EU Proposals Target Scandals
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The European Union's executive office said Thursday it wants to require companies to disclose the use of accounting practices that keep assets off balance sheets to prevent more big accounting scandals.
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Proposals are set to be unveiled to turn environmental offences over to the criminal courts across the EU.
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The European Commission laid out its opposition to plans by Turkey to criminalise adultery yesterday. The proposed law threatens to destabilise Ankara&#39;s bid to open EU entry talks.
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BRUSSELS -- European Union states should clamp down on radical imams and Internet "hate speech" and train police and teachers on the dangers of Islamist militancy, according to a confidential plan seen by Reuters.
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The European Parliament calls for the EU to review restrictions on taking liquids on board aeroplanes.
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Surprising perhaps no one, the European Commission stated this morning in Brussels it will proceed with a fresh round of investigations against Microsoft, on some very familiar sounding allegations.
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The EU's incoming executive commissioners face confirmation hearings at the European Parliament this week -- with some of the more controversial figures braced for a hostile grilling.
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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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Newer EU members are struggling to promote a more traditional morality.
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The European Commission on Friday suggested ways of revamping the EUâs Stability and Growth Pact and said change was vital to restoring the credibility of its much-flouted budget discipline rules.
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Brussels on Wednesday tightened the screws on European Union governments that have broken the bloc&#39;s common rules, in a drive to prise open national markets for companies in the gambling, telecommunications and financial services sectors, and the legal profession.
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Turkey&#39;s plan to make adultery a crime may hinder its bid to join the European Union by showing the dominance of ``conservative forces&#39;&#39; in Turkish society, European officials said.
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Papers judge the aftermath of the EU Commission wrangle, examine football racism and French mobile phones
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A fresh row is threatening to mar the first day in office of the new European Commission on Monday. France&#39;s commissioner Jacques Barrot is under fire for failing to disclose a previous conviction for embezzlement.
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The European Union's head office was set to approve proposals Friday to inject more flexibility into the oft-flouted budget rules behind the euro.
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European Union officials this week will aim to reduce corporate influence and make polluting more expensive.
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The European Union has called for an investigation into Ukraine&#39;s disputed presidential elections, saying the poll could not be considered democratic according to international standards.