 November 2014