EU summit agenda likely to be overshadowed by latest crisis in BalkansEU leaders gathered in Cardiff last night for a summit whose distinctly thin agenda appears likely to be overshadowed by the …Mon Jun 15 1998 - 01:00
Pressure on Milosevic eases to allow Yeltsin to mediateDetermined to maintain a united front against Serbia, foreign ministers of the six-nation Contact Group yesterday pulled back…Sat Jun 13 1998 - 01:00
Serbia to get deadline on halting action in KosovoForeign Ministers from the six powers who make up the Yugoslav Contact Group will meet today in London to deliver an ultimatum…Fri Jun 12 1998 - 01:00
NATO acts to head off new tragedyWhen the Foreign Ministers of the six-nation Contact Group meet in London today on the Kosovo crisis they will share a terrible…Fri Jun 12 1998 - 01:00
`Good-works' schemes put on hold after court decisionIn a move that is certain to cause the British presidency acute political embarrassment, the European Commission yesterday closed…Thu Jun 11 1998 - 01:00
EU declares most British beef fit for exportTwo weeks after Northern Ireland beef returned to world markets and two years and three months after the EU imposed a ban on …Thu Jun 11 1998 - 01:00
Kohl and Chirac warn on need for subsidiarityThe Cardiff summit next week should start the process of clearly demarcating the role of member-states and that of the EU, the…Wed Jun 10 1998 - 01:00
Serbian president gets `last warning'The EU has sent the Serbian President, Mr Slobodan Milosevic, what the British Foreign Secretary, Mr Robin Cook, called a "last…Tue Jun 09 1998 - 01:00
Use of drift nets to catch tuna banned from 2002EU fisheries ministers last night banned the use of drift nets to catch tuna from January 2002, responding to widespread environmentalists…Tue Jun 09 1998 - 01:00
Finance Ministers back members' right to set taxA recommendation by the European Commission that Ireland's 1999 Budget should not contain "any further tax cuts" has been rejected…Sat Jun 06 1998 - 01:00
Finance ministers hold first meeting of euro club membersEU finance ministers from the 11 states participating in the launch of the euro, including the Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy…Fri Jun 05 1998 - 01:00
Family anguish taxes Euro MPsFor a year the father had obeyed the court. He had daily access to his two children and that appeared to sufficeFri Jun 05 1998 - 01:00
EU takes first collective step on post-euro trailThe EU takes a firm step into the post-euro world of collective economic management this evening with the first meeting of the…Thu Jun 04 1998 - 01:00
Danes back Amsterdam TreatyDenmark last night decisively backed the Amsterdam Treaty, to the considerable relief of both its government and other EU capitals…Fri May 29 1998 - 01:00
Irish effort to strengthen new code on arms exports failsIreland joined Sweden yesterday in unsuccessfully trying to beef up controls on EU arms exports to countries with poor human …Tue May 26 1998 - 01:00
Delors opts to give the people more say"The time has come to put a face to European democracyFri May 22 1998 - 01:00
Ireland gets full marks for bathing water standards, but some beaches slip to `acceptable'Ireland gets full marks from the European Commission for its monitoring of bathing-water standards, although the overall high…Thu May 21 1998 - 01:00
Directive on `hidden' EU bank depositsThe ability of Europe's less scrupulous taxpayers to salt undeclared money away in bank accounts throughout the European Union…Thu May 21 1998 - 01:00
Delors, Sutherland join call for radical reforms in EUA radical proposal to give a democratic mandate to the next President of the European Commission was launched yesterday by its…Wed May 20 1998 - 01:00
EU rejects Irish attempt to reopen duty-free issueEU Finance Ministers yesterday sealed the fate of the duty-free industry with a resounding rejection of an Irish attempt to reopen…Wed May 20 1998 - 01:00
McCreevy seeks to reopen duty free debateThe Minister for Finance will today appeal to fellow EU Finance Ministers, three days before the Irish referendum on Amsterdam…Tue May 19 1998 - 01:00
Brussels urges tighter fiscal stance by StateThe next Irish budget should not contain any tax cuts, the European Commission has told the Government.Sat May 16 1998 - 01:00
McKenna's case not a EuromythAnswering Euromyths is almost an industry in the CommissionFri May 15 1998 - 01:00
Irish job proposals favoured in EuropeIreland's national employment plan yesterday got a strong approval rating from the European Commission in its first reaction …Thu May 14 1998 - 01:00
Santer backs Irish Commissioner's right to support Amsterdam TreatyThe President of the European Commission yesterday strongly defended the right of the Irish Commissioner, Mr Padraig Flynn, to…Thu May 14 1998 - 01:00
European Parliament endorses ECB boardThe European Parliament yesterday gave a resounding endorsement of all six nominees for the board of the European Central Bank…Thu May 14 1998 - 01:00
Flynn is threatened with legal action after call for Yes voteIreland's European Commissioner, Mr Padraig Flynn, has been threatened with legal action if he campaigns in favour of a Yes vote…Wed May 13 1998 - 01:00
MEPs to endorse ECB boardMEPs are today expected to endorse the nomination by heads of government of the six members of the executive board of the European…Tue May 12 1998 - 01:00
Cool Britannia feels comfortable with Jaguar imageThe rebranding of Britain by New Labour has run into a distinctly old Labour problem in BrusselsMon May 11 1998 - 01:00
Biotechnology patenting policy worries scientistsOn Friday the Guardian reported that a US company had applied for the first patent on a meningitis-causing bacterium, which could…Mon May 11 1998 - 01:00
Corporation tax to be reduced to 12.5% by 2003The Government will reduce the general level of corporation tax to 12Fri May 08 1998 - 01:00
Flynn may have coup against tobacco firmsThe European legislative process is a tortuous route indeedFri May 08 1998 - 01:00
EU funds defrauded of £7.03m in Ireland last yearReported fraud in Ireland against EU funds last year amounted to some £7Thu May 07 1998 - 01:00
Kok's Labour Party wins resounding endorsement"Fudge" it might appear to the rest of Europe, but the weekend summit deal on the Dutch presidency of the European Central Bank…Thu May 07 1998 - 01:00
Amending the ConstitutionOn May 22nd the Amsterdam Treaty will be put to the Irish people in the form of a question as to whether or not they approve …Wed May 06 1998 - 01:00
Ahern questions army's profile in south ArmaghReductions in the level of the British army presence in south Armagh are needed to show the good faith of the British government…Mon May 04 1998 - 01:00
EU leaders take the final, irrevocable step to EMUEU leaders have taken the final, irrevocable step towards launching the historic monetary union project, but only after a major…Mon May 04 1998 - 01:00
Financial poacher turned gamekeeperThe Germans could not realistically be given the presidency of the European Central Bank, and they know itMon May 04 1998 - 01:00
Currency locking to create trading monolithWhen the 11 countries lock their currencies together on January 1st next they will create the world's greatest trading power, …Sat May 02 1998 - 01:00
Euro servants strike to hold what they havePadraig Flynn drove himself to Luxembourg yesterday to a meeting with EU Health MinistersFri May 01 1998 - 01:00
ECB top job dispute casts shadow on euro summitThe conflict resolution skills of the British Prime Minister and President of the European Council, Mr Tony Blair, seem certain…Fri May 01 1998 - 01:00
Mowlam thanks EU for role in underpinning agreementThe EU contribution to the Northern Ireland peace process was unquantifiable but crucial in underpinning dialogue and cross-community…Thu Apr 30 1998 - 01:00
Police chief goes, as PM survives Dutroux crisisThe temporary escape last week of the convicted paedophile Marc Dutroux claimed another scalp yesterday with the widely expected…Wed Apr 29 1998 - 01:00
Crisis in Kosovo demands mediation, EU warns SerbiaEU Foreign Ministers yesterday signalled to the Serbian authorities that they must accept international mediation on the Kosovo…Tue Apr 28 1998 - 01:00
More EU funding for peace process likelyFurther substantial EU funding for the Northern Ireland peace process now appears increasingly probable following a strong declaration…Tue Apr 28 1998 - 01:00
Driving another nail into the coffin of neutralityThere can be little doubt that when we come to vote on May 22nd we will be putting another nail in the coffin of Irish neutrality…Fri Apr 24 1998 - 01:00
Belgium in political turmoil following Dutroux's recaptureBelgium was plunged into political crisis last night by the escape of the alleged child murderer, Marc DutrouxFri Apr 24 1998 - 01:00
Ministers back rights of consumerThe automatic right of consumers to demand the replacement of defective products is to be extended throughout the EU following…Fri Apr 24 1998 - 01:00
EU budgetary constraints no cause for concern, says McCreevyIreland has nothing to fear from tighter EU monitoring of member states' budgets, the Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy, insisted…Wed Apr 22 1998 - 01:00
The EU quietly reached over the politicians' heads and worked with the grassrootsBottom-up is how the Regional Affairs Commissioner, Ms Monika Wulf-Mathies, described the EU's imaginative, little-reported but…Mon Apr 13 1998 - 01:00
