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More than 200, 000 riders and their horses are in Uruguay’s capital for South America’s largest rodeo.
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Today the European Commission adopted proposals to enhance the EU's role in global health.
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The European Commission has today adopted its work programme for 2010.
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The 27 winners of the EU’s 2009 translation competition receive awards for their language skills.
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The EU is the world's largest economy, with enough international clout to return to "real capitalism" rather than resign itself to an alien "financial capitalism", concluded MEPs and experts at a public hearing held on Thursday by Parliament's special committee on the crisis.
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It was a busy day in Washington for French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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The Ice man cometh. China’s Chen Kecai astounded tourists in the city of Xiamen by enduring more than 108 minutes in an ice-filled container.
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China-born Stern Hu - who headed Rio Tinto s iron ore operations in China - was sentenced to 10 years - in a trial which dates back to the middle of last year.
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Members of a Christian militia group called the Hutaree have been indicted on charges of conspiring to wage war against the U.S. government.
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As from 5 April, the EU Visa Code will become applicable. The Visa Code gathers into a single document all legal provisions governing decisions on visas.
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Food quality and labelling are likely to be key issues when the Common Agriculture Policy is overhauled in the coming years.
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With scores of people killed by a suspected terrorist attack on the Moscow metro, Parliament's President Jerzy Buzek has condemned the attack and offered his and Parliament's condolences to the victims.
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The dark spectre of unemployment is stalking Europe and 2010 is the year it has earmarked in the fight against poverty.
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Just about a month after a devastating 8.8-magnitude earthquake destroyed vast swaths of Chile’s south central region, residents in the coastal town of Dichato continue to wait for much needed aid.
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Canada prepares to host foreign ministers from the G8. The meetings will be held in the town of Gatineau.
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 250 million to Russian company Enel OGK-5 to finance the upgrading of a gas fired power plant located in Nevinnomyssk, South Russia.
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In Gothenburg Sweden a deal is done for Volvo. A delegation from China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, China’s largest private-run car maker, was given the red carpet treatment when it agreed to buy Ford Motor’s Volvo car unit for 1.8 billion dollars.
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EU leaders agree to cooperate more on economic policy – part of a strategy to spur higher growth over the next decade.
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The President of the Spanish Government and current rotational President of the European Union, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, affirmed this Sunday that during his presidency of the EU, Spain will continue to support the inclusion of the "complete affirmation of equality between men and women" within the new economic strategy.
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Despite the unfavorable macroeconomic situation, AS UniCredit Bank Lithuanian Branch achieved positive activity indicators in 2009: the bank branch operated profitably, the total loan portfolio and assets increased and the number of customers grew.
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