http://www.mail.com/int/organizations/32-european-commission.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/organizations/32-european-commission.html http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2156626-greek-coalition-avoids-collapse-tv-shutdown.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek government has avoided collapsing over a dispute stemming from Prime Minister Antonis Samaras' move to close the state-owned television broadcaster after a high court ruling offered a way out of a week-long impasse that drew international criticism. Greece is implementing tough spending cuts, tax hikes and administrative re... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:01:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2156626-greek-coalition-avoids-collapse-tv-shutdown.html 2013-06-17T22:01:10Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2156332-eu-us-agree-to-start-free-trade-talks-g-8.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — The European Union and the United States will open negotiations next month on a long-sought deal to create free trade between the world's two mightiest economic regions, an effort designed to create millions of jobs that could take years to transform from dream to reality. EU and U.S. leaders announced the plans Monday... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:08:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2156332-eu-us-agree-to-start-free-trade-talks-g-8.html 2013-06-17T21:08:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2156888-eu-official-trade-deal-with-us-game-changer.html ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland (AP) — The top official with the European Union's executive arm says a free trade deal with the United States would be a "game-changer" for the global economy. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso made the statement Monday ahead of a formal launch of the trade effort at the Group of Eight Summit in Northern Irela... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:11:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2156888-eu-official-trade-deal-with-us-game-changer.html 2013-06-17T13:11:08Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2154628-italy-approves-measures-aimed-boosting-economy.html ROME (AP) — The Italian government has adopted a series of measures aimed at boosting the economy, including the release of 3 billion euros ($4 billion) for infrastructure projects projected to create 30,000 new jobs. Premier Enrico Letta said the measures, based on recommendations from the European Union commission, would help Italians contribute to rest... Sat, 15 Jun 2013 23:08:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2154628-italy-approves-measures-aimed-boosting-economy.html 2013-06-15T23:08:46Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2148642-satellite-boost-greeces-public-tv-holdouts.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Journalists from axed Greek state broadcaster ERT returned to the airwaves Thursday amid an escalating crisis that saw the country rocked by a general strike, a sharp rebuke from Europe's top human rights official and widening divisions in the fragile coalition government. Officials at the Geneva-based European Broadcasting Union on ... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 19:25:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2148642-satellite-boost-greeces-public-tv-holdouts.html 2013-06-13T19:25:45Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2149122-eu-presents-post-fukushima-nuclear-safety-rules.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission proposed tougher nuclear safety rules Thursday, amid international debate about the future of nuclear energy and how to secure aging plants. Stress tests on European nuclear plants prompted by the 2011 disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant showed that almost all of them needed safety improvements. A report on... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:54:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2149122-eu-presents-post-fukushima-nuclear-safety-rules.html 2013-06-13T14:54:13Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2148400-launch-us-eu-trade-talks-hitting-snag.html WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the big goals of President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Europe may be in jeopardy, with French objections threatening to hold up the launch of negotiations on a sweeping U.S.-European Union free trade pact. The proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership has raised great expectations of boosting growth and jobs by e... Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:08:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2148400-launch-us-eu-trade-talks-hitting-snag.html 2013-06-13T14:08:55Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2145994-greek-govt-deep-crisis-broadcaster.html ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's fragile governing coalition failed to reach a compromise Wednesday about the closure of the state-run ERT broadcaster. That left the government in a crisis that could lead to early elections, just a year after it was formed to save the country from bankruptcy. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras derided ERT TV and radio as "a tru... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:53:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2145994-greek-govt-deep-crisis-broadcaster.html 2013-06-12T21:53:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2146260-strike-eu-plan-disrupts-european-flights.html PARIS (AP) — A strike by air traffic controllers forced cancellations of more than 60 percent of flights around France and disrupted travel elsewhere in Europe on Wednesday, as workers protested a plan to simplify the continent's patchwork airspace. Over 2,000 flights were canceled in France as more workers joined the second day of the strike, according t... Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:17:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/uk/2146260-strike-eu-plan-disrupts-european-flights.html 2013-06-12T17:17:23Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2144114-eu-nations-battle-air-traffic-control-plans.html PARIS (AP) — A massive battle is taking place in the skies over Europe — and airplane passengers across the continent are feeling its effects. A plan to simplify the European Union's patchwork air traffic control system and open up more air traffic duties to private enterprise has sparked strikes and job actions by controllers that began Tuesday in France... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:47:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2144114-eu-nations-battle-air-traffic-control-plans.html 2013-06-11T19:47:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2143768-france-threatens-veto-eu-us-trade-deal.html STRASBOURG, France (AP) — A cloud is hanging over the upcoming free-trade talks between the European Union and the United States after France said it won't back any deal that threatens the country's prestigious film, radio or TV industries. The stakes are high because any deal could have major implications for global trade and could serve as a model for f... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:04:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2143768-france-threatens-veto-eu-us-trade-deal.html 2013-06-11T18:04:19Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2143684-dutch-finance-minister-defends-austerity-approach.html The Hague, NETHERLANDS (AP) — Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem defended his strategy of cutting government spending and increasing taxes to reduce the country's budget deficit — despite a lengthy recession in the Netherlands that some economists believe is being worsened by the government's austerity policies. Speaking to reporters in The Hague ... Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:43:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2143684-dutch-finance-minister-defends-austerity-approach.html 2013-06-11T13:43:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2141256-merkel-obama-to-discuss-nsa-surveillance-program.html BERLIN (AP) — Germany's chancellor will raise the issue of the U.S. National Security Agency's eavesdropping on European communications when she meets President Barack Obama here next week — the latest sign of the international backlash over America's sweeping electronic surveillance programs. Obama has defended the once-secret programs that sweep up to a... Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:25:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/us/2141256-merkel-obama-to-discuss-nsa-surveillance-program.html 2013-06-10T21:25:27Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2138410-french-president-eurozone-crisis.html TOKYO (AP) — French President Francois Hollande sought reassure Japanese business leaders Saturday that the eurozone debt crisis is over but acknowledged that steps to boost the region's growth and competitiveness need to be taken. In a speech on the final day of his visit to Japan, Hollande said that the potentially destructive debt crisis has served to ... Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:08:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2138410-french-president-eurozone-crisis.html 2013-06-08T12:08:27Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2136540-eus-top-economic-official-lashes-imf.html HELSINKI (AP) — The man in charge of the European Union's rescues of its debt-crippled countries has slammed the International Monetary Fund's criticism of the Greek bailout, accusing the organization of trying to whitewash its role and throwing the "dirty water" on Europe instead. The unusually blunt outburst Friday from Olli Rehn, the EU's top economic ... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:21:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2136540-eus-top-economic-official-lashes-imf.html 2013-06-07T16:21:26Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2133500-eu-rejects-imf-criticism-handling-greek-crisis.html BERLIN (AP) — Two of the main institutions in charge of managing Europe's debt crisis have clashed over whether mistakes were made in the handling of Greece's debt woes. The European Commission, executive arm of the 27-country European Union, Thursday firmly rejected a report from the International Monetary Fund on the Greek bailout, adding that it "funda... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:00:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2133500-eu-rejects-imf-criticism-handling-greek-crisis.html 2013-06-06T18:00:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2133596-photo-essay-eco-nightmare-eu-candidate-serbia.html VRANJE, Serbia (AP) — Plastic bottles, old tires, cardboard boxes and other garbage block the flow of the Juzna Morava river — so badly that men in rubber boats need to use paddles to clear the way. A reek of waste fills the air. Elsewhere, plastic bags hang over bushes and down tree branches. As Serbia seeks EU membership, it faces a major problem with e... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:10:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/scitech/news/2133596-photo-essay-eco-nightmare-eu-candidate-serbia.html 2013-06-06T12:10:50Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2133226-dutch-state-owned-bank-sns-reports-large-losses.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands' SNS bank has reported large losses for 2012 and says it expects more in 2013, as it gave its first public accounting since being nationalized in February. The net loss for 2012 was 972 million euros ($1.27 billion), including losses of 813 million euros on its commercial real estate financing portfolio, compared with a pr... Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:03:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2133226-dutch-state-owned-bank-sns-reports-large-losses.html 2013-06-06T09:03:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2130484-china-slams-eu-solar-duties-launches-wine-probe.html BEIJING (AP) — China announced a trade investigation of European wine Wednesday after the European Union hit Chinese exporters of solar panels with anti-dumping duties. The Ministry of Commerce's announcement of the wine probe came in the same statement that expressed "resolute opposition" to punitive European tariffs on Chinese solar products. The Europe... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:28:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2130484-china-slams-eu-solar-duties-launches-wine-probe.html 2013-06-05T14:28:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2130746-poland-cuts-interest-rates-to-boost-economy.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The National Bank of Poland has cut its main interest rate to a new record as it tries to revive a slowing down economy. The central bank's Monetary Policy Council cut the benchmark reference rate to 2.75 percent from 3 percent on Wednesday. The decision was somewhat of a surprise as many economists had been predicting no change. ... Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:33:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2130746-poland-cuts-interest-rates-to-boost-economy.html 2013-06-05T12:33:38Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2123498-anti-austerity-protests-spain-germany-portugal.html MADRID (AP) — Anti-austerity protesters on Saturday took to the streets of dozens of European cities, including Madrid, Frankfurt and Lisbon, to express their anger at government cuts they say are making the financial crisis worse by stifling growth and increasing unemployment. Thousands marched peacefully toward Madrid's central Neptuno fountain near Par... Sat, 01 Jun 2013 21:31:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2123498-anti-austerity-protests-spain-germany-portugal.html 2013-06-01T21:31:34Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2121674-andorra-proposes-income-taxes.html PARIS (AP) — The leader of Andorra's government says his tiny mountain nation is ready to impose personal income tax for the first time, amid efforts by European powers to crack down on tax havens. Antoni Marti met Friday in Paris with Francois Hollande, who as the president of France is also co-prince of the country squeezed in a Pyrenees valley between ... Fri, 31 May 2013 17:21:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/markets/2121674-andorra-proposes-income-taxes.html 2013-05-31T17:21:09Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2118846-protesters-block-streets-ecb.html FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Crowds of anti-capitalist protesters on Friday blocked streets leading to the European Central Bank in Germany's financial capital, Frankfurt, to protest its role in pushing for austerity cutbacks as a way to fight the continent's debt crisis. Members of the Blockupy alliance linked arms for several hours in a steady rain and str... Fri, 31 May 2013 09:56:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2118846-protesters-block-streets-ecb.html 2013-05-31T09:56:35Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2119158-hollande-merkel-call-full-time-eurozone-boss.html PARIS (AP) — France and Germany are pushing to have a full-time official lead the economic and financial policies of the 17-country euro currency bloc. Currently, the policies are agreed on during regular meetings of the eurozone's finance ministers — collectively known as the Eurogroup. One of the 17 ministers is appointed to be the Eurogroup president —... Thu, 30 May 2013 18:49:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2119158-hollande-merkel-call-full-time-eurozone-boss.html 2013-05-30T18:49:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2118838-eu-seeks-to-abolish-data-roaming-charges-europe.html BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union official says mobile phone network operators should be forced to end charging customers for data roaming when traveling across the 27-nation bloc. European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes told the European Parliament on Thursday the roaming fees should cease to exist by next year. The Commission, the bloc's exec... Thu, 30 May 2013 15:55:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2118838-eu-seeks-to-abolish-data-roaming-charges-europe.html 2013-05-30T15:55:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2116042-eu-eases-pace-austerity-to-help-economy.html BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union softened its demands for austerity Wednesday when it gave France, Spain and four other member states more time to bring their deficit levels under control so that they can support their ailing economies. The EU Commission, the 27-nation bloc's executive arm, said the countries must instead overhaul their labor markets an... Wed, 29 May 2013 17:11:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/2116042-eu-eases-pace-austerity-to-help-economy.html 2013-05-29T17:11:39Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2115860-polands-boeing-787s-to-resume-flights-saturday.html WARSAW, Poland (AP) — 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 of 50 Boeing 787s was grounded in January after batteries smoldered on two planes owned by two Japanese airlines. Although it is still trying to identify the root cause for the malfuncti... Wed, 29 May 2013 15:14:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2115860-polands-boeing-787s-to-resume-flights-saturday.html 2013-05-29T15:14:59Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2113752-eu-leaders-sound-alarm-youth-unemployment.html PARIS (AP) — 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 young people in Europe without a job. At a conference in Paris, French, Italian and German ministers warned that if high youth unemployment is not addressed, young people will lose faith in their ... Tue, 28 May 2013 21:26:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2113752-eu-leaders-sound-alarm-youth-unemployment.html 2013-05-28T21:26:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2114224-eu-demands-google-to-settle-antitrust-case.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 pending case. The period to examine Google's proposals has been extended by one month and his office will ask Google with "almost 100 percent" certainty in June to do yet more, Joaquin Almunia told t... Tue, 28 May 2013 17:08:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/business/economy/2114224-eu-demands-google-to-settle-antitrust-case.html 2013-05-28T17:08:08Z