How they saw it in .... BelgiumThe man from Belgium's RTBF was clearly mystifiedTue Jul 14 1998 - 01:00
Strasbourg compensates two Northern firms for lack of fair hearingA Northern Ireland firm of demolition contractors and a Catholic family of self-employed joiners yesterday won compensation in…Sat Jul 11 1998 - 01:00
Ireland faces EU charges on water controlsDespite two legal warnings from the EU, Ireland has failed to provide sufficient controls on groundwater pollution and now faces…Wed Jul 08 1998 - 01:00
Waigel casts eye on Ireland's EU fundsThe German Finance Minister, Mr Theo Waigel, yesterday hinted that he has his eye on some of Ireland's EU cash to help pay for…Tue Jul 07 1998 - 01:00
Austria starts its first presidency with gradual EU enlargement as main theme"Don't expect fireworks - we just want to be seen as the honest broker," was how Austria's Chancellor, Dr Viktor Klima, summed…Fri Jul 03 1998 - 01:00
Klima, Santer defend role of CommissionDespite contradictory signals from the Cardiff summit, European integration is not going into reverse - that, at least, was the…Fri Jul 03 1998 - 01:00
Ministers support move to relieve famine in SudanEU Foreign Ministers yesterday supported an international initiative on southern Sudan to create safe havens for the delivery…Tue Jun 30 1998 - 01:00
Mowlam appeals to both sides to find agreement in days before marchThe Northern Secretary, Dr Mo Mowlam, yesterday appealed to unionists and nationalists in Portadown to use the few days between…Tue Jun 30 1998 - 01:00
£125m in EU funds for Luas are reallocated, mostly for DublinA long chapter in the Luas funding saga was closed yesterday when EU Commission and Irish Government officials agreed to reallocate…Fri Jun 26 1998 - 01:00
French hunters make a bird's life hellThe country sports lobby in Britain may be on the defensive in the face of a parliamentary majority in favour of banning foxhunting…Fri Jun 26 1998 - 01:00
NATO and EU call for autonomy rather than independenceDespite strong pressure from NATO and the EU to dilute his commitment to independence from Serbia, the Kosovan Albanian leader…Thu Jun 25 1998 - 01:00
Council hears condemnation of bombingThe Newtownhamilton bombing was deplored by the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs, Ms Liz O'Donnell, and…Thu Jun 25 1998 - 01:00
Bruton calls on Europe's leaders to face political responsibilitiesThe leader of the Opposition, Mr John Bruton, last night delivered a blistering attack on the dangers of European integration…Wed Jun 24 1998 - 01:00
Call to reform MEPs' expenses schemeExpenses manipulation which makes tens of thousands of pounds for MEPs and is bringing the European Parliament seriously into…Mon Jun 22 1998 - 01:00
Belgian power-sharing may have perpetuated divisionsNothing in life, it's been said, is certain except death and taxesFri Jun 19 1998 - 01:00
Women win victory in European court over rights of jobsharersTwo Irish women yesterday won a landmark ruling in the European Court of Justice which will copper-fasten the rights of job-sharers…Thu Jun 18 1998 - 01:00
Deadline set for difficult negotiations on EU budgetEU leaders yesterday agreed to set a deadline of March 1999 on Agenda 2000, the difficult negotiations over the Union's budget…Wed Jun 17 1998 - 01:00
Continued support for peace process pledgedAdditional funding for the EU Northern Ireland Special Peace and Reconciliation Programme appears to be the likely form that …Wed Jun 17 1998 - 01:00
Asian crisis lends added urgencyThe shadow of the economic crisis in Asia gave an added sense of urgency to the discussions yesterday on the direction of EU …Tue Jun 16 1998 - 01:00
EU summit agenda likely to be overshadowed by latest crisis in BalkansEU leaders gathered in Cardiff last night for a summit whose distinctly thin agenda appears likely to be overshadowed by the …Mon Jun 15 1998 - 01:00
Pressure on Milosevic eases to allow Yeltsin to mediateDetermined to maintain a united front against Serbia, foreign ministers of the six-nation Contact Group yesterday pulled back…Sat Jun 13 1998 - 01:00
Serbia to get deadline on halting action in KosovoForeign Ministers from the six powers who make up the Yugoslav Contact Group will meet today in London to deliver an ultimatum…Fri Jun 12 1998 - 01:00
NATO acts to head off new tragedyWhen the Foreign Ministers of the six-nation Contact Group meet in London today on the Kosovo crisis they will share a terrible…Fri Jun 12 1998 - 01:00
`Good-works' schemes put on hold after court decisionIn a move that is certain to cause the British presidency acute political embarrassment, the European Commission yesterday closed…Thu Jun 11 1998 - 01:00
EU declares most British beef fit for exportTwo weeks after Northern Ireland beef returned to world markets and two years and three months after the EU imposed a ban on …Thu Jun 11 1998 - 01:00
Kohl and Chirac warn on need for subsidiarityThe Cardiff summit next week should start the process of clearly demarcating the role of member-states and that of the EU, the…Wed Jun 10 1998 - 01:00
Use of drift nets to catch tuna banned from 2002EU fisheries ministers last night banned the use of drift nets to catch tuna from January 2002, responding to widespread environmentalists…Tue Jun 09 1998 - 01:00
Serbian president gets `last warning'The EU has sent the Serbian President, Mr Slobodan Milosevic, what the British Foreign Secretary, Mr Robin Cook, called a "last…Tue Jun 09 1998 - 01:00
Finance Ministers back members' right to set taxA recommendation by the European Commission that Ireland's 1999 Budget should not contain "any further tax cuts" has been rejected…Sat Jun 06 1998 - 01:00
Finance ministers hold first meeting of euro club membersEU finance ministers from the 11 states participating in the launch of the euro, including the Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy…Fri Jun 05 1998 - 01:00
Family anguish taxes Euro MPsFor a year the father had obeyed the court. He had daily access to his two children and that appeared to sufficeFri Jun 05 1998 - 01:00
EU takes first collective step on post-euro trailThe EU takes a firm step into the post-euro world of collective economic management this evening with the first meeting of the…Thu Jun 04 1998 - 01:00
Danes back Amsterdam TreatyDenmark last night decisively backed the Amsterdam Treaty, to the considerable relief of both its government and other EU capitals…Fri May 29 1998 - 01:00
Irish effort to strengthen new code on arms exports failsIreland joined Sweden yesterday in unsuccessfully trying to beef up controls on EU arms exports to countries with poor human …Tue May 26 1998 - 01:00
Delors opts to give the people more say"The time has come to put a face to European democracyFri May 22 1998 - 01:00
Directive on `hidden' EU bank depositsThe ability of Europe's less scrupulous taxpayers to salt undeclared money away in bank accounts throughout the European Union…Thu May 21 1998 - 01:00
Ireland gets full marks for bathing water standards, but some beaches slip to `acceptable'Ireland gets full marks from the European Commission for its monitoring of bathing-water standards, although the overall high…Thu May 21 1998 - 01:00
Delors, Sutherland join call for radical reforms in EUA radical proposal to give a democratic mandate to the next President of the European Commission was launched yesterday by its…Wed May 20 1998 - 01:00
EU rejects Irish attempt to reopen duty-free issueEU Finance Ministers yesterday sealed the fate of the duty-free industry with a resounding rejection of an Irish attempt to reopen…Wed May 20 1998 - 01:00
McCreevy seeks to reopen duty free debateThe Minister for Finance will today appeal to fellow EU Finance Ministers, three days before the Irish referendum on Amsterdam…Tue May 19 1998 - 01:00
Brussels urges tighter fiscal stance by StateThe next Irish budget should not contain any tax cuts, the European Commission has told the Government.Sat May 16 1998 - 01:00
McKenna's case not a EuromythAnswering Euromyths is almost an industry in the CommissionFri May 15 1998 - 01:00
Santer backs Irish Commissioner's right to support Amsterdam TreatyThe President of the European Commission yesterday strongly defended the right of the Irish Commissioner, Mr Padraig Flynn, to…Thu May 14 1998 - 01:00
European Parliament endorses ECB boardThe European Parliament yesterday gave a resounding endorsement of all six nominees for the board of the European Central Bank…Thu May 14 1998 - 01:00
Irish job proposals favoured in EuropeIreland's national employment plan yesterday got a strong approval rating from the European Commission in its first reaction …Thu May 14 1998 - 01:00
Flynn is threatened with legal action after call for Yes voteIreland's European Commissioner, Mr Padraig Flynn, has been threatened with legal action if he campaigns in favour of a Yes vote…Wed May 13 1998 - 01:00
MEPs to endorse ECB boardMEPs are today expected to endorse the nomination by heads of government of the six members of the executive board of the European…Tue May 12 1998 - 01:00
Biotechnology patenting policy worries scientistsOn Friday the Guardian reported that a US company had applied for the first patent on a meningitis-causing bacterium, which could…Mon May 11 1998 - 01:00
Cool Britannia feels comfortable with Jaguar imageThe rebranding of Britain by New Labour has run into a distinctly old Labour problem in BrusselsMon May 11 1998 - 01:00
Corporation tax to be reduced to 12.5% by 2003The Government will reduce the general level of corporation tax to 12Fri May 08 1998 - 01:00
