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European Union shrugs off debunking of pro-austerity academic study
EU austerity hawks shrug off criticism of flawed academic paper (via The Christian Science Monitor) Copyright ImageClick to View European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn addresses the media at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels earlier this month. Mr. Rehn wrote on his blog that despite flaws…
Two-thirds of Europe’s LGBT community ‘still afraid to show sexuality’
Two-thirds of Europe’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are still afraid to show their sexuality in public and a quarter have been victims of physical or verbal attacks, an EU report said Friday, on the International Day Against Homophobia. “Fear, isolation and discrimination are everyday phenomena for the LGBT…
U.S. seeks public comment on proposed European Union trade deal
The United States put its proposed trade partnership with the European Union to the public Monday, marking another step toward creating the world’s largest free-trade area. The US Trade Representative (USTR) said it was seeking public comments on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, including regarding US interests and…
European Union looks into price fixing accusations against Apple
European Union competition watchdogs said Friday they were “looking into” potential anti-trust issues at iPad and iPhone giant Apple, following queries raised by telecommunications operators. “The European Commission has been made aware of Apple distribution practices for iPads and iPhones,” a spokesman for EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia told a…
European Union considers ban on insecticides to save bees
The European Commission said Tuesday it will try again to get member states to back a two-year ban on insecticides harmful to bees whose numbers have been in sharp and worrying decline. EU Health Commissioner Tonio Borg told EU agriculture ministers meeting in Brussels that he wanted to revisit the…
Europe triples recycling in a decade
Recycling of household waste has tripled in Europe over the past decade but some countries are dragging their feet for meeting a target set for 2020, the European Environment Agency (EAA) said in a report issued on Tuesday. From 2001 to 2010, recycling of materials and composting of organic waste…
European Union cracks down on illegal timber trade
The European Union is cracking down on the timber trade in an effort to curb illegal logging, blamed for a host of ills from social upheaval to environmental and economic damage. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said Friday that new rules effective from Sunday would affect everyone in…
Britain pushing to lift European embargo against Syrian rebels
Britain, apparently backed by a handful of European Union allies, is fighting to lift an EU arms embargo barring the supply of weapons to the Syrian rebel coalition battling President Bashar al-Assad. As EU foreign ministers go into a day-long meeting on the issue Monday, the internal row remains unresolved…
Ancient Pompeii to get 105 million-Euro makeover
The long-neglected Roman city of Pompeii will get a 105-million euro ($142-million) makeover partly funded by the EU starting on Wednesday, a day after former site managers were put under investigation for corruption. The project, which is being funded to the tune of 41.8 million euros from the European Union,…
EU panel seeks power to fine, censor and fire journalists
A series of recommendations issued Monday (PDF) by the European Union’s “High Level Group” proposes the establishment of “media councils” in every member state that would be monitored by the European Commission and given the power to fine, censor and even fire individual journalists if deemed appropriate. “Media councils should…
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