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27 Mar 17
A tiff over collective bargaining in Greece resurfaced last week when prime minister Alexis Tsipras sent a letter to European leaders accusing them of double standards.
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28 Feb 17
European Union funds focused on helping sub-Saharan African countries to collect more domestic taxes are not yet being used effectively, auditors said today.
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21 Feb 17
Famine is looming in Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen and additional regions of South Sudan, where it was already declared in some areas yesterday, the United Nations children’s agency has warned.
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21 Feb 17
The European Council has agreed fresh measures to prevent corporations avoiding tax via countries that are not members of the European Union.
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21 Feb 17
Greece and its creditors have found some “common ground” following the latest meetings on its stalling €86bn bailout in Brussels yesterday.
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16 Feb 17
The European Commission has delivered “final warnings” on pollution to a host of the bloc’s major economies.
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16 Feb 17
MEPs have ratified CETA, the controversial free trade deal between the European Union and Canada, despite heavy resistance from the public.
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15 Feb 17
Weak growth in Germany, Italy and Greece in the final quarter of last year has dampened an optimistic outlook for the ever-sluggish eurozone.
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14 Feb 17
All 27 European Union economies are forecast to grow for three years in a row – marking the first time the European Commission has made such a prediction in almost a decade.
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2 Feb 17
A more credible system of penalising European Union member states that break the bloc’s budgetary rules is needed, according to the International Monetary Fund.
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24 Jan 17
Euro-area government debt fell to its lowest level since 2012 in the third quarter of 2016 according to figures released yesterday by the bloc’s statistic office.
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19 Jan 17
The European Commission has called on Italy to reduce its 2017 deficit by around €3.4bn ($3.64bn) to avoid potential sanctions for breaking European Union spending rules.
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18 Jan 17
With UK prime minister Theresa May putting flesh on the Brexit bones, here's what a host of EU leaders had to say
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17 Jan 17
The European Union’s executive is failing to tackle food waste, which amounts to around 88 million tonnes per year, auditors have found.
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13 Jan 17
“Management weaknesses” in the European Commission have contributed to reducing the effectiveness of recent EU aid to Honduras, according to a report published yesterday by the European Court of...
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3 Jan 17
Information on cross-border tax rulings issued within the European Union will now be automatically shared between member states.
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21 Dec 16
Eurozone governments should start plugging a “wide and deep” gap in public investment gap by taking advantage of low interest rates, the European Commission has suggested.
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9 Dec 16
European Union protections against pandemics that could spread quickly throughout the bloc suffer from “significant weaknesses”, the European Court of Auditors has found.
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8 Dec 16
The European Union’s support for improved financial management and governance in Ukraine has been only partially effective, and the limited results achieved so far remain “fragile”, the bloc’s...
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6 Dec 16
Eurozone finance ministers have agreed on short-term debt relief measures for Greece, but remain divided on the country’s fiscal targets and the reforms needed to reach them.
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2 Dec 16
The European Union is set to crack down on overseas firms illegally shipping small items to customers within the bloc without charging VAT.
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30 Nov 16
The European Commission has announced proposals to restrict subsidies for coal and cut the European Union’s energy usage by 30% by 2030.
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22 Nov 16
European Union spending on climate change may fall short of target, with a lacklustre effort to channel funds towards climate action throwing spending off schedule, auditors have found.
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14 Nov 16
Plans to increase the size of the fund underpinning the EU’s so-called Juncker Plan by €12bn are premature and not supported by evidence, the European Court of Auditors has argued.
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10 Nov 16
Public finances across the EU are set to continue improving in the coming years, the European Commission has predicted, despite another cut to growth forecasts.
27 Mar 17A tiff over collective bargaining in Greece resurfaced last week when prime minister Alexis Tsipras sent a letter to European leaders accusing them of double standards.
28 Feb 17European Union funds focused on helping sub-Saharan African countries to collect more domestic taxes are not yet being used effectively, auditors said today.
21 Feb 17Famine is looming in Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen and additional regions of South Sudan, where it was already declared in some areas yesterday, the United Nations children’s agency has warned.
21 Feb 17The European Council has agreed fresh measures to prevent corporations avoiding tax via countries that are not members of the European Union.
21 Feb 17Greece and its creditors have found some “common ground” following the latest meetings on its stalling €86bn bailout in Brussels yesterday.
16 Feb 17The European Commission has delivered “final warnings” on pollution to a host of the bloc’s major economies.
16 Feb 17MEPs have ratified CETA, the controversial free trade deal between the European Union and Canada, despite heavy resistance from the public.
15 Feb 17Weak growth in Germany, Italy and Greece in the final quarter of last year has dampened an optimistic outlook for the ever-sluggish eurozone.
14 Feb 17All 27 European Union economies are forecast to grow for three years in a row – marking the first time the European Commission has made such a prediction in almost a decade.
18 Jan 17With UK prime minister Theresa May putting flesh on the Brexit bones, here's what a host of EU leaders had to say
17 Jan 17The European Union’s executive is failing to tackle food waste, which amounts to around 88 million tonnes per year, auditors have found.
21 Dec 16Eurozone governments should start plugging a “wide and deep” gap in public investment gap by taking advantage of low interest rates, the European Commission has suggested.
9 Dec 16European Union protections against pandemics that could spread quickly throughout the bloc suffer from “significant weaknesses”, the European Court of Auditors has found.
8 Dec 16The European Union’s support for improved financial management and governance in Ukraine has been only partially effective, and the limited results achieved so far remain “fragile”, the bloc’s...
2 Dec 16The European Union is set to crack down on overseas firms illegally shipping small items to customers within the bloc without charging VAT.
30 Nov 16The European Commission has announced proposals to restrict subsidies for coal and cut the European Union’s energy usage by 30% by 2030.
