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Brussels hotel to close after 40 years. For 40 years the Europa hotel, latterly known as the Crowne Plaza Europa, has adorned the skyline of the European quarter in Brussels...

The arguments over the EU's future support to farming and the countryside. The European Commission is scheduled to approve next week (12 October) proposals to reform the...

More than 1,000 products have so far qualified to display EU quality labels, but distinguishing the real stuff from imitation is not always straightforward. If you have ever...

The global food system will face unprecedented pressures over the next 40 years. How will Europe cope? Europe's farm policy has come a long way since 1957, when six...

Everyone favours food security, but there are very different opinions about whether it is a problem for Europe and how to respond to it. In the European Union, hunger is a...

Twenty-three positions in 13 departments affected; three deputy secretaries-general appointed The European Commission has approved a reshuffle of senior managers affecting...

More than 20 management appointments announced. The European Commission today announced a reshuffle of senior management that will meet some of the calls for improved...

Dacian Ciolos presents blueprint for reform, but farmers say proposal undermines food security. Evolution, not revolution, is how Dacian Ciolos, the European commissioner...

Senior management posts to change hands, while development, aid departments are to merge José Silva Rodríguez, who was until July the European Commission's...

Document suggests cut in subsidies to rich farmers and support to be evened out between all member states. Farmers will have to do more to protect the environment to qualify...

Riw was settled by quashing publication of part of report that was unfavourable towards biofuel policy. The European Commission's energy and agriculture departments tried to...

Expert group to study long-term problems, but ministers remain divided over help given to farmers. A group of EU diplomats will meet next week (13 October) to chart a future...

New jobs before the summer break. At its last meeting before the summer break, the European Commission approved various appointments in senior management. 

An early bid to get a favoured portfolio. Romania has made an early start to the traditional campaign by member states to get favoured portfolios for their nationals in the...

The European Commission will next week put forward ideas to make a virtue of the quality of EU farm produce with better labelling. A draft paper on agricultural product...

Farm minister says €100m cut is ‘absurd' but Commission claims Denmark is in breach of EU requirements. Denmark has decided to challenge in the European Court of...

New paper sets out what Europe should do to cope with climate change. Spain, Portugal and Greece will be worst-affected by hot, arid summers, while northern Europe will be...

Farmers struggle to cope after milk prices fall; Fischer Boel says structural changes are needed. Agriculture ministers will next week debate whether to give more financial...

The EU's agricultural practices are unsustainable and are keeping us from adapting to climate change. Hats off to the European Commission's department of the environment for...

High-rise building would be showpiece in bid to transform "sad, enclosed long corridor". The plan from Atelier Christian De Portzamparc envisages a new showpiece building...