Croatia provokes EU fishing row
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An Adriatic fishing zone off Croatia prompts EU warnings of negative consequences.
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EU ministers allow fishermen to catch more cod in the North Sea, against environmentalists' recommendations.
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The European Union on Wednesday challenged Washington's assertion that it had won a World Trade Organization (WTO) case in which the bloc was accused of discriminating against famous foods and wines from elsewhere.
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The EU ordered minor cuts in 2005 national fish catches Wednesday, rejecting proposals to shut fishing grounds in favor of more limits on the time trawlers can hunt for depleted species like cod.
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The European Union's top fisheries official on Tuesday pressed for stronger protections for the overfished bluefin tuna, an increasingly rare delicacy in high-end restaurants around the world.
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The European Commission calls for cuts in quotas of cod, herring and anchovy to conserve stocks.
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EU fisheries ministers agreed quotas on Tuesday for new member states to catch deepwater fish, exotic but threatened species that are fast becoming an alternative to mainstays like cod and hake, officials said.
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ZAGVOZD, Croatia  - The state has made them a  protected species, but shepherds say Croatia's wolves are  living up to their storybook reputation as the bad guys.
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The European Commission steps into a controversy over the takeover of Serbia's oil monopoly.
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SCOTLANDS embattled trawlermen yesterday began a new fight to save their livelihood after fresh calls for a total ban on cod fishing in the North Sea.
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Croatia will call a new international tender for a third mobile telecommunications license after authorities refused an offer from a Croatian-Swedish consortium.
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Fishermen closed off two French ports and environmentalists dumped dead fish in front of the European Union headquarters Monday on the eve of crucial talks on catch limits for threatened species in EU waters.
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- European officials decided yesterday to disregard proposals to declare huge stretches of ocean off-limits for trawlers if viable alternatives can be worked out to safeguard such threatened fish as the once-common cod.
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Many people believe that Croatia may join the European Union along with Bulgaria and Romania in 2007.
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Ukraine's project to build a canal in the Danube Delta - a unique wetland area - alarms environmentalists.
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EU leaders are set to offer Croatia a start date for entry talks - but Zagreb is required to hand over war crimes suspects.
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Britain strongly attacked "devastating" proposals by the European Union executive to ban cod fishing in parts of the North Sea as EU fisheries ministers prepared for annual talks on quotas.