Commission announces crackdown on ring tone scams and high charges for text messaging and mobile websurfing across EU borders. more »
Relations between Africa and Europe are a subject that is frequently discussed by MEPs. more »
As Beijing prepares to host the Olympics we republish here some articles that have looked at the developing relations between China and the European Union. more »
The two countries are told to put more effort into judicial reform and tackling corruption, in latest progress reports. more »
The European Commission today adopted the eighth update of the so-called blacklist of airlines that are banned from flying into the countries of the European Union due to safety concerns. more »
The Commission has extended the scope of its disaster risk reduction programme (DIPECHO) to countries in the south-west Indian Ocean region, with a new decision for €5 million. more »
In May 2008 compared with April 2008, new orders for chemicals & chemical products fell by 0.5% in both the euro area and the EU27. more »
The first estimate for the euro area1 (EA15) trade balance with the rest of the world in May 2008 gave a 4.6 bn euro deficit, compared with +1.4 bn in May 2007. more »
In 2007, 218.5 million resident persons in the EU27 aged 15 years or more had a job or a business activity. more »
The EU must give itself adequate budgetary means to achieve its policy aims – this is the spirit in which Parliament's delegation went to its budgetary conciliation meeting with the Council on 17 July. more »
The first estimate for the euro area1 (EA15) trade balance with the rest of the world in May 2008 gave a 4.6 bn euro deficit, compared with +1.4 bn in May 2007.
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