European Union

European Union
  • European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele (L) and Albania's Prime Minister Sali Berisha attend a joint news conference in Tirana on March 19, 2010.

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  • UN rejects export ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna

    (AP) â A U.S.-backed proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected Thursday by a U.N. wildlife meeting, with scores of developing nations joining Japan in opposing a measure they feared would devastate fishing |more

  • Clinton in Moscow for talks on arms pact, Mideast

    (AP) â U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Moscow to meet with senior Russian officials and to join top international diplomats in assessing the stalled Mideast peace process.Clinton arrived in the Russian capital Thursday morning |more

  • US clinic sparks debate with UK human egg raffle

    (AP) â An American infertility clinic seeking business in Britain prompted fierce criticism by offering free eggs from a U.S. woman to one participant in a promotional seminar in London on Wednesday.The event has sparked a debate in Britain about the |more

  • Somali pirates free North Korean chemical tanker

    ...â Somali pirates freed a North Korean chemical tanker and its 28 crew Tuesday after the owners delivered a ransom, the European Union Naval Force said.The MV Theresa VIII was hijacked last November, northwest of the island nation of the Seychelles .The vessel... |more

  • Markets cautious about EU aid pledge to Greece

    ...help â likely some form of bilateral loan â was yet to be decided. Jean-Claude Juncker , the head of the eurozone group, said European Union leaders meeting later this month would make the final decision on the size and the type of financial rescue."There... |more

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  • Brown Reiterates Support for Turkey’s EU bid

    The Prime Minister reiterated his support for Turkey’s bid to become part of the European Union as he met the Turkish Prime Minister. In a joint press conference with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Gordon Brown said Europe would benefit from “the 8 m ago |more

  • iPhone
    Mobile limits

    The consumers' association Which? is warning that people going abroad with smartphones can still face huge bills if they connect to the internet. By 1 July, new rules will come into force in the European Union which will cap bills for downloading data. 25 m ago |more

  • EU commissioner for Internal Market and Services French Michel Barnier, seen here in Brussells, sought on Friday to calm US fears of discrimination over European financial services reforms that would regulate hedge funds.
    No European financial protectionism: Barnier

    ...will be one regulation," he added. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner recently wrote to Barnier to hit out at a draft European Union law that would tighten restrictions on the investment funds, warning they may curb the ability of US hedge funds and private... 7:06 PM |more

  • Very slippery ground in oil

    ...deals struck to attain political goals. One of these is security of supply. The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union sought non-commercial selfsufficiency in food to ensure food in the event of war. Ironically , the policy produced gargantuan... 7:04 PM |more

  • French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy wait at Baden-Baden City hall
    Twitter in trouble after setting Sarkozy rumour mill whirring

    ...online comments end up as a row that embarrassed the French head of state during a visit to London to prepare for a European Union summit? The answer lies in the ambiguities of Twitter, the microblogging website used by tens of millions of people worldwide... |more

About European Union

The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht, which was signed in February 1992 and came into force in November 1993, on the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community. With almost 500 million citizens, the EU combined generates an estimated 30% share (US$16.8 trillion in 2007) of the world's nominal gross world product.

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