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Under the agreement, discards would be phased out between 2014 and 2017. EU fisheries ministers meeting in Brussels until early this morning (27 February) have agreed to ban...

Vygaudas Ušackas is named as the next head of the EU's delegation in Moscow. Catherine Ashton, the European Union's high representative for foreign and security policy,...

Has a European institution been undone by poor public service in Greece? A sorry tale at the European Union's civil service tribunal, which has just upheld a complaint from...

A round-up of the international press on Friday, 1 February. Spain's

As head of the European Commission's sport unit, Michael Krejza has to cover several areas of European law It may be fun and games, but there is a lot more at stake in the...

European Court of Auditors blames poor maintenance and inadequate law enforcement. European-funded roads in sub-Saharan Africa are deteriorating prematurely, and sometimes...

Ernst Strasser's sentence highlights the EU's need for its own public prosecutor. The sentence of four years in prison that was imposed this week by a court in Vienna on a...

Theodoros Karapiperis on how he became a central influence on the European Parliament's policy-making on science and technology The European Parliament's Science and...

New Polish executive director for the European Endowment for Democracy body. A Pole has been appointed to head the European Endowment for Democracy, a body established last...

Trade disputes will be top of the agenda as battle continues over reform of visa rules. Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, will visit Brussels on Friday (21 December) for...

EV columnist took a "left-liberal outlook while seeking to hide partisanship". John Wyles, writing on Hungary and the EU (“Dangerous and undemocratic”, 6-12 December),...

Meet the European Environment Agency's next director. The management board of the European Environment Agency has announced its choice for its next director: Hans Bruyninckx...

Compromise deal backed by MEPs. A compromise on the European Union's 2013 budget adopted by the European Parliament yesterday (12 December) sets the stage for a tough battle...

MEPs to discuss EU budget. Talks on the European Union's spending plan for 2014-20 will dominate next week's European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg, which starts...

Nils Muižnieks, commissioner for human rights, Council of Europe Being a moderate can make you a lot of enemies in some parts of the world, as Nils Muižnieks knows. As a...

Errors affected 4% of EU spending last year Rural spending tops the error list Funding concerns in the regions The annual blame-game over better spending...

The EU needs to rewrite its spending rulebook In two weeks' time, the leaders of national governments will meet in Brussels for a summit devoted to discussing the European...

Annual report suggests 4% of EU spending last year affected by errors. The European Union paid out an estimated €5 billion in error last year, close to 4% of annual...

'Excessive' payments have been carried over into this year, according to report. The European Medicines Agency (EMA) in London has carried over into this year an...

Monica Macovei vs Jacqueline McGlade The European Parliament eventually gave its approval to the 2010 accounts of the European Environment Agency (EEA) last week. The...