Deal reached on gradual reopening of EU's airspaceTRANSPORT MINISTERS: EU TRANSPORT ministers reached a deal last night to gradually reopen European airspace five days after …Tue Apr 20 2010 - 01:00
Spate of violent crime punctures Brussels' metropolitan civilityEUROPEAN DIARY : Robberies and assaults have papers wondering if the Belgian capital is ‘le Bronx de l’Europe’Tue Apr 20 2010 - 01:00
EU to review rules on air safetyAVIATION RISKS: THE EU authorities are reviewing air safety rules to see whether it would be possible to ease the flight bans…Mon Apr 19 2010 - 01:00
Greece calls for talks with EU and IMF on €45bn credit lineTHE GREEK government took a step towards drawing down the emergency credit line promised by its EU partners by calling for “discussions…Fri Apr 16 2010 - 01:00
State failed to adopt EU auditing directiveEUROPE’S HIGHEST court has upheld a European Commission complaint against the Government over its failure to transpose a directive…Fri Apr 16 2010 - 01:00
EU court upholds French law over Dalí royaltiesTHE EUROPEAN Union’s highest court has upheld a French law that gives five family members of the painter Salvador Dalí the right…Fri Apr 16 2010 - 01:00
Commissioner urges tougher EU budgetary rulesTHE EUROPEAN economics commissioner Olli Rehn has fired his opening salvo in what is likely to be a contentious political battle…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Rescue plan deal boosts demand for Greek debtA DEAL to provide an EU-International Monetary Fund (IMF) credit line for Greece boosted demand for its debt but investors still…Wed Apr 14 2010 - 01:00
Giving more power to EU only way to avoid another Greek crisisEUROPEAN DIARY: Pledging money to help Greece is just one sacrifice EU leaders are likely to makeTue Apr 13 2010 - 01:00
Research tsar? 'There'd be politicians in Ireland who'd call me something else'THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: MÁIRE GEOGHEGAN-QUINN :The woman once tipped to be the next leader of Fianna Fáil on her abrubt departure…Sat Apr 03 2010 - 01:00
A commissioner hand-picked for job McCreevy did not relishEUROPEAN DIARY: Michel Barnier, whose appointment to one of the most powerful jobs in Europe struck fear in the financial markets…Tue Mar 30 2010 - 01:00
Cowen says he had no hesitation in signing up to pactSOLIDARITY: TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen said Ireland will participate in an EU scheme to provide special bilateral loans to Greece…Sat Mar 27 2010 - 00:00
Cowen sets out conditions for Irish participation in rescueTAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen set out his bottom line for any Irish participation in rescue loans for Greece, saying Athens would have…Fri Mar 26 2010 - 00:00
State to participate in Greece loansThe Government will participate in the provision of bilateral loans to Greece after the leaders of the 16 euro zone countries…Fri Mar 26 2010 - 00:00
State to participate in loans to GreeceTHE GOVERNMENT will participate in the provision of bilateral loans to Greece after the leaders of the 16 euro zone countries…Fri Mar 26 2010 - 00:00
Fall of Belgian coalition likely to spark June pollTHE PROSPECT an early general election in Belgium drew closer yesterday as parliament debated the fallout from the collapse of…Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Ashton pushes for policy role expansionEU FOREIGN policy chief Catherine Ashton has asserted her right to take command of the union’s development policy, an area currently…Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
EU hopes new recruitment process will be just the jobEUROPEAN DIARY: The aim of the changes in procedure for EU job applications is to recruit a higher calibre of officialTue Mar 23 2010 - 00:00
Sex shop peep show fails to get low cinema tax rateEUROPE’S HIGHEST court has cast its austere eye over the risqué world of erotic commerce, ruling that the owner of a Belgian …Fri Mar 19 2010 - 00:00
EU warning over Irish recovery planThe European Commission has told the Government to stand ready to intensify its austerity drive after warning that key assumptions…Wed Mar 17 2010 - 00:00
European finance ministers agree Greek loans dealEUROPEAN GROUP finance ministers last night reached a deal to provide emergency bilateral loans to Greece, a landmark rescue …Tue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Greekonomics: a country in crisisBars, restaurants and theatres may still be busy, and Europe may be bailing them out, but Greeks remain furious about their broken…Sat Mar 13 2010 - 00:00
Greek protesters attack parliament over cutsRIOT POLICE guarding the Greek national parliament fired tear gas at hooded protesters here as rising opposition to a drastic…Fri Mar 12 2010 - 00:00
Greeks strike again despite resignation to austerityGREEK PREMIER George Papandreou faces a key test as workers stage a backlash against a tough new swathe of austerity measures…Fri Mar 12 2010 - 00:00
Everything still up for grabs in new EU diplomatic serviceEUROPEAN DIARY: An informal meeting of foreign ministers in Cordoba, Spain, at the weekend gave Catherine Ashton a strong mandate…Tue Mar 09 2010 - 00:00
Ashton tries to downplay tensions over powers of new EU diplomatic corpsEU FOREIGN policy chief Catherine Ashton is trying to smooth over sharp divisions between European governments and the EU Commission…Sat Mar 06 2010 - 00:00
Moment of truth for euro over bailout for GreeceANALYSIS: The EU appears to be preparing an aid package for Greece as an alternative to IMF interventionFri Mar 05 2010 - 00:00
Tobacco pricing 'breaches EU law'The EU’s highest court has ruled that Irish legislation which empowers the Government to fix a minimum price for cigarettes violates…Thu Mar 04 2010 - 00:00
Van Rompuy yet to establish himself as a dynamic political forceEUROPEAN DIARY: Three months into the job, the European Council president has some way to go before asserting his personality…Tue Mar 02 2010 - 00:00
Tensions at top EU level over Greek budget cutsTHE EUROPEAN Central Bank (ECB) joined Germany and the European Commission in seeking an immediate round of new budget cuts from…Thu Feb 18 2010 - 00:00
EU finance ministers impose 28-day deadline on GreeceFINANCE MINISTERS in the euro zone stopped short late last night of spelling out how they would rescue Greece as they imposed…Tue Feb 16 2010 - 00:00
Ireland not like Greece, Lenihan tells EUMINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan has made the case to the EU’s new economics commissioner, Olli Rehn, that Ireland is now at…Tue Feb 16 2010 - 00:00
Clarity on Greece plan sought after fall in euroA FURTHER decline in the value of the euro intensified pressure on the European authorities to spell out how they would provide…Sat Feb 13 2010 - 00:00
Finance ministers hope emergency credit averts Greek tragedyANALYSIS: Talks between EU leaders are focusing on the prospect of bilateral and multilateral loansFri Feb 12 2010 - 00:00
Leaders to set targets to help European economic recoveryPLAN FOR GROWTH: EUROPEAN LEADERS have taken their first steps towards the development of a new medium-term economic plan for…Fri Feb 12 2010 - 00:00
MEPs vote in new European executiveTHE INCOMING European Commission was overwhelmingly endorsed by MEPs yesterday as European Central Bank chief Jean Claude Trichet…Wed Feb 10 2010 - 00:00
McCreevy has no plan to return to Irish politics after stint in EUOUTGOING IRISH EU commissioner Charlie McCreevy has no plans to return to the domestic political fray following his departure…Tue Feb 09 2010 - 00:00
European markets in turmoil at Greek fiscal crisisTURMOIL SWEPT through European markets as Portugal and Spain came under mounting pressure to resolve their fiscal problems, adding…Sat Feb 06 2010 - 00:00
EU backs Greek austerity packageEUROPEAN COMMISSION chief José Manuel Barroso has declared that his executive will move today to back a swingeing austerity package…Wed Feb 03 2010 - 00:00
EU in fresh warning to Greece on deficitOUTGOING EU economics commissioner Joaquin Almunia has warned that Greece will have to adopt new austerity measures if it fails…Tue Feb 02 2010 - 00:00
White House signals Obama will not be at EU-US summitPLANS FOR the annual EU-US summit are in disarray after the White House signalled that US president Barack Obama would not be…Tue Feb 02 2010 - 00:00
Warning that Liege toll could increaseTHE BELGIAN government has warned that the death toll from the collapse of an apartment block in Liege could rise to as high …Fri Jan 29 2010 - 00:00
Warning that Liege toll could increaseTHE BELGIAN government has warned that the death toll from the collapse of an apartment block in Liege could rise to as high …Fri Jan 29 2010 - 00:00
MEPs back farmer on pollution claimsMEPS HAVE expressed support for a Kilkenny farmer who claims pollution has been poisoning his cattle and vegetation on his land…Thu Jan 28 2010 - 00:00
MEPs back farmer on pollution claimsMEPS HAVE expressed support for a Kilkenny farmer who claims pollution has been poisoning his cattle and vegetation on his land…Thu Jan 28 2010 - 00:00
New initiative may empower citizens but has potential for strifeEUROPEAN DIARY: EU commissioners must take account of demand for new laws from more than one million citizensTue Jan 26 2010 - 00:00
New initiative may empower citizens but has potential for strifeEUROPEAN DIARY: EU commissioners must take account of demand for new laws from more than one million citizensTue Jan 26 2010 - 00:00
Van Rompuy and divisive Buttiglione contribute to bookEUROPEAN COUNCIL president Herman Van Rompuy has emerged alongside Rocco Buttiglione, the divisive Italian conservative, as co…Thu Jan 21 2010 - 00:00
Van Rompuy and divisive Buttiglione contribute to bookEUROPEAN COUNCIL president Herman Van Rompuy has emerged alongside Rocco Buttiglione, the divisive Italian conservative, as co…Thu Jan 21 2010 - 00:00
Finance ministers want to give EU power to audit Greek statisticsEUROPEAN FINANCE ministers have moved yet again to intensify pressure on Greece over its wayward public finances, seeking powers…Wed Jan 20 2010 - 00:00
