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
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
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
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
EU ministers pledge €412m ahead of talks with US, UNEU RESPONSE: EU DEVELOPMENT ministers have agreed a €412 million package to assist in the relief effort in Haiti after a meeting…Tue Jan 19 2010 - 00:00
Prospects for Jeleva's nomination too close to callTHE FATE of Bulgarian foreign minister Rumiana Jeleva appeared too close to call last night as a key committee of the European…Tue Jan 19 2010 - 00:00
Prospects for Jeleva's nomination too close to callTHE FATE of Bulgarian foreign minister Rumiana Jeleva appeared too close to call last night as a key committee of the European…Tue Jan 19 2010 - 00:00
EU ministers pledge €412m ahead of talks with US, UNEU RESPONSE: EU DEVELOPMENT ministers have agreed a €412 million package to assist in the relief effort in Haiti after a meeting…Tue Jan 19 2010 - 00:00
Barroso backs Bulgarian commission candidateEUROPEAN COMMISSION president José Manuel Barroso has backed the nomination to his incoming executive of Bulgaria’s foreign minister…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
The combative commissionerTHE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: CHARLIE McCREEVY: He says he is in the departure lounge of politics, but as he finishes his term at …Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
Relief effort set to be shaped by structures under Lisbon TreatyEU FOREIGN policy chief Catherine Ashton has taken command of the union’s response to the Haiti earthquake, a relief effort that…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
Barroso backs Bulgarian commission candidateEUROPEAN COMMISSION president José Manuel Barroso has backed the nomination to his incoming executive of Bulgaria’s foreign minister…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
The combative commissionerTHE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: CHARLIE McCREEVY: He says he is in the departure lounge of politics, but as he finishes his term at …Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
McCreevy claims right to loan confidentialityOUTGOING EUROPEAN commissioner Charlie McCreevy has said he has a right to confidentiality over the circumstances in which the…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
McCreevy claims right to loan confidentialityOUTGOING EUROPEAN commissioner Charlie McCreevy has said he has a right to confidentiality over the circumstances in which the…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
Relief effort set to be shaped by structures under Lisbon TreatyEU FOREIGN policy chief Catherine Ashton has taken command of the union’s response to the Haiti earthquake, a relief effort that…Sat Jan 16 2010 - 00:00
Icelanders must juggle anger and concern for country's futureEUROPEAN DIARY: Repaying €3Tue Jan 12 2010 - 00:00
MEPs question incoming foreign policy chiefINCOMING EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has won grudging support for her nomination from the dominant political group…Tue Jan 12 2010 - 00:00
Icelanders must juggle anger and concern for country's futureEUROPEAN DIARY: Repaying €3Tue Jan 12 2010 - 00:00
MEPs question incoming foreign policy chiefINCOMING EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has won grudging support for her nomination from the dominant political group…Tue Jan 12 2010 - 00:00
Baptism of fire awaits commission nomineesANALYSIS: Next week, MEPs will question nominees to the new EU Commission. This week, they set out their stallsFri Jan 08 2010 - 00:00
Baptism of fire awaits commission nomineesANALYSIS: Next week, MEPs will question nominees to the new EU Commission. This week, they set out their stallsFri Jan 08 2010 - 00:00
EU's economic outlook not bright, says Van RompuyEUROPEAN COUNCIL president Herman Van Rompuy has issued a clarion call to EU leaders for decisive action to recalibrate the union…Fri Jan 08 2010 - 00:00
Cold snap death toll rises across EuropeFREEZING WEATHER brought further disruption across vast swathes of northern Europe as the death toll from the unusually severe…Fri Jan 08 2010 - 00:00
EU's economic outlook not bright, says Van RompuyEUROPEAN COUNCIL president Herman Van Rompuy has issued a clarion call to EU leaders for decisive action to recalibrate the union…Fri Jan 08 2010 - 00:00
Cold snap death toll rises across EuropeFREEZING WEATHER brought further disruption across vast swathes of northern Europe as the death toll from the unusually severe…Fri Jan 08 2010 - 00:00
Europe-wide code of consumer rights and contracts mootedTHE DEVELOPMENT of a European civil code of law has been mooted as incoming members of the European Commission set out their …Thu Jan 07 2010 - 00:00
Europe-wide code of consumer rights and contracts mootedTHE DEVELOPMENT of a European civil code of law has been mooted as incoming members of the European Commission set out their …Thu Jan 07 2010 - 00:00
Red faces for Spanish as Mr Bean beams up on EU presidency siteSPAIN’S NEW presidency of the EU has suffered the indignity of an attack by computer hackers after an image of Mr Bean, the comedy…Wed Jan 06 2010 - 00:00
Author of book on local mafia shot dead in BulgariaA PROMINENT Bulgarian crime writer who chronicled the affairs of the local mafia in a book published two months ago was shot …Wed Jan 06 2010 - 00:00
Red faces for Spanish as Mr Bean beams up on EU presidency siteSPAIN’S NEW presidency of the EU has suffered the indignity of an attack by computer hackers after an image of Mr Bean, the comedy…Wed Jan 06 2010 - 00:00
Author of book on local mafia shot dead in BulgariaA PROMINENT Bulgarian crime writer who chronicled the affairs of the local mafia in a book published two months ago was shot …Wed Jan 06 2010 - 00:00
Copenhagen debacle brings home limits of EU's influenceEUROPEAN DIARY: The EU and its member states, prime players in the 1997 Kyoto pact, now find themselves consigned to the wings…Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
