Consumers given time to adjust to idea of new orderSo what does it all mean to the public? The decision to leave the issuing of notes and coins until 2002 means that in some ways…Sat Jan 02 1999 - 00:00
Inflation drops to annual 1% within EUInflation in the 11 states which will launch the euro tomorrow fell to an annualised 0Thu Dec 31 1998 - 00:00
Brussels stands by to celebrate launch of the euro at midnightThe European Union tonight stakes its claim to global-power status as a monetary rival to the dollar and the yen when 11 member…Thu Dec 31 1998 - 00:00
Political calm heralds launch of the euroThe storms that have buffeted Ireland in the last few nights could not be in more marked contrast to the political serenity of…Tue Dec 29 1998 - 00:00
Belgian court finds Claes, 10 officials and French businessman guilty of corruptionThe former secretary-general of NATO, Mr Willy Claes, a millionaire French businessman, and 10 other Belgian politicians and …Thu Dec 24 1998 - 00:00
Animal Act does not meet EU standards, Commission warnsBritish legislation dating from the 1870s still in force in Ireland, which sets limits to animal experimentation, does not meet…Mon Dec 21 1998 - 00:00
Never mind Delors, grab de lollyPuns are like crossword puzzle clues, they are only really good when when they hit home from two angles of attackFri Dec 18 1998 - 00:00
Fishery ministers argue over ceilings for catchesEU fishery ministers were last night engaged in their ritual end-of-year tussle to reach agreement on catch ceilings for next…Fri Dec 18 1998 - 00:00
EU official criticises Irish environmental lawsKey aspects of Irish environmental legislation do not conform with EU directives, the advocate general of the European Court …Fri Dec 18 1998 - 00:00
State's failure over EU waste directives puts it in the dockThe State is being taken to the European Court of Justice for its failure to implement key provisions in three EU waste directives…Wed Dec 16 1998 - 00:00
EU bans four antibiotic products in animal feedEU farm ministers yesterday banned the use in animal feedstuffs of four important antibiotic products for other than strictly…Tue Dec 15 1998 - 00:00
All states have to make sacrifices to reach agreement, says FischerAll member-states would have to make sacrifices to reach agreement on Agenda 2000, the German Foreign Minister, Mr Joschka Fischer…Tue Dec 15 1998 - 00:00
Cook calms neutrals on defence link with FranceBritain has reassured the EU's neutrals, Ireland, Sweden, Finland and Austria, by clarifying that its recent EU defence initiative…Mon Dec 14 1998 - 00:00
EU heads accused of ThatcherismThe president of the European Parliament, Mr Jose Maria Gil Robles, appealed to the EU's overwhelmingly socialist leaders not…Sat Dec 12 1998 - 00:00
Deadlocked debate on financing EU to be resumed in FebruaryEU leaders struggled last night to advance the deadlocked debate on the future financing of the Union.Sat Dec 12 1998 - 00:00
Real story won't bark at ViennaThere is nothing, but nothing, more exciting to my colleagues in the British press corps here than a good Europe-out-to-get-the…Fri Dec 11 1998 - 00:00
Ahern for tough meetings at summitIreland's simultaneous defence of its corporate tax regime and generous EU structural funding was looking more difficult than…Fri Dec 11 1998 - 00:00
Britain and Germany move to defuse corporate tax rowBritain and Germany yesterday moved to defuse a rancorous public dispute over corporate taxation that threatened to overshadow…Thu Dec 10 1998 - 00:00
Santer warns of EU budget freeze killing CAP reformProposals to freeze the next EU budget would "kill off" Commission plans to reform the Common Agricultural Policy, the President…Thu Dec 10 1998 - 00:00
EU weighs up blame in fine on TelecomLegal problems in the drafting of a justification for an expected EU fine against Telecom Eireann of between £10 and £15 million…Wed Dec 09 1998 - 00:00
Ministers fail to advance EU budget talksEU foreign Ministers yesterday failed to broker any advance on the deadlocked talks on the European Union's post-2000 budget, …Mon Dec 07 1998 - 00:00
Sustained welfare funding seen as cohesion aid to EUWhy do we help those less fortunate than ourselves? Pity? Moral duty? Or is it because we know that in helping them we also, …Fri Dec 04 1998 - 00:00
MEPs accept new pay dealSome Irish MEPs voted against a big pay increase yesterday when members of the European Parliament voted by 314 to 84 in favour…Fri Dec 04 1998 - 00:00
Irish in Brussels raise £40,000 for victims of Omagh bombAround £40,000 has been raised by the Irish community in Brussels in support of the Omagh Fund in a drive that culminated in …Wed Dec 02 1998 - 00:00
Finance ministers at odds over tax harmonisationAmbitions to put the harmonisation of company taxation on the EU agenda were firmly rebuffed yesterday by several EU Finance …Wed Dec 02 1998 - 00:00
Germans support another five years of duty-freeA lifeline has been thrown to the beleaguered European duty-free industry by Germany, which has backed a French call for a five…Wed Dec 02 1998 - 00:00
O'Rourke more optimistic over duty free issueThere is new hope for the duty-free industry, the Minister for Public Enterprise, Ms O'Rourke, has argued, following a meeting…Tue Dec 01 1998 - 00:00
Mixed choir of socialists singing in different keysWhat on earth are the comrades up to?Fri Nov 27 1998 - 00:00
Corporation tax issue downplayed by MontiAttempts to put harmonisation of corporate taxation on the EU agenda were yesterday strongly opposed by Italy's Single Market…Thu Nov 26 1998 - 00:00
Sparring begins on next EU budgetEU Finance Ministers yesterday ended the phoney war over Agenda 2000 to get down to real negotiations for the first time on the…Tue Nov 24 1998 - 00:00
New data on wealth of counties may appearThe Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, in Brussels for a meeting of EU Finance Ministers, yesterday hinted that the Government…Tue Nov 24 1998 - 00:00
Way cleared to lift British beef banEU Farm Ministers yesterday cleared the way for the lifting of the British beef ban 32 months after it was imposedTue Nov 24 1998 - 00:00
Further EU pressure expected on Irish corporation tax rateIreland is to face renewed pressure from the EU's socialist-led governments to raise its corporation tax rate into line with …Tue Nov 24 1998 - 00:00
EU spending freeze faces oppositionAttempts by net-contributing EU states to make the case for a freeze in the EU's spending in the post-2000 budget are likely …Mon Nov 23 1998 - 00:00
Malone may link with TDs against mergerThe Dublin Labour MEP, Ms Bernie Malone, is likely to link up with other Dublin Labour representatives in opposing the terms …Mon Nov 23 1998 - 00:00
Student highlights rights of disabledIreland acquired a second, but unofficial, EU commissioner for the day yesterday when Stephen Stokes of Co Offaly was allowed…Fri Nov 20 1998 - 00:00
EU body to vet regional planEurostat, the European Union's statistical service in Luxembourg, will decide if Ireland may be subdivided for structural funding…Thu Nov 19 1998 - 00:00
Junior doctors to benefit from new EU directivesJunior hospital doctors and transport workers are set to benefit from an important decision on working hours made by the European…Thu Nov 19 1998 - 00:00
Andrews welcomes WEU mine removal role in KosovoThe involvement of the Western European Union on the EU's behalf in Kosovo mine removal operations and in police training in …Tue Nov 17 1998 - 00:00
New EU pressure for water charges likely after reportIreland is likely to face new EU Commission pressure to introduce water chargesTue Nov 17 1998 - 00:00
EU auditors query high subsidies for big farmersThe disproportionately high amount of subsidies which go to big farmers is one of the criticisms of the Common Agricultural Policy…Mon Nov 16 1998 - 00:00
EU opens accession talks with front-runner statesThe EU yesterday took the first formal steps in an enlargement process unlike any other so far with the opening of formal negotiations…Wed Nov 11 1998 - 00:00
EU row with US over bananas sales worsensThe EU Trade Commissioner, Sir Leon Brittan, yesterday unleashed a broadside against the US as it listed a wide range of EU goods…Wed Nov 11 1998 - 00:00
Andrews supports Spring for EU postThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Andrews, yesterday declared his support for Mr Dick Spring, former leader of the Labour …Tue Nov 10 1998 - 00:00
Regionalisation may not mean a higher take, EU tells AhernThe regionalisation of Ireland would not necessarily produce a higher overall take from EU structural funds, the Commissioner…Tue Nov 10 1998 - 00:00
Chagall changes image of a city in declineOne of Liege's main claims to fame is the writer Simenon, whose Maigret would be well at home in this down-at-heel city.Fri Nov 06 1998 - 00:00
Spring gets support for EU foreign postThe Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Andrews, yesterday gave the first public acknowledgement that the Government would support…Fri Nov 06 1998 - 00:00
Assembly leaders seek EU funding for peace processThe North's First Minister, Mr Trimble, and the Deputy First Minister, Mr Mallon, emerged from a meeting yesterday with the President…Fri Nov 06 1998 - 00:00
EU Commission tells Latvia, Malta they must do betterTo the particular disappointment of Latvia and Malta, the European Commission yesterday recommended no expansion in the group…Thu Nov 05 1998 - 00:00
Assembly group to seek more funding for North in BrusselsHopes that Northern Ireland may be able to retain its Objective One status for structural funding are being played down in Brussels…Mon Nov 02 1998 - 00:00
