Green MEP Staes: ‘GMO clearly not wanted by majority of members’
Despite 19 out of 28 EU member states opposing a genetically modified crop, it was authorized due to the bloc's voting system. Green MEP Bart Staes says the Commission would…
Euro Parliament axes data sharing with US – the NSA swiped the bytes anyway
Hacking claims now probed by Continent's cops By Iain Thomson Posted in Government, 24th October 2013 18:24 GMT The European Parliament has voted to halt the Terrorist Finance Tracking…
Europe Has 880,000 Slave Laborers
A report by the European Parliament says there are 3,600 international criminal organizations in the European Union and that some 880,000 slave laborers live in the 27-nation bloc, including 270,000…
Brussels’ Revolving Door for Top EU Officials
Conflicts of Interest By Christoph Schult and Christoph Pauly Senior European Commission officials have a penchant for changing sides when they join the private sector. They take up positions with…
UK’s GCHQ blamed for cyber attack on Belgian telecoms company
The agency was named in the latest revelations from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden Cahal Milmo Friday, 20 September 2013 Britain is facing a damaging public clash with a European ally…
‘You were my greatest love of my life’: Deeply personal emails sent between Colin Powell and a blonde Romanian diplomat revealed by hacker but he DENIES having an affair
The 76-year-old former secretary of state said he met Corina Cretu, a 45-year-old member of the European Parliament, 10 years ago He said they began emailing each other in 2005…
Colin Powell admits to sending ‘very personal’ emails to a Romanian diplomat but DENIES having an affair as a hacker threatens to leak their intimate messages
The 76-year-old former secretary of state said he met Corina Cretu, a 45-year-old member of the European Parliament, 10 years ago He said they began emailing each other in 2005…
Europe Furious over NSA Spying on EU Facilities : ” The US, he added, once the land of the free, “is suffering from a security syndrome,”
'Out of Control' By Claus Hecking and Stefan Schultz Senior European Union officials are outraged by revelations that the US spied on EU representations in Washington and New York. Some…
‘I don’t recognize European Parliament’, says Erdogan
After EU criticism towards Turkey. Military repression announced 17 June, 20:25 (ANSAmed) - ANKARA - Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said he does not recognize the European Parliament,…
Cyprus bail-out vote stirs fresh jitters as slump fears grow in Europe
Cyprus has stunned EU officials by ordering a vote in its parliament on the terms of the EU-IMF Troika bailout for the country, risking a rejection by angry lawmakers and…
Defiant EU demands extra £9.5b to cover its budget
The European Union has defied Britain's attempts to control its spending by demanding an extra £9.5 billion to tide it over until the end of the year. Members of the…
Banks saved, but may have lost an entire generation of young people in the process, the president of the European Parliament said.
Banks saved, but Europe risks "losing a generation" By Luke BakerPosted 2013/03/11 at 3:37 pm EDT BRUSSELS, Mar. 11, 2013 (Reuters) — Europe has spent hundreds of billions of euros…
MEPs to vote on EU ‘ban on all forms of pornography’
MEPs will next week vote on a "ban on all forms of pornography" including censorship of the internet in a bid to "eliminate gender stereotypes" that demean women. MEPs will…
Insight: Facing austerity, Europe’s bureaucrats chafe : As EU institutions have cellars stocked with nearly 47,000 bottles of red, white and sparkling wine
By Sebastian Moffett and Claire DavenportPosted 2012/11/18 at 5:21 am EST BRUSSELS, Nov. 18, 2012 (Reuters) — Workers protesting austerity on the streets of southern Europe weren't to know it,…
Ambassador Nikovski wants EU Chief in Macedonia (Aivo Orav) Expelled
Saturday, 17 November 2012 "He needs to be ignored, by all, at all levels. No institution should have any contacts, if Aivo Orav does not publicly apologize. If he refuses…
Auditor: EU agencies may pose threat to safety : No oversight, serious conflicts of interest and corruption
12.10.12 @ 09:22 Conflicts of interest in four EU agencies authorising food, medicines, chemicals and aviation security standards might be putting people's safety at risk, an audit has shown. "None…
Eurocrats demand £8 billion in extra national payments to Brussels budget : While others Cut the EU increases spending at twice the rate of inflation
Eurocrats are to demand £8 billion in extra national payments to the Brussels budget fuelling government anger at the "incontinence" of European Union spending. The European Commission will request increased…
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