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EU and Canada agree free trade deal in Brussels

The European Union (EU) and Canada have struck a free trade agreement aimed at boosting growth and employment. The deal…

11 years ago

Italy: State funeral for Lampedusa shipwreck migrants

Italy has decided to hold a state funeral for the hundreds of migrants who died after their boat capsized close…

11 years ago

Croatia joins European Union

Starting with 1st of July 2013 Croatia has become the 28th member of the European Union, with crowds joining celebrations…

11 years ago

EU member states allowed to slow their pace of austerity cuts

The European Commission has announced it will allow some EU member states to slow their pace of austerity cuts, amid…

11 years ago

Jose Manuel Barroso urges full tax data exchange

The head of the European Commission has told the European Parliament he wants EU-wide exchange of income data as part…

11 years ago

EU gets Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

The presidents of the EU's three main institutions have collected the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. The EU was…

12 years ago

EU leaders set for 2014-2020 budget battle

EU leaders are to begin talks on the bloc’s 2014-2020 budget, with many of them calling for cuts in line…

12 years ago

EU reaches bank supervision deal

European Union leaders have agreed to set up a single eurozone banking supervisor - a major step towards a banking…

12 years ago

Germany pushes EU economic union

Germany has called on countries using the euro to take decisive steps to bring about closer fiscal integration. Berlin wants…

12 years ago

Jose Manuel Barroso calls for EU to evolve into a federation

EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has called for the EU to evolve into a "federation of nation-states". Addressing the…

12 years ago

Jose Manuel Barroso in Athens for Greece economy talks

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso is heading to Athens for talks on Thursday amid concern over whether Greece has…

12 years ago

Mexico G20 Summit: world leaders urge Europe to overcome eurozone crisis

World leaders meeting at a G20 summit in Mexico have urged Europe to take all necessary measures to overcome the…

12 years ago

Ukraine slams Euro 2012 boycott

Ukraine denounces a threatened EU boycott of next month's Euro 2012 football championship as "destructive". In a statement, Ukraine’s foreign…

13 years ago

European Commission warns Hungary of legal action over new laws

The European Commission warns Hungary that it faces legal action if it fails to change reforms to its central bank,…

13 years ago