EU aims to stop 'visa shopping'
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Schengen states to share visa data The European Parliament has approved draft proposals for a biometric database to prevent people who are refused a visa by one Schengen country from applying to other member states.â¦
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The European Commission unveils plans to make people feel safer buying things online from other countries.
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The European Commission has signalled that it may suspend membership negotiations with candidate countries if they fail to meet tough EU criteria.
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Travellers on European flights will   need to take their laptops out of their bags at screening in   airports but it is not yet decided whether toothpaste and   drinks will be banned, the European Commission said on   Thursday.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium  - The European Union head office this week proposed redefining how working hours are counted under the bloc's maximum 48-hour workweek law and stopping companies in Britain from abusing an "opt-out" to the law.
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The European Union wants firms to stop advertising junk food to children and improve the labelling of products, the FT says.
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Messages reminding people not to overstay their visas are part of a government drive to clamp down on immigration.
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The EU plans joint naval patrols with Libya to curb the flow of illegal immigrants to Malta and Italy.
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The European Union said Monday it was suspending its World Trade Organisation complaint against India&#39;s import duties on alcoholic drinks.
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EU judges refuse to allow consumers to buy drinks and cigarettes online at lower duties from other countries.
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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said he wants to tighten travel rules for Europeans entering the United States without visas, news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 20 (IPS) - African and European civil society groups are  urging European citizens to put pressure on their governments to  halt regional trade agreements between the European Union and  developing countries.
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European Union foreign ministers decided Monday to freeze parts of entry talks with Turkey on Monday over Ankara's refusal to open its ports to trade with EU member Cyprus.
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EU ministers on Friday backed plans to collect data on air travellers coming to Europe, a move which could force visitors to provide information three times before entering.
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The urgent need to reinforce border controls to prevent thousands of illegal immigrants from entering the European Union will be at the top of the agenda when EU justice and interior ministers meet in Brussels on Tuesday. The ministers are expected to agree on measures to strengthen border controls in a bid to reduce the number of illegal entries to the bloc each year, but the question of funding will be paramount to any decisions taken.
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BRUSSELS, Feb 1 (IPS) - Plans by the European Union to allow police to  study data on asylum-seekers have run into difficulty amid  concerns that the move could result in victims of persecution  being treated as criminal suspects.
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The European Union is warned to take steps to combat the growing problem of counterfeit drugs.