EU warns action will be taken against protectionism in GM’s sale of car unit OpelBRUSSELS — The European Union’s competition commissioner has warned she will take action if there is any protectionism in the sale of General Motors Co.’s European unit Opel. G-7 and Mexico agree health workers, high-risk groups should get first swine flu vaccinesBRUSSELS — Pregnant women, health workers and people with risky health conditions will be the first to receive swine flu vaccinations, according to an agreement reached Friday by the world’s seven largest economies and Mexico. Belgium mistrusts the way Germany managed sale of Opel, demands EU probeBRUSSELS — Belgium wants the European Union to investigate the sale of General Motors Co.’s European unit Opel amid misgivings Germany allegedly sought to protect its own plants at the cost of others. A persistent question keeps Justine Henin pinned to baseline: Is she coming back to tennis?BRUSSELS — Justine Henin is now a UNICEF goodwill ambassador and says there are more important things to discuss than tennis. EU offers billions to poor nations to persuade them to sign climate change accordBRUSSELS — The European Union proposed Thursday to offer up to euro15 billion ($21.8 billion) a year in aid to poor developing countries to persuade them to sign a new global climate change agreement. Retired Justine Henin leaves open a return to competitive tennisBRUSSELS — Justine Henin has gone from confirming she won’t return to competitive tennis to refusing to discuss her future. EU proposes euro15 billion in climate aid to entice poor countriesBRUSSELS — The European Union proposed Thursday to offer up to euro15 billion ($21.8 billion) a year in aid to poor developing countries to persuade them to sign a new global climate change agreement. EU proposes €15 billion in climate aid to entice poor countriesBRUSSELS — The European Union proposed Thursday to offer up to €15 billion ($21.8 billion) a year in aid to poor developing countries to persuade them to sign a new global climate change agreement. EU citizens to pay 15-bn-euro climate change billBRUSSELS - European taxpayers should be prepared to pay up to 15 billion euros ($21.9 billion) per year to help poorer nations confront climate change, officials in Brussels said Thursday. EU sends high-level delegation to Zimbabwe for first time in 7 yearsBRUSSELS — A high-level European Union delegation will visit Zimbabwe later this week — the first such visit since 2002 — to hold talks with top officials, including President Robert Mugabe, the EU said Thursday. Belgian study shows increase in euthanasia cases after practice becomes legalBRUSSELS — Cases of euthanasia in Belgium’s Flanders region soared to nearly 2 percent of all deaths in 2007 after the country legalized the practice a few years earlier, a medical study has shown. NATO chief concerned about growing skepticism on Afghan warBRUSSELS — NATO’s top official said Wednesday he was worried about growing public skepticism about the war effort in Afghanistan, and urged the Afghan government to assume greater responsibility for issues ranging from security to good governance. EU welcomes new Japanese pledge on emissions cutsBRUSSELS — The European Union is welcoming plans by Japan’s incoming prime minister to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent by 2020. Belgium agrees to US request to take in 1 former inmate from GuantanamoBRUSSELS — The Belgian government says it has accepted a U.S. request to take in one detainee from U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. Boeing, Airbus expect long-awaited WTO ruling in Round 1 of battle over airliner subsidiesGENEVA — Boeing and Airbus expect to find out Friday who won the first round in their epic trade dispute, when the World Trade Organization rules on a five-year-old U.S. complaint that argues European governments unfairly financed Airbus’ climb to world No. 1 planemaker. EU says household spending lifted euro-zone economy in the second quarterBRUSSELS — Higher household spending supported the euro zone economy in the second quarter, the European Union statistics agency said Wednesday, in another upbeat sign for growth prospects. EU finance ministers declare war on bankers’ bonusesBRUSSELS - The European Union’s finance ministers were meeting in Brussels Wednesday in a bid to curb bankers’ bonuses amid strong opposition from Britain, home to the bloc’s most important financial centre. EU presses US Congress on climate change, says should cut carbon emissionsBRUSSELS — The European Union urged U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday to ensure the United States makes deep cuts in carbon emissions as part of negotiations to reach a new global climate change accord. Euro-zone unemployment hits new 10-year high of 9.5 percent in JulyBRUSSELS — The jobless rate in the 16 nations that use the euro climbed to a new 10-year high of 9.5 percent in July despite other signs that the economy is starting to recover, the EU statistics agency Eurostat said Tuesday. EU commissioners to visit India Wednesday for talksBRUSSELS - European Union’s (EU) Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton and Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel will travel to New Delhi Wednesday to take part in an informal meeting of WTO (World Trade Organisations) ministers hosted by the Indian government, the EuAsiaNews reported. EU to begin phasing out traditional lightbulbs to help curb climate changeBRUSSELS — The EU will start making the transition from power-draining lightbulbs to more energy efficient ones Tuesday, the European Commission said. Pentagon, NATO receive assessment by Gen. McChrystal of strategy in AfghanistanBRUSSELS — The strategic review of the war in Afghanistan prepared by the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces there has been received by commands on both sides of the ocean, officials in Brussels said Monday. EU to begin phase out of traditional light bulbs to help curb climate changeBRUSSELS — An EU-wide transition of power-draining light bulbs to more energy efficient ones will start Tuesday, the European Commission said. Euro zone sees disinflation for 3rd consecutive month, prices fall more slowly in AugustBRUSSELS — Euro zone prices fell more slowly in August from a year ago, a sign that the worst of the economic downturn may be over, the EU statistics agency Eurostat said Monday. EU signs interim trade pact with Seychelles, Mauritius, Zimbabwe and MadagascarBRUSSELS — The European Union signed a temporary trade pact Saturday with Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe and Madagascar calling for tariffs on European goods to be removed over the next 15 years. Group says US monitoring reporters in Afghanistan to see if they are sympathetic to US cause.BRUSSELS — The International Federation of Journalists complained Wednesday that news people covering the war in Afghanistan are being monitored by the U.S. military to see if they are sympathetic to the American cause. Investigator urges EU states to come clean on secret CIA prisons, renditionsBRUSSELS — The lawmaker who led the continent-wide probe into secret CIA-run detention centers is urging European nations to come clean about their involvement in “in this shameful episode.” Agency warns current climate proposals won’t work, more ambitious action neededBRUSSELS — Reversing global warming will cost up to $185 billion (€130 billion) a year before 2020 and require more action by world governments than currently pledged, an international environmental analysis group said Thursday. EU anti-trust fines exceeded $14 bn in 2004-09BRUSSELS - The total amount of fines slapped by the European Commission on businesses found guilty of violating its anti-trust rules since 2004 has exceeded the 10 billion euro ($14 billion) mark, officials in Brussels said Wednesday. EU beefs up Myanmar sanctions, adding judges, firms controlled by regimeBRUSSELS — The European Union says it is expanding its sanctions against Myanmar after the country sentenced pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to an additional 18 months of house arrest. |
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