Awwal 08, 1432 / April 12, 2011, SPA -- The United Nations has rebuffed a European Union offer to deploy a military mission to assist humanitarian aid efforts in Libya, European officials in Luxembourg said Tuesday.
Speaking at a meeting of EU (...)
The Portuguese government's holding of 500
"golden" shares in former state telephone company Portugal Telecom
(PT) is illegal, the European Union's top court ruled Thursday, a
week after the government used the shares to veto a Spanish takeover, (...)
The 27-member European Union and the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will hold here later today their 20th joint ministerial council to expand and deepen their cooperation and relationship.
The meeting is to endorse a joint Action Plan (...)
The Chairwoman of Foreign Affairs of the European Union Catherine Ashton said today that the European Union increases its pressure on Israel to lift the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip which has left 1.5 million Palestinians suffering from (...)
Kyrgyzstan is set to receive humanitarian aid
from the European Commission after ethnic violence in the south of
the country led tens of thousands of people to leave their homes, dpa quoted
European Union foreign ministers as saying today.
The (...)
European foreign ministers agreed today to recommend a package of additional sanctions against Iran over that country's disputed nuclear program, according to AP.
The move came after EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton invited Iran's top (...)
European Union leaders are expected to give the go-ahead for Iceland to begin talks to join the 27-country union later this week, Reuters quoted EU diplomats as saying today.
"Having considered the application... (the EU) decides that accession (...)
Western European countries gave strong backing to deeper cuts to climate-warming emissions today, but Italy's environment minister said her peers were deluded, AP reported.
The sudden enthusiasm for ambitious climate action came as a surprise after (...)
The European Union will work to lift 20 million
of its citizens out of poverty by 2020, officials agreed today ahead
of a summit expected to draw up a new ten-year economic plan for the
bloc, dpa reported.
The EU is currently debating a "2020 (...)
Airline passengers whose baggage is lost or
damaged cannot claim compensation of more than 1,134.71 euros
(1,464.13 dollars) even if they have suffered emotional trauma
because of the loss, the European Union court ruled Thursday, according to (...)
Passengers can claim only up to about 1,100 euros ($1,480) from airlines for losing their baggage, Europe's top court ruled on Thursday in a case concerning a traveller who had sought three times as much, Reuters reoprted.
The limit to carriers' (...)
Speaker of House of Representatives in Luxembourg Laura Mozart received here today the visiting delegation of Saudi Majlis Al-Shura led by Chairman of the Saudi-Belgian Friendship Committee and member of Majlis Al-Shura, Mohammed Al-Jifri.
Mozart (...)
The Minister of Economy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Jeannot Krecke has met here with Majlis Al-Shura delegation headed by Chairman of Saudi-European Parliamentary Friendship Committee, Dr Mohammed bin Amin Al-Jifri currently on a visit to the (...)
European Union foreign ministers were set to
strike a deal on the setting up of the bloc's new diplomatic service
after hours of painstaking negotiations, dpa quoted officials as saying.
The EU's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton, met (...)
Bosnia-Hercegovina and Albania are set to enjoy
visa-free travel to the European Union's Schengen area by the end of
the year, dpa quoted the Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini as saying today.
Frattini said "a positive announcement," set (...)
A European court has rejected an appeal by a number of Hong Kong and China-based shoemakers against import duties levied by the European Commission on shoes originating form China and Vietnam, Reuters reported.
Luxembourg-based EU General Court (...)
Investors who lost money to American swindler Bernard Madoff through a fund set up by UBS cannot seek compensation directly from the Swiss bank, a Luxembourg court ruled on Thursday, according to Reuters.
The court rejected the demands of an (...)
EU foreign ministers have given their backing to a revamp of the European Union"s civilian aid strategy in Afghanistan.
Sweden"s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt says the 27-nation bloc"s existing aid plans are not working and need better coordination (...)
European Union governments vowed Tuesday to start withdrawing hundreds of billions of euros (dollars) worth of stimulus measures by 2011 if the economy recovers steadily next year, reported ap.
EU finance ministers said in a statement that the (...)
The European Union"s farm chief has promised ¤280 million ($420 million) to a special milk fund to ease the plight of dairy farmers facing the fallout of the financial crisis, according to AP.
EU Farm Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel says she has (...)
The European Central Bank left its
benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1 percent today,
preferring to wait and see if its «spectacular» infusion
of credit into the banking system will loosen lending to
consumers and businesses in the euro (...)
European Union leaders will take "all the necessary steps" to ensure the stability of the bloc's financial
system and protect citizens' savings, a joint statement issued on
their behalf by the French presidency of the EU said Monday.
Such (...)
Indirect peace talks between Israel and Syria are making progress and both sides agreed to two more rounds under Turkish mediation next month, Turkey's foreign
minister said Tuesday.
Babacan, who was in Luxembourg for meetings with European
Union (...)
European Union states agreed
on Monday they were ready to upgrade ties with Israel while
urging the Jewish state to make progress on Middle East peace,
officials said.
"The European Union is determined to develop a closer
partnership with (...)
European Union government ministers were Friday
engaged in tough talks aimed at reaching a make-or-break compromise
on efforts to increase competition in their energy markets, according to dpa.
The talks among ministers in Luxembourg showed that (...)