EU takes Russia to WTO for first time EU officials say a levy to cover recycling costs is a protectionist ploy in environmental disguise because it only applies to imported vehicles MAIN FOCUS: Help for Greece in dribs and drabs | 09/07/2013 After the conclusion of the troika’s review the finance ministers of the … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: EU outraged over US spying | 02/07/2013 After media reports about spying activities of the US intelligence services in EU offices, the European Union is checking its facilities for bugging devices. The European Commission has demanded speedy explanations from the US. Some commentators say Europe should stand up to America, while others … Read more
Turkey EU accession ?in member states? hands? Germany is leading the opposition to progressing Turkey?s EU accession bid due to a crackdown on protests Turkey’s PM defends crackdown Turkey’s PM has told a crowd of supporters it was his ‘duty’ to order a crackdown on protests in Istanbul **************** The Impact of EU Membership on … Read more
EU ends arms embargo against Syrian rebels The European Union agreed Monday to lift its embargo against arming Syrian rebels. Britain, France block renewed weapons embargo against Syria (News) Britain and France are free to supply weapons to Syrian rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad starting in August, after attempts to renew an EU arms embargo … Read more
Europe quizzes operators over Apple sales practices, hinting at plans for antitrust probe European regulators are looking into the possibility that Apple is employing anti-competitive tactics to give it an unfair advantage in mobile markets across the continent. How Apple’s Alleged Tax Avoidance Changed Its Image The U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations claims … Read more
EU poised to blacklist Hizbollah army Hope that a formal request by UK, ahead of a foreign ministers? meeting in late June, will open way for sanctions of Hizbollah?s European activity Desegregating Roma and Croat schoolchildren: what has been done? Three years after the ECHR’s decision in Or?u? and Others v. Croatia found “separate but … Read more
British Foreign Office to drunk Britons everywhere: No, we can’t translate that tattoo for you Here, in all its glory, is the full list: A man who required hospital treatment in Cambodia when a monkey dislodged a stone that hit him demanded help getting compensation and wanted assurance that it would not happen again A … Read more
The New Sick Man of Europe: the European Union Source: Pew Research Center From Overview: The European Union is the new sick man of Europe. The effort over the past half century to create a more united Europe is now the principal casualty of the euro crisis. The European project now stands in disrepute across … Read more
Neo-Nazi probe is a peerless failure: German report An interim parliamentary inquiry report called the National Socialist Underground (NSU) Neo-Nazi trial: Woman ?part of kill squad? German prosecutors May 14 charged that a woman at the center of a landmark trial over a neo-Nazi Iceland?s election is a signal to Europe Taking tough measures … Read more
NSU trial a litmus test for German stance on Neo-nazi groups: Turkish EU Minister Turkey’s EU Minister Egemen Bağış has indicated that the National Socialist Underground trial could be used to exculpate the neo-Nazi image haunting Germany. Trial Begins for a Neo-Nazi Suspect in Germany A member of a neo-Nazi trio is charged … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: Record unemployment in Europe | 26/04/2013 from euro|topics According to figures published on Thursday, for the first time more than six million people are currently out of work in Spain, and France also has record unemployment, surpassing a 1997 peak. Commentators fear the ongoing crisis will provoke a rebellion of the masses and … Read more
Germany suffering worker shortage from FT.com – World, Europe For Ursula von der Leyen, solving that dilemma will require fundamental reforms in the heart of the eurozone, and its periphery The Google EU settlement: Full details from Brussels Blog by Alex Barker Google?s three year tussle with Brussels over its search business is almost … Read more
Watch Margaret Thatcher arrive at 10 Downing Street for the first time from FP Passport by Uri Friedman Morning Brief: Margaret Thatcher has died from FP Passport by Elias Groll The Early Political Career of Margaret Thatcher from Ideas on Europe by Osmi Anannya Margaret Thatcher was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire on 13 October … Read more
Cyprus reaches end of a long and sleazy road from FT.com – World, Europe The collapse of the Cypriot economy is not the result of a random lurch or shift in axis. It is the end of a path traced in a long, complacent arc of ease and sleaze The Cyprus Bailout: Factsheet from … Read more
Attacks on punks and goths are now hate crimes in Manchester from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow Europe in figures: Eurostat yearbook 2012 from Docuticker Source: Eurostat Europe in figures ? Eurostat yearbook 2012 presents a comprehensive selection of statistical data on Europe. With around 480 statistical tables, figures and maps, the yearbook is a … Read more