Quinn rejects Harney claim on cost of water rates abolitionTHE Minister for Finance, Mr Quinn, last night vehemently rejected suggestions from the leader of the Progressive Democrats, …Sat Apr 05 1997 - 01:00
Whim of the MEPs kept under lock and keyTHE MEPs were supposed to take over the "Whim of the Gods' on April 1stFri Apr 04 1997 - 01:00
EU chicken hygiene rules threaten £3.8m meat exports to USAN EU US trade dispute over the safety of American chickens may jeopardise some £3Thu Apr 03 1997 - 01:00
Birth of the Euro-demo a warning to governmentsSOME of the big battalions of the European labour movement have been flexing their muscles in recent days, and, significantly…Fri Mar 28 1997 - 00:00
Union's fifth decade is ushered in by ~`Monty Python' and BeethovenTHEY met in the splendour of the Campidoglio, the mother of all town hallsWed Mar 26 1997 - 00:00
Commission renews finance for Ireland fundTHE European Commission, meeting here to mark the anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, last night approved the renewal of EU finance…Wed Mar 26 1997 - 00:00
Spring warns Irish will veto any EU move towards a merger with WEUTHE Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Spring, has given a clear warning that Ireland will veto any EU treaty proposals…Wed Mar 26 1997 - 00:00
Ministers cite need for protection force as mission to help Albania is agreedEU Foreign Ministers last night agreed an immediate contribution of humanitarian aid to Albania and to put together a substantial…Tue Mar 25 1997 - 00:00
Flynn set to argue for redesign of EU fundingTHE Irish Commissioner for Social Affairs will today fire his first salvo in the emerging and important debate on the future …Mon Mar 24 1997 - 00:00
Dutch treaty proposals seen to pose problems for IrelandThe EU's treaty-changing Inter-Governmental Conference moved into a new gear yesterday with the publication by the Dutch Presidency…Sat Mar 22 1997 - 00:00
EU begins legal action against Ireland on pollutionTHE European Commission yesterday decided to initiate legal action against Ireland over its failure to monitor and control nitrate…Thu Mar 20 1997 - 00:00
President visits war crimes tribunal in The HagueTHE President, Mrs Robinson, yesterday received a warm welcome from judges and prosecutors at the International War Crimes Tribunal…Thu Mar 20 1997 - 00:00
£80m EU package for beef farmersIN WHAT will be seen as an election sweetener for farmers, the Minister for Agriculture, Mr Yates, will later this week announce…Wed Mar 19 1997 - 00:00
President calls for a new sense of identity in citizen of EUGETTING the European Union through its "mid-life crisis" required the creation of a new sense of European identity in its citizens…Wed Mar 19 1997 - 00:00
EU ministers give support to plan for accession forumEU Foreign Ministers over the weekend gave broad support to a new French initiative to establish a permanent "European Conference…Mon Mar 17 1997 - 00:00
Mission to Tirana will assess Albania's needsTHE EU is to send a high-level mission to Albania to assess how best it can respond to the country's needs, EU Foreign Ministers…Mon Mar 17 1997 - 00:00
European court vacancy arises in early 1998ONE potential opportunity for an international human rights role for the President, Mrs Robinson, at the end of her term of office…Fri Mar 14 1997 - 00:00
IGC consensus on commission pleases IrelandDISCUSSIONS this week in the Inter-Governmental Conference on reform of the EU treaties have had a particular importance for …Fri Mar 14 1997 - 00:00
Public enraged at freedom of a known abuserAGONISED Belgium shook its collective head in grief at the announcement early on Thursday of the discovery of the body of Loubna…Sat Mar 08 1997 - 00:00
Belgian workers wonder what brave new world of `Social Europe' is all aboutPERHAPS Renault thought that the population here in Belgium was so inured to bad news that it could slip through 3,100 redundancies…Fri Mar 07 1997 - 00:00
Envoy says Berisha may hold electionsTHE Dutch Foreign Minister, who is on a European Union mission to help end the bloody crisis in Albania, said yesterday the Albanian…Fri Mar 07 1997 - 00:00
Commission wants farm price freezeTHE European Commission yesterday adopted its farm price package for 1997-`98, providing for a price freeze across the board.Thu Mar 06 1997 - 00:00
EU to recoup Mullaghmore funding despite rulingTHE European Commission is to claw back its funding for the controversial visitor centre planned for Mullaghmore in Co Clare - …Thu Mar 06 1997 - 00:00
EU funding for peace fund urgedTHE Taoiseach, Mr Bruton, yesterday admitted that obtaining renewal of EU funding for the Northern Ireland Pence Fund in, 1998…Wed Mar 05 1997 - 00:00
Decision to cut greenhouse gas emissions means EU leads fight against global warmingEU Environment Ministers yesterday agreed to support a call for 15 per cent cuts in greenhouse $as emissions by developing countries…Tue Mar 04 1997 - 00:00
EU funding likely to dominate talks between Bruton and CommissionEU funding for Ireland, the BSE crisis, and the transfer of the EU's veterinary inspectorate to Co Meath are likely to dominate…Tue Mar 04 1997 - 00:00
Steady the Buffs and ignore EuroscepticsSTEADY the Buffs! We are going through, it appears, one of those periodic crises of nerves in which ne'er a day passes without…Fri Feb 28 1997 - 00:00
Sellafield site report deemed inadequateTHE European Parliament's Petitions Committee yesterday referred back as inadequate to the European Commission its report on …Thu Feb 27 1997 - 00:00
MEPs to send delegation to visit McAliskeyTHE Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament yesterday agreed to send a delegation to visit Ms Roisin McAliskey in…Wed Feb 26 1997 - 00:00
Irish top backers of EUIRISH citizens, it appears, would agree wholeheartedly with the maxim of the late President Mitterrand of France, who is supposed…Wed Feb 26 1997 - 00:00
New proposals on EU passport free travel allay Irish fearsIRISH fears of being excluded from talks designed to remove internal European Union border controls were allayed yesterday after…Tue Feb 25 1997 - 00:00
US may back EU censure of China at rights meetingTHE EU now appears certain to put down a resolution condemning China's human rights record at next month's UN Commission of Human…Tue Feb 25 1997 - 00:00
Santer pays warm tribute to Deng's economic reformsSTRESSING the "irreversibility" of China's reform process, the President of the European Commission, Mr Jacques Santer, yesterday…Fri Feb 21 1997 - 00:00
Albright on the Western Front as the new US Secretary of State gets to know the EUA RESOLVE to put flesh on the transatlantic agenda emerged from yesterday's get-to-know-you meeting between the US Secretary …Wed Feb 19 1997 - 00:00
EU study shows wide car price differentialsFANCY a new car? Well, if you do, according to a new EU survey, it may well be worth shopping around in other member states for…Mon Feb 17 1997 - 00:00
Socialist agony as scandal creeps closer to leaderFIRST Agusta, now the Dassault bribery allegations. An unsolved murder. Talk of Mafia connectionsMon Feb 17 1997 - 00:00
Future of the special EU aid package for NI in doubtTHE future of the EU's multi million pound special peace initiative for Northern Ireland may be in jeopardy, according to sources…Mon Feb 17 1997 - 00:00
Fascism alive and kicking in the south of FranceTHOSE cynics who asked why the EU needed to designate this year as European Year against Racism and Xenophobia got their answer…Fri Feb 14 1997 - 00:00
MEPs' censure of Commission avoidedA COMMITTEE of MEPs investigating the handling of the BSE crisis yesterday refrained from urging censure of the Commission unless…Fri Feb 07 1997 - 00:00
Lobbying efforts turn around good ship Europe on biotechnology patent lawAT TIMES, it appears, the European Parliament behaves like a giant battleship whose momentum through the sea takes five or 10…Fri Feb 07 1997 - 00:00
Europe to protect major sporting eventsTHE European Commission is proposing new broadcasting regulations to ensure that sports fans will be able to see major events…Thu Feb 06 1997 - 00:00
Europe `faces ruin' unless it emulates Tories - MajorMR John Major last night launched the European front of his reelection campaign here with a fighting speech that tore into the…Wed Feb 05 1997 - 00:00
Bonino describes "hellish" conditions in ZaireTHE EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid, Ms Emma Bonino, yesterday made an emotional appeal to the international community to…Tue Feb 04 1997 - 00:00
Brussels warns Wicklow council over dumpWICKLOW County Council was warned yesterday that it would be ill advised to proceed with a controversial land fill dump near …Tue Feb 04 1997 - 00:00
No statues, pirates of Euro-heroesTHE European Commission yesterday took the unusual step of denying that it intends to "litter Britain with statues of EU heroes…Sat Feb 01 1997 - 00:00
Smaller states have grounds for concernALTHOUGH now firm enthusiasts of European integration, Ireland's representatives in Brussels have been blowing hot and cold on…Fri Jan 31 1997 - 00:00
Journalist detects Irish link in Dutroux caseTHE family of one of two girls abducted and almost certainly killed by Marc Dutroux of Belgium have appealed to two young Irishmen…Thu Jan 30 1997 - 00:00
Ireland lowest in AIDS tableTHE incidence of AIDS is stabilising throughout the European Union with the exception of Spain, Portugal and Italy, where intravenous…Thu Jan 30 1997 - 00:00
Quinn blames rising pound on interest rate speculationTHE rapid rise of the pound against European currencies is largely the product of speculation on a rise in British interest rates…Tue Jan 28 1997 - 00:00
