Europe

Old members lead the charge as EU emissions rise

Brussels  - Industrial emissions of carbon dioxide in the European Union rose in 2007 despite EU schemes to cut them, with the EU's wealthiest and oldest members leading the surge, the bloc's execu

EU probes Gaz de France over gas imports

Brussels  - The European Commission on Thursday placed Gaz de France under investigation over claims the company violated European Union competition rules by deliberately limiting the amount of gas

Brussels to propose market-oriented farm reforms

Brussels  - European Union member states should allow their farmers to respond to market conditions and stop paying them to produce unwanted goods, the bloc's executive is to recommend Tuesday.

EU should act to stabilize food markets, presidency says

Brussels  - The European Union should act to stabilize food prices across the continent, a top official in the bloc's rotating presidency said Monday, one day before the EU's executive is set to pr

National worries poison EU pesticides deal

Brussels  -  A European Union row over attempts to update the bloc's rules on the use of pesticides looked set to last at least until the summer as member states said Monday that they were unhappy

Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich – the mystery buyer of Bacon-Freud’s masterpieces

London, May 18 : The mystery buyer of Francis Bacon’s ‘Triptych’, which was sold for 86.3 million dollars and Lucian Freud’s Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, 1995, which fetched 33.6 million dollars,

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