Judgment urged on British role in BSE crisisTHE European Court of Justice should be asked to rule on British responsibility and financial liability for damage to the EU'…Sat Oct 12 1996 - 01:00
EU troika on a delicate Middle East tightropeTHE STORY - apocryphal, I'm sure - is told that Pope John Paul once suggested there were two possible solutions to the conflict…Fri Oct 11 1996 - 01:00
Cut of £78m in EU reconciliation fund for North angers FF MEPEU Commissioner for regional Affairs, Ms Monika Wulf Mathies, has expressed "deep regret" over a decision by the European Parliament…Thu Oct 10 1996 - 01:00
Expert unsure if BSE can be eradicated by 2001AN expert on BSE has said it is still not clear if the disease can be eradicated by 2001, as a recent epidemiological survey …Thu Oct 10 1996 - 01:00
Spring ends visit as Cairo voices fears over future of processTHE Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs ended his whistle stop visit to the Middle East with a call for immediate "concrete…Tue Oct 8 1996 - 01:00
Summit calms nerves and dispels rumoursBY THE time they got to Dublin they were all thoroughly jittery, and the summit that few wanted was badly needed to calm nerves…Mon Oct 7 1996 - 01:00
December draft treaty promisedTHE DEBATE of the heads of government on the treaty changing Inter Governmental Conference was opened with a report from the …Mon Oct 7 1996 - 01:00
Netanyahu says peace deals with PLO will be enactedTHE Israeli Prime Minister, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu, last night expressed serious concern at perceptions in Europe that Israel …Mon Oct 7 1996 - 01:00
Taoiseach's progress report says very little is spent on drugs fightTHE TAOISEACH, Mr Bruton, opened the proceedings of the informal summit over lunch with a report to colleagues on the progress…Mon Oct 7 1996 - 01:00
Major need not fear any great leap forward from DublinTHE SHORTAGE of "hard" news stories in papers during the summer doldrums is a function, according to my wife, not of the absence…Fri Oct 4 1996 - 01:00
Brussels proposes new labelling rule for all beef in EUTHE European Commission yesterday proposed new regulations to standardise the labelling of beef throughout the EU.Fri Oct 4 1996 - 01:00
Taoiseach sets firm agenda for EU summitTHE informal EU summit in Dublin on Saturday should commit the Union to concluding key changes in its treaty by next June, according…Thu Oct 3 1996 - 01:00
EU will take US to trade dispute panelTHE European Union has stepped up its campaign against the use by the US of extra territorial trade legislation in its campaign…Wed Oct 2 1996 - 01:00
Dublin seeks Euratom Treaty amendmentsIRELAND'S long running dispute with Britain over Sellafield and nuclear pollution of the Irish Sea moves to a new arena this …Tue Oct 1 1996 - 01:00
EU wants Israel to send "strong signal" on peace from summitTHE Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Spring, last night made it plain that the EU sees the onus for the restoration…Tue Oct 1 1996 - 01:00
£14.5m in EU funds for "way out" researchIF the information society is genuinely to become the property of all of society - not just a technological elite - it has to…Mon Sep 30 1996 - 01:00
Danes hoisted on their own protocolREMEMBER the abortion protocol? That insignificant protocol added quietly to the Maastricht Treaty when no one was lookingFri Sep 27 1996 - 01:00
EU rules on workplace cancer risksEU garages must have new pumps installed within six years to ensure that cancer causing benzene, released into the air from petrol…Wed Sep 25 1996 - 01:00
Ruling likely to scupper conference on womenA CONFERENCE on rural women in Ireland is likely to be cancelled as a result of a European Court of Justice ruling.Wed Sep 25 1996 - 01:00
EU consensus on jobs emergingA CONSENSUS appears to be among member states that the EU Treaty should include a chapter on employment and a commitment to "…Wed Sep 25 1996 - 01:00
Single currency on target for 1999 launchJOHN Bruton has put what Europe is about simply: "Safe streets, secure jobs, sound money, and a peaceful world."Mon Sep 23 1996 - 01:00
Ministers must decide how to handle the outsidersIN agreeing to put in place a series of sanctions in the Stability Pact against those inside the single currency who misbehave…Mon Sep 23 1996 - 01:00
BSE move blow to NI export hopesTHE British government's decision to suspend its selective cattle cull has put paid to any chance of an early end to the beef…Sat Sep 21 1996 - 01:00
EU refuses cash for Santer's TENS networkEU finance ministers are to finally reject Commission President Mr Jacques Santer's attempt to secure 800 million extra for trans…Fri Sep 20 1996 - 01:00
Some countries may be slow in handing back test papers on majority votingIT'S a bit like an exam paper - 58 questions, three options for each answer: Yes, No, MaybeFri Sep 20 1996 - 01:00
Targets rule for Mr EMUIRELAND would be at greater risk from not joining the single currency if Britain stays out, the Commissioner for Monetary Affairs…Fri Sep 20 1996 - 01:00
British split on ending North beef export banTHE British government is split over its approach to ending the export ban on beef from Northern Ireland, it emerged yesterday…Wed Sep 18 1996 - 01:00
Broad accord claimed on EU budget reformBROAD agreement has emerged between EU states to incorporate for the first time the costs of actions in common foreign and security…Wed Sep 18 1996 - 01:00
Ministers unlikely to back easing of UK beef cullTHE British Minister for Agriculture, Mr Douglas Hogg, today faces a cool reaction from EU farm ministers when he appeals for…Tue Sep 17 1996 - 01:00
EU finance ministers meeting to leave key questions to laterWITH the European Commission yesterday beginning to set out its EMU stall for next week's Dublin meeting of finance ministers…Sat Sep 14 1996 - 01:00
Spring favours EU enlargementTHE next stage of EU enlargement will "transform the Union from a region to a continent, and finally give us the right to call…Fri Sep 13 1996 - 01:00
Dutroux saga has rocked Belgians' faith in authorityTHE words, from a student project on nursing, are those of Eefje Lambrecks, read out at her funeral here last SaturdayFri Sep 13 1996 - 01:00
Ministers seek to hasten EU treaty reformFRUSTRATED by the lumbering pace of EU treaty reform negotiations, the EU's foreign ministers in Tralee yesterday made clear …Mon Sep 9 1996 - 01:00
Diplomats point to the successes in foreign policy co operationIT IS perhaps inevitable that gloomy news predominates, rising to the top like oil in waterMon Sep 9 1996 - 01:00
Spring promises an outline draft treaty for DecemberTHE Tanaiste reiterated yesterday the Government's commitment to completing work on an outline draft EU treaty in time for the…Mon Sep 9 1996 - 01:00
A distinguished cast assembles in TraleeWolfgang Schussel (51): Also Vice Chancellor. Received doctorate in law from Vienna University in 1968Sat Sep 7 1996 - 01:00
EU ministers likely to fudge issue rather than antagonise US on IraqIN the face of deep differences about the US bombings of Iraq, EU Foreign Ministers are likely today to agree to fudge the Union…Sat Sep 7 1996 - 01:00
Jerusalem visit is in doubtMR Dick Spring's proposed visit to Jerusalem was still in doubt last night after he met the Israeli Foreign Minister, Mr David…Fri Sep 6 1996 - 01:00
Iraq issue complicates Spring's task at informal Tralee meetingWILLKOMMEN and bienvenu, welcome, to Tralee's own Spring ShowFri Sep 6 1996 - 01:00
Yates defends EU against criticism over BSE crisisTHE Minister for Agriculture yesterday robustly defended the handling of the BSE crisis by the EU's institutions.Wed Sep 4 1996 - 01:00
EC accused of suppressing BSE debateTHE Minister for Agriculture will be in Brussels today for what could be a stormy meeting of MEPs in the face of claims that …Tue Sep 3 1996 - 01:00
Ministers agree to £2bn EU budget cutsMINDFUL of the looming deadline for the decision on membership of the first wave single currency countries, EU budget ministers…Fri Jul 26 1996 - 01:00
EU slow to confront sexual harassmentTHE FURY provoked in Britain this week over the decision by Judge Alistair McCallum to halt the trial of a policeman accused …Fri Jul 26 1996 - 01:00
Economic penalties plan failsATTEMPTS by the French to make the payment of structural funds to EU member states conditional on their economic good behaviour…Fri Jul 26 1996 - 01:00
EU expected to include peacekeeping place in treatyA CONSENSUS has emerged among EU member states to include references to EU peacekeeping, humanitarian tasks, and crisis management…Thu Jul 25 1996 - 01:00
Spring raises EU concern over human rights in East TimorSTRONG EU concern about the human rights situation in East Timor and support for UN efforts to broker a solution were expressed…Thu Jul 25 1996 - 01:00
EU agrees proposals for WTO meetingAFTER dodging the issue for many months, the European Commission has finally come down in favour of combining talks on world …Thu Jul 25 1996 - 01:00
Noonan calls for action on smokingTHE Minister for Health has condemned the US tobacco giant, Philip MorrisWed Jul 24 1996 - 01:00
Ministers talk tough on Burma and take steps towards nuclear treatyFOREIGN ministers from 20 countries and the European Union ended day long Asian security talks yesterday with some tough talk…Wed Jul 24 1996 - 01:00
Yates warns against BSE scaremongeringTHE Minister for Agriculture, Mrs Yates, yesterday warned the media about the dangers of scaremongering on BSE with wild talk…Wed Jul 24 1996 - 01:00