EU fails on Lisbon strategy, says report
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BRUSSELS, 11/04 - The aim of the European Union (EU) to become the world`s most competitive economy by 2010 amounts to a series of &quot;missed objectives&quot;, according to a high level report released on Wednesday.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 14 (IPS) - Some of the richest states European Union are doing  little to contribute to the Millennium Development Goals, says a  new report by three leading development groups.
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The European Union rejects Neurochem's lead drug.
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The European Union has failed in its attempt to get special protection for food and drinks brands associated with their place of production, reports say.
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EU officials fail to agree on a list of countries from where asylum applications will be presumed to be unfounded.
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An EU committee ruled on Monday that  Microsoft  failed to comply with a landmark antitrust  decision, paving the way for fines of up to 2 million euros  (&#36;2.56 million) a day, a source familiar with the situation  said.
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European Union foreign ministers failed to agree on Monday whether to set binding targets for the use of green renewable energy sources, setting up a potential clash when the bloc's leaders meet this week.Comment
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Comment is free: Jonathan Steele: Despite the modest successes of the reform treaty, the first post-summit crisis lays bare Europe's failures.
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BRUSSELS  - The European Union wrestled with proposals to overhaul its ineffective budget rules but put off concrete action until January at the earliest in the face of big divisions.
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On the eve of the publication of the Wim Kok expert group report on the Lisbon Agenda, the European Growth Task Force of the European Policy Centre published 10 &quot;Do-s and Don&#39;ts&quot; designed to boost growth in Europe while retaining a positive agenda for jobs
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European Union officials Monday rejected a French proposal to cut funding to poor nations in Eastern Europe with low tax rates that tempt investment away from their richer western neighbors.
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LONDON : Europe&#39;s efforts to catch up to and then outpace the US economy have been &quot;a big failure,&quot; the outgoing head of the European Union executive commission, Romano Prodi, told the Financial Times in an interview.
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Four European Parliament members warned the European Commission that its actions toward Microsoft could hurt the competitiveness of European businesses by delaying the release of Vista, Microsoft's next operating system.
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STRASBOURG, France -- The president-elect of the European Commission withdrew his proposed EU executive team yesterday to avoid an unprecedented European Parliament defeat, plunging the 25-nation bloc into political turmoil.
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European Union foreign ministers have failed to agree on whether to set binding targets for the use of green renewable energy sources, setting up a potential clash when the bloc's leaders meet this week.Comment
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Turkey has made significant reforms to prepare to one day join the European Union, but in many key areas they still fall short, according to an EU report revealed ahead of its publication next week.
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The European Union was berated in a hard-hitting new report Wednesday for failing to deliver on a promise to transform itself into the world&#39;s most dynamic economy by 2010.