European Union

Brussels welcomes agreement on EU labour laws

Brussels - The European Commission on Tuesday welcomed the deal hammered out by European Union ministers on how many hours workers should work per week and how temporary staff should be treated.

EU to bring in implanted microchip ID - for horses

Microchip IDBrussels - Starting next year, all permanent residents of the European Union shoul

German upper house set to approve EU's Treaty of Lisbon

Berlin  - The upper house of the German parliament was voting Friday on the Treaty of Lisbon and was expected to pass the European Union's reform accord by considerably more than the two-thirds maj

Eastern Europe's migrant workers weigh return home

Rezekne, Latvia - Sergejs Cakss swerves his 2002 Volkswagen Golf around potholes in one of the poorest parts of the European Union, near the Russian border.

EU trade officials say China's new visa rules hamper business

Beijing - ChinaChina's new visa stipulations ahead of the Olympic Games in August are hampering econom

EU plans to step up control of financial institutions

Brdo, Slovenia - The European Union wants to set up official monitoring bodies to keep an eye on internationally operating banks and insurances, sources close to the Slovenian EU presidency said Fr

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