Britain attacks 'devastating' EU proposals to ban cod fishing
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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.
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Science & environment: Conservationists attack EU fishing quota deal that will allow fishing fleets to land an extra 11% of cod in North Sea.
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By MIKE SWAIN  CELEBRITY chefs yesterday hit out at destructive fishing policies which threaten to take seafood off the menu.   Chefs Antony Worrall Thompson and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall slammed fisheries chiefs who are set to ignore calls for a ban on some stocks.
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They are asking the European Union Council to reject this proposal. They claim that software patent directive would be harmful to the European economy.
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Britain has switched sides and thrown its support behind a European Union plan to lift a 15-year-old arms embargo against China, a move that threatens to trigger a rift in Britain's "special relationship" with ...
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Europeans may claim leadership in fighting global warming, but they get black marks from environmentalists for their fishing policy.
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The European Commission has reportedly dropped its proposals to close depleted cod grounds in the North Sea, Irish Sea and the west of Scotland.
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By IAN STARRETT i.starrett@newsletter.co.uk  PLANNED new water legislation could threaten fish farming, textile and other industries here, a DUP councillor has claimed.
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'Reduced reproduction' threatens stocks The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has called for a ban on fishing for North Sea cod, The BBC reports.â¦
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The Confederation of British Industry attacked Western nations, notably France and Spain, for praticing free-trade &quot;hypocrisy&quot; by seeking to block foreign-backed takeovers.
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The EU decided Wednesday to cut  national fish catches for 2005, rejecting proposals to shut  fishing grounds in favor of more limits on the time trawlers  can hunt for depleted species like cod, officials said.
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A proposal to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain sets up a bitter war within the European Union.
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Industrial fishing from Europe is crippling coastal African economies and creating a surge of illegal migrants.
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The British government's plan to issue work permits to 10,000 Bangladeshi, mostly residents in the United Kingdom has drawn flak from watchdog group.
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Britain should look to Europe rather than the US for its economic destiny, the French Finance Minister said yesterday as Gordon Brown launched a scathing attack on the euro system.
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Britain is urging the European Union commission to clamp down on EU states that are bending the rules on the allocation of government contracts, arguing that domestic firms are losing out considerably.
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Blighty vote fraud may be worst in Europe The chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life yesterday delivered a stinging attack on attempts to modernise the British voting system.â¦