EU gives Poland a week to stop bog work
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The European Union said Wednesday it has given Poland a week to stop work on a highway running through a protected habitat in a test case of how new EU member states deal with environmental issues.
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The European Union agreed today to try to clarify IranÂs stance on halting uranium enrichment within two weeks.
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Poland wants talks with Germany and Russia about a controversial Baltic Sea gas pipeline project steered by Russian giant Gazprom, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said in an interview published Monday.
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A decision on suspending the EU's sanctions against Microsoft is expected next week.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 18 (IPS) - European Union officials were this week branded  "slow" and "lazy" in addressing discrimination  faced by the Roma community, the continent's largest  transnational minority.
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Poland will push to get concessions on a European Union voting system written into the new EU treaty because the bloc's leaders already agreed to them verbally, Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski said on Wednesday.
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Britain's guidelines on working hours infringe European Union law which gives employees the right to minimum daily and weekly rest periods, Europe's highest court has ruled.
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Britain, the Netherlands and Spain plan restrictions on immigrant workers from Bulgaria and Romania once the two states join the European Union Jan.Comment
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LAPPEENRANTA, Finland  - European Union foreign   ministers agreed on Saturday to give Iran two more weeks to   clarify its stance on halting sensitive nuclear work after   Tehran ignored a U.N. deadline to suspend uranium enrichment.
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The Polish government on Monday tried to defuse a crisis on the country's eastern EU border, where truckers are facing days of jams amid a wage protest by customs officers.
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The EU ordered Italy on Thursday to clean up Naples within a month Â or face legal action.
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European Union leaders clinched agreement on Saturday on a detailed mandate for a new treaty to overhaul the 27-nation bloc after persuading Poland to end a stand-off that nearly torpedoed their summit.
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Poland has blocked moves by other EU leaders to create a European day against the death penalty. Other EU interior and justice ministers want to name October 10th as the day to mark the abolition of capital punishment in the 27 nation bloc - a move which needed unanimous support. Poland's conservative Roman Catholic leaders, the twins Lech and Jaroslaw Kaczynski, have argued for a broader event, also condemning abortion and euthanasia.
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Poland and Ukraine are warned by governing body Uefa to speed up their preparations for Euro 2012.
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The European Union approved plans Wednesday by Britain to give British Energy, the country's largest electricity producer, billions of dollars in aid to shut down its eight nuclear power plants in the decades ahead.
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The European Union has launched a new drive to reduce its regulatory burden on companies, in a bid to tackle one of the most frequent complaints made by business.
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WARSAW (SwissInfo) - Poland's president threatened on Thursday to delay talks on a new European Union treaty at a summit where EU leaders hope to finalize the charter to reform the bloc's institutions. Agreement on the treaty would end a crisis of confidence sparked by Dutch and French voters' rejection of a European constitution in 2005 and open the way for a toned-down treaty that includes a foreign policy chief with more clout and a long-term EU president. The treaty also provides for a more democratic decision-making system and more say for the European and national parliaments but avoids mention of an EU anthem or flag.  Poland, which fought against changes to the voting system at a treaty summit in June, has recently voiced greater optimism that it would win a compromise on its demands, even though other states have said they will proceed without Poland if its often-cantankerous leaders continue to drag their feet. Some leaders have indicated that Poland may be asked to leave the EU if it cannot "play ball" in the future.