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European Parliament ratifies EU-Ukraine Association Agreement
September 17th, 2014
The European Parliament gave its consent to the EU-Ukraine Association agreement, which includes a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA), on Tuesday in Strasbourg. “This is an historic moment”, said EP President Martin Schulz in his address to ...
Investment Program supported by European Finance Officials
September 15th, 2014
A three-year, €300 billion program to spur the European economy won broad support from finance ministers. Finance ministers of the European Union have endorsed plans to leverage hundreds of billions of euros in order to finance new infrastructure projects ...
New EU Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality
September 10th, 2014
Jean-Claude JUNCKER, the President-elect of the European Commission has allocated Věra Jourová, a lawyer and politician from the Czech Republic, the Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality portfolio in the new European Commission. If approved by the European Parliament, she ...
Russian European food sanctions have consequences
September 5th, 2014
Bas Feijtel has a bumper crop of pears and no place to sell them all, so he’s leaving a quarter of them to rot. That’s because the price he gets for his pears plunged 70 percent from last year after ...
China antitrust probes hit concerns over European firms
August 13th, 2014
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China on Wednesday expressed concern over a recent series of antitrust investigations, saying China was using strong-arm tactics and appeared to be unfairly targeting foreign firms. An array of industries have been ...
Implementing the new European accounting directive
July 17th, 2014
In implementing the New European Accounting Directive, the Member States have choices which give them the chance to improve accounting in their country and those choices should be more evidence-based. This was the main conclusion of a roundtable facilitated ...
Parliament elects Jean-Claude Juncker as Commission President
July 15th, 2014
The European Parliament has issued a press release announcing the election of Jean-Claude Juncker as Commission President. With 422 votes in favour, the European Parliament elected Jean-Claude Juncker in a secret ballot on 15 July as President of the new ...
China Blocks European Shipping Pact, Sending Maersk Down
June 18th, 2014
A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S (MAERSKB) said it is working on alternative plans to cut costs and address overcapacity in the freighter market after Chinese regulators unexpectedly blocked formation of a global shipping alliance. “We have different tools in our toolbox ...
European court to rule on allegations Facebook passes personal data to NSA
June 18th, 2014
A European court has been asked to rule on a landmark case which seeks to force watchdogs to audit the personal data Facebook allegedly releases to US spy chiefs. The high court in Dublin has referred to Strasbourg a ...
Cyprus Savers Sue ECB, Commission Amid Losses in Rescue Plan
May 27th, 2014
Cyprus bank depositors sued the European Central Bank and the European Commission for putting them in the firing line as part of last year’s rescue package for the crisis-hit Mediterranean nation. The savers filed four lawsuits demanding compensation after ...
