STRASBOURG (AFP) - The European Parliament on Tuesday gave overwhelming approval to the new team of EU commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso who urged governments to step up the fight against the economic crisis. More »
BRUSSELS (AFP) - EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso's new team is set to get the green light from the European parliament Tuesday, ending a three-month limbo period during the bloc's worst ever economic crisis. More »
Iran has announced it will expand its nuclear programme, in a move likely to fuel tension with the West. More »
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) - Germany supports the creation of a European army in the long term so that the EU can be a "global player," Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle told the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. More »
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) - Germany supports the creation of a European army in the long term so that the EU can be a "global player," Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle told the Munich Security Conference on Saturday. More »
BRUSSELS (AFP) - A North Korean-flagged and Libyan-owned cargo ship was hijacked on Wednesday south of the Yemeni coast, the EU's anti-piracy naval force said. More »
Greece's plans to tackle its growing budget crisis by increasing retirement age, hiking fuel taxes and freezing civil servants' pay have been approved by the European Commission. More »
LONDON (AFP) - Britain is calling for greater military co-operation with France in a bid to map out a more secure future for the country's cash-strapped armed forces, a newspaper reported Wednesday. More »
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could struggle to hit its target of getting 15 percent of its energy from renewable resources within the next decade, according to a UK government report submitted to the European Union. More »

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