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EU seeks to abolish data roaming charges in Europe
A top European Union official says mobile phone network operators should be forced to end charging customers for data roaming when traveling across ...
EU eases pace of austerity to help economy
The European Union softened its demands for austerity Wednesday when it gave France, Spain and four other member states more time to bring their ...
Poland's Boeing 787s to resume flights on Saturday
Poland's LOT airline said Wednesday its grounded Boeing 787 planes will resume flying on Saturday, four days earlier than planned. The world's fleet ...
EU leaders sound the alarm on youth unemployment
European leaders sounded the alarm on youth unemployment Tuesday and called for businesses to help solve a problem that has left nearly one in four ...
EU demands Google do more to settle antitrust case
The European Union's antitrust chief said Tuesday that Google will have to offer more changes to the way it displays search results to settle a ...
Germany: Merkel vows to avoid trade war with China
Germany's chancellor says she will use her country's economic clout to hinder the European Union from imposing punitive tariffs on some Chinese ...
Slovenia adopts debt cap to stave off crisis
Slovenia's parliament on Friday imposed a cap on public spending in an attempt to convince foreign investors that the small eurozone country will not ...
EU performs abrupt U-turn on olive oil regulation
The EU has something important to say about its proposal to regulate olive oil on restaurant tables: Uh, never mind. Last week, the European ...
Glance: Europe's Key Institutions
Following the chaotic bailout of Cyprus, top European Union officials are saying it's time to rethink how the region manages its crisis — and who ...
Greece faces slow, jobless recovery next year
Greece's deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014, but growth will be weak and unemployment will remain above 20 percent for another three ...
Top officials call to overhaul euro institutions
Engineering a financial bailout for Cyprus in March was such a chaotic process that top European officials say it is time to rethink how the region ...
EU to ban reusable olive oil bottles in eateries
The small glass bottle filled, and refilled, with golden olive oil has long been a staple on many restaurant tables across Europe. Now, the European ...
Nations pledge billions to rebuild Mali
A plan to turn Mali into a stable democracy rather than a terrorist haven drew massive support Wednesday as various nations and international ...
EU: China may be dumping mobile network equipment
A senior EU official says China may be illegally dumping and subsidizing the import into Europe of mobile telephone networks and their essential ...
EU pledges $675 million toward Mali reconstruction
On the eve of a major international donors' conference, the European Union announced Tuesday it was pledging 520 million euros ($674.8 million) over ...
EU to shift bill for bank failures to creditors
European Union governments want to shift the cost of rescuing troubled banks from taxpayers to the banks' creditors — including the holders of large ...
Visa to lower some card fees in EU antitrust probe
The European Union says Visa has agreed to reduce some credit card payment fees significantly to address concerns raised by the bloc's antitrust ...
Europe at odds over next steps to banking union
European leaders are increasingly at odds over how to create a full-fledged banking union, the bloc's key project to stabilize its financial system ...
Yen in focus as G-7 discusses nurturing recovery
Financial leaders from the world's top seven developed economies are gathering in the U.K. to discuss how to shore up the global recovery just as the ...
Slovenia announces anti-bailout measures
Slovenia's government announced Thursday an austerity plan designed to raise 540 million euros ($707 million) in new taxes as part of an effort to ...
EU Commission proposes greater bank transparency
The European Commission is proposing new rules to make it easier for citizens to compare bank fees and switch banks. The proposals from the executive ...
Poland cuts interest rates as economy slows
The National Bank of Poland has cut interest rates to a historic low as the economy continues to slow and inflation is below target. The central bank ...