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Fisheries, illegal immigration and terrorism high on the agenda at EU-Morocco meeting in Granada. The European Union is to hold a summit with Morocco in Granada, Spain, this...

Sweden wants to change the rules on VAT for postal operators, but its plans are certain to face objections from other member states. Sweden's postal market was liberalised...

Request for funding gets a negative response. EU plans for easing its own financial crisis by squeezing non-members have run into trouble. 

The European Commission's backing for a merger between the postal services of Sweden and Denmark raises questions about the future of the sector. Neelie Kroes, the European...

The big countries of Europe should think twice before criticising the accountability of states farther east. Rich and powerful people in Russia and Ukraine clearly find the...

The percentage of women in paid work is rising in line with EU targets, but older workers are rarer than hoped. The percentage of Europe's potential labour force in...

Nordic countries are seeking to increase their co-operation on defence and security. The foreign ministers of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden met in Luxembourg...

Launching a Swedish defence study last week, Carl Bildt, the Swedish foreign minister, said that his country would no longer be passive if Norway or Iceland was attacked by a...

Stemming the wave of would-be migrants trying to enter Europe is proving an uphill struggle. Judith Crosbie reports. Migration has become one of the biggest points of...

The services directive is a milestone on the road to a truly borderless pan-European market. It will, however, take some time before service providers can freely do...

Professional soldiers from Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Estonia are busy going through their drills under EU bonnets and cockade, aiming to give a northern dimension to...

Belgium has become the latest member state to open its doors to migrant workers from the new member states, ahead of next week's deadline (30 April) for a decision on the...

In June the Swiss government will be publishing a fundamental reappraisal of its relationship with the EU which could - but probably won't - lead to a reactivation of its...

The EU and its neighbours on the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean this week reaffirmed their commitment to creating a free trade area by the end of the...

Every year since 1995, the EU has channelled around 1 billion euro towards the southern Mediterranean in a bid to stimulate economic and social development. The European...

MORE bad economic news for Europe this week. In Greece, Athens's daily Kathimerini is alarmed at the country's high rate of inflation. It warns: “Greece is in danger of...

THE leaders of France, Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg are to hold a special mini-summit in Brussels next month, as plans to develop a defence union within the EU gather...

THE UK is the odd man out in its opposition to the single currency, according to the Eurobarometer opinion poll. §Every other EU country now reports a majority in favour of...

KARL Marx once wrote that all great events in world history appear "the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce". Tragedy struck 20 years ago last month when 1,000...