Wrong side of the (trade) barriers

Turkish Cypriot hopes that EU membership heralded a brighter economic future have proved unfounded.

Thursday, 7 August 2008

EU exports to Iran rise

Much of the increase is generated by two states involved in talks on Iran's nuclear programme: Germany and France.

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Friday, 29 August 2008

Georgia crisis to dominate Parliament plenary

The European Parliament's first plenary session after the summer break, on 1-4 September, will be dominated by the Caucasian crisis.

Soldiers cover the coffin of one of their comrades killed in South Ossetia with the Georgian flag. REUTERS

Friday, 29 August 2008

French mull suspension of EU-Russia partnership talks

The French presidency of the EU is considering a suspension of negotiations on the partnership agreement with Russia, in response to Russia's recognition of the breakaway Georgian enclaves of South [...]

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Eurozone economic confidence continues to drop

August saw a drop in confidence in the economic outlook for the euro area, down to to a five-year low, despite a 0.2% fall in the rate of inflation to 3.8%.

Friday, 29 August 2008

Denmark and Germany to finalise bridge deal

The transport ministers of Denmark and Germany have agreed to sign the contract over a bridge connecting the German island of Fehmarn with Lolland, Denmark's fourth biggest island.

Thursday, 28 August 2008

Commission set to delay funds to Mauritanian fisheries sector

The European Commission is poised to withhold its funding to the Mauritanian fisheries sector worth a total of €301 million over the next four years, after a military coup which ousted the democratically elected government in Mauritania took place earlier this month.

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‘Industry is held hostage by some member states'

The European biotech industry has to improve its performance in influencing EU regulation, according to its trade association's new secretary-general. “We sometimes feel that we are held hostage by some member states,” said Willy De Greef, who has just taken over as the head of EuropaBio.

Thursday, 28 August 2008

Reding seeks to cut travellers' SMS costs

Travellers will pay less than half of current charges for sending text messages on a foreign mobile phone network from next summer, under plans currently being drafted by the European Commission.

Thursday, 28 August 2008

Summer is no real break for Europe

Regardless of how the world around it changes, the European Union maintains its traditional summer close-down period with an almost religious determination. Even as this issue of European Voice goes to press, the EU institutions are still largely deserted – and in one case quite literally in a state of collapse.

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