Is Europe crossing line between impassioned criticism of Israel's policies and anti-Semitism?

Tuning in to fire prevention

There is a ‘fire problem' and it costs hundreds of lives a year.

Citizens must be allowed to help the EU advance

Burying the Lisbon treaty would not paralyse the EU.

Forsaking the private sector won't boost R&D

Europe is in danger of undermining its competitiveness byt backing policy proposals that have no track record of boosting innovation.

How to create a future for biofuels

Liquid biofuels – ethanol and ‘biodiesel' – have captured the worldwide and European fascination as renewable energy for the transport sector, but the tide seems to be turning now that people are realising the inherent challenges of leaping into a liquid biofuels policy in the absence of adequate consideration of the down-stream results.

Asian shoe imports benefit EU consumers and producers

A handful of European shoemakers are soon likely to request an extension of EU anti-dumping duties on leather footwear from Vietnam and China. But contrary to what your article may lead people into thinking (‘Shoemakers fight cheap imports', 24-29 April), these producers do not speak in the interest of the majority of the European footwear industry, let alone European consumers.