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Tony Blair was at the European Parliament Monday to meet MEPs from the Development and Foreign Affairs Committees.
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EU prepares new negotiations with US government on transfer of bank data for purpose of fighting terrorism.
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Young people, economic recovery and research should be the EU's top budgetary priorities, said the European Parliament on Thursday, when it became the first EU institution to adopt an opinion on next year's budget.
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The European Parliament will once again mark “Earth Hour” by switching off lights in all its buildings for one hour this Friday and Saturday.
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The European Union and the Turkish authorities have today initialled an aviation agreement which will remove nationality restrictions in the bilateral air services agreements between EU Member States and Turkey.
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The sixteen leaders of the euro area countries (the Eurogroup) have given their support to the financial aid mechanism for Greece; this involves the participation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and of the euro area countries through bilateral loans.
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A car bomb explodes in the Colombian port town of Buenaventura, killing at least six people and wounding more than 30.
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The "La Gaiba" lodge in Santa Cruz, Bolivia - where alleged kidnappers were staying.
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Today, President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy and Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero representing the Presidency of the Council met the European social partners to look at how Europe can exit the current economic and financial crisis.
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Only one in 10 board members of Europe's biggest listed companies is a woman and all central bank governors in the EU are male.
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Around 1,100 former furniture and textile workers in Lithuania will receive EU aid worth €1.2 million following a vote by Parliament on Thursday.
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An estimated 100 million people in developing countries will fall into extreme poverty because of the economic and financial crisis, according to a report being presented Wednesday evening in the House.
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New rules in 10 EU countries would let international couples choose which country’s law applies to their divorces.
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The Commission today adopted a draft mandate for negotiating bank data transfers with the United States government under the Terrorist Financing Tracking Programme (TFTP).
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The 27 national winners of the European Charlemagne Youth Prize 2010 have been named.
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The Heads of State or Government of the EU-27 will make their first formal decisions in the process to develop the “Europe 2020” strategy that aims to achieve sustainable economic growth, job creation as well as recognition for the European social model.
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The EP's Committee on Culture and Education urges the EU to promote non-formal education, combat youth unemployment and help young people with special needs.
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On 16 March 2010 the Lithuanian Authority, Ryšių reguliavimo tarnyba (RRT), informed the European Commission that it was withdrawing its proposed measure on network infrastructure access markets.
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More than 50 million people in southwest China are struggling to cope with what is being called the worst drought in living memory.
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The welcome mat was not out in all places in Haiti as some protesters burnt tires and raised objections to a visit by former US Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, who met with Haiti’s President Rena Preval.
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