EU dodges Prince Charles conflict of interest charge
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The European Commission sidestepped on Wednesday charges from an MEP that Prince Charles has a conflict of interest over wind farms, as the royal begins a visit to Brussels.
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The incoming head of the European Commission has been trying to end a dispute which threatens to leave the EU without an executive.
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The French president is persuaded not to try to dilute EU competition law through the new EU treaty, the BBC learns.
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: Britainâs Prince Charles, under fire for being old fashioned and elitist, battled today to convince his future subjects he is not out of touch.
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France is persuaded not to try to dilute EU competition law via the new EU treaty, the BBC learns.
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"It is absolutely untrue that I ordered investigators to conceal payments from the OECD. This is what The Guardian alleged. It is categorically denied"  The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, has denied ordering British investigators to conceal from the international anti-bribery watchdog more than 1 billion in secret payments allegedly made to a Saudi prince.The payments were allegedly received by Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the former Saudi ambassador to the United States, from BAE Systems for setting up the 40 billion Al Yamamah arms deal in the 1980s with the full knowledge of the Ministry of Defence.The Guardian reported that when the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - the world's anti-corruption watchdog - tried to look into the deal earlier this year, the details were not disclosed by British officials. Read more
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The case of a man refused funding for drugs by his local care trust is taken to the European Commission.
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BRUSSELS The incoming president of the European Commission offered an olive branch to the European Parliament on Thursday but failed to quell a rebellion by deputies that is threatening the future of a conservative Catholic commissioner-designate, Rocco
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Incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso today defended two of his under-fire team. Euro MPs questioned the appointment of Italian Rocco Buttiglione as a Commissioner after he said homosexuality was a sin.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union rejected a US demand to ban government loans to aircraftmaker Airbus SAS, intensifying a dispute between the two trading partners.
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Commission said Wednesday it had dropped its antitrust investigation into mobile phone roaming prices charged by operators in Britain and Germany after new EU rules forcing telecom companies to cut the cost of using mobile phones abroad.
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Following firm's complaint that French law was anti-European The company whose chief executives were arrested in France last week had already filed a formal complaint to the European Commission claiming that France's gambling laws conflicted with the EC Treaty.â¦
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Buckingham Palace on Friday dismissed as &quot;irresponsible&quot; newspaper reports that a kidnap threat forced Britain&#39;s Prince Harry to cut short a trip to a polo pony farm in Argentina.
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Olympics: The Prince of Wales' decision not to go to Beijing is being used in a campaign to boycott the games
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[JURIST] BBC News is reporting that incoming EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has withdrawn his proposed slate of Commissioners from consideration by the European Parliament after a dispute over the inclusion of controversial Justice portfolio
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A European Union court on Wednesday confirmed it had upheld curbs imposed by the EU&#39;s executive on Microsoft, dismissing the software giant&#39;s appeal for a suspension.
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Olaf accused of irregularities and conflicts of interest The EU's anti-fraud chief is to be brought before the European Parliament over allegations of conflicts of interest and operational irregularities at Olaf.â¦