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Yves Leterme is said to be looking for a new job and the UN calls on air carriers to help in Horn of Africa aid effort. Yves Leterme, Belgium's caretaker prime minister, has...

Opposition to more time off for parents amid fear of harm to employment National governments will next week dismiss a plan from the European Parliament to extend the basic...

The EU faces problems over privacy with its requirement that telecoms firms keep data about their customers. In 2006, the European Union adopted sweeping rules obliging...

We talk to Ilmar Reepalu, the mayor of Malmö, which has transformed itself into one of Europe's greenest cities. Malmö was  a story of industrial decline...

The debate, chaired by Phil Hammond, a British doctor and journalist, explored how to break the deadlock over the latest proposal by the European Commission on the issue....

Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden in protest at Armenia vote. A diplomatic row is brewing between Sweden and Turkey after Sweden's parliament yesterday voted to...

ABN Amro aid The European Commission on Monday (8 February) approved a €6.9 billion package of funding that the Dutch government will use to separate Dutch assets...

EU antitrust officials say Swedish government offer would not distort competition. The European Commission today approved a loan guarantee offered by the Swedish government...

EU member state has 'reservations' about the opening of talks on three policy areas. Slovenia is once again blocking Croatia's negotiations on admission to the European...

Council president will attend summit dinner; backlash against Sweden's bid to trim summit cast. Herman Van Rompuy, the president of the European Council, will chair a...

Advance payments to five countries get approval as member states given more time to spend funds. The European Commission has been over-ruled by national governments over...

Sweden seeks pledges from member states on climate adaptation. The Swedish government wants next week's European Council to pledge to pay out billions of euros to help...

UK and others concerned that supervisory authorities will have too much control. The national governments of the EU are split over how much more power should be given to...

Two member states are opposed to SWIFT deal, but delay would mean involvement of MEPs. Germany and Austria are coming under pressure ahead of a 1 December deadline to drop...

A Conservative victory in next year's general election in the UK might complicate the EU's attempts at reforming financial services supervision. UK Prime Minister Gordon...

The European Commission wants a quick deal on financial supervision reform, but MEPs may not give them what they want. Since Jacques de Larosière published his...

EU presidency wants governments to agree to the creation of a Community Patent. The Swedish government is pressing other member states to agree on a harmonised EU patent...

Sweden nominates its EU affairs minister to become European commissioner. The Swedish government has nominated Cecilia Malmström, currently its EU affairs minister, to...

Warning that next European Commission may not be in place until the new year. The Lisbon treaty will come into effect on 1 December, but according to senior members of the...

Presidency plans to hold meetings every week as UK leads call for changes to supervision proposals. The Swedish government is to hold a series of meetings in the coming...