EU to take UK lead on violent video games
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John Reid says 'do as we say' Franco Frattini, the reactionary EU commissioner leading a campaign against violent and "perverse" video games, is expected to push for the UK's ratings laws to be applied across Europe.â¦
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Violent video games are once again under the microscope following a shooting at a German school, in which a teenager with an apparent fondness for war simulations and violent video games wounded as many as 37 people before taking his own life.
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The European Commission is set to step  up legal action against Germany next week for thwarting foreign  competition in the country's gaming markets, sources with  knowledge of the decision said on Thursday.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 28 (IPS) - With images of monks converging courageously on  Rangoon broadcast around the world, the European Union threatened  this week that it would respond to any use of violence against  peaceful protesters by strengthening the sanctions it had  previously imposed on Burma's military junta.
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EU president Luxembourg will push to  add Nazi symbols to a proposed ban across the 25-nation bloc on  hate crimes motivated by racism and xenophobia.
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The European Commission is to draw up plans to bolster co-operation in the fight against terror.
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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 Scottish government recently announced that its anti-drinking and driving campaign will utilize video game ad space.
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European online gaming companies which  have been shut out of U.S. markets urged the European Union on  Wednesday to demand as much as $100 billion in compensation in  the hope that Washington might yet be pressed into reversing  its ban.
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The upcoming violent video game "Manhunt 2" faced an uncertain future Thursday after being banned by two countries this week and facing a ratings controversy in the United States.
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A day after Holocaust commemorations across Europe, EU ministers said Friday they want to improve cooperation in the fight against extremism and anti-Semitism, including a ban on Nazi symbols.
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Leading figures in the games industry give their views on the government-commissioned review into gaming.
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European Union experts will from next month start training police forces across Afghanistan, including southern provinces which have borne the brunt of insurgent violence, EU officials said on Tuesday.
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TV news and children's shows could be threatened by an EU plan to overhaul ad rules, politicians warn.
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Police in England are to focus on tackling the most serious violent crimes, the home secretary will announce.
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A video game banned in Britain and Ireland and facing restricted sales in the United States due to its violent content was a fine piece of art, the game's publisher said on Wednesday.
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EU defense ministers will sign off today on plans to establish battle groups of troops poised for instant action in a significant move toward a European army.