Borders

Croatia asks the EU for help in border row with Slovenia

Thursday, 8 January 2009

Slovenia blocks opening of talks on fresh chapters because of long-standing border dispute.

Travellers to the US face new entry regime

Thursday, 8 January 2009

Commission says it is satisfied that electronic pre-entry form does not amount to a visa.

Schengen data-sharing system faces further delay

Thursday, 8 January 2009

System may only be up and running in 2010; problems with robustness of system revealed.

Policing

Unrepentant crimebuster

Thursday, 8 January 2009

A student who seized the revolutionary day to create a long career of power and influence.

Bulgaria warned against 'playing politics' with EU funds

Thursday, 18 December 2008

European Commission president renews his criticism of Bulgaria's failure to reform and to tackle corruption.

EU must work with Egypt to tackle common security threats

Thursday, 18 December 2008

The EU needs to fight against the hate speech broadcast on the Egyptian satellite channel Nilesat.

Counter-terrorism

Iranian group remains on terrorist blacklist

Friday, 19 December 2008

Court that ruled that Iranian opposition group was wrongly included on terrorist list refuses to say when it should be taken off it.

Brussels police thwart 'imminent' terrorist attack

Thursday, 11 December 2008

EU summit prompts police to end long-term operation and arrest 14 suspected terrorists.

Court ruling prompts blacklist update delay

Thursday, 11 December 2008

Update pushed back into next year after court raps member states over blacklisting of Iranian group.

Citizenship

Police should not keep foreigners' data

Tuesday, 16 December 2008

EU's highest court sets out rules for registers of foreign residents; using foreigners' data to combat crime is discriminatory.

Freedom of movement remains limited

Wednesday, 10 December 2008

European Commission report says record on adopting EU rules is "disappointing"; promises to produce "guidelines".

New asylum rules drafted

Monday, 1 December 2008

EU executive to set out proposals to set common rules on detention, easing access to work and increasing rights of people granted exceptional leave to stay.

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Rights

Tillack case closed

Tuesday, 6 January 2009

Belgian prosecutor closes corruption case brought at the European Commission's instigation against a German investigative journalist.

MEPs clash with Council over assistant data watchdog

Thursday, 18 December 2008

MEPs clash with national governments over who should get data-protection job.

EU backs fingerprinting of 12-year-olds for visas

Thursday, 18 December 2008

States that already take fingerprints of 12-year-olds will probably be allowed to continue to do so; age limit of six likely.

Judiciary

Environment crimes directive enters into force

Friday, 26 December 2008

The arrival of a law that makes serious and life-threatening pollution a crime marks the end of a long battle between the EU institutions.

A wary Croatia stumbles towards EU membership

Thursday, 18 December 2008

Croatia may now seem closer than ever to EU membership but the challenges that remain are old, stubborn ones.

Retailers suffer setback to pharmacy plans

Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Advocate-general argues that the EU's top court should uphold restrictions on pharmacy licences.