The world's pioneering tech cop is making her exitVestager, a Danish politician who was the rare EU official to become known globally, has faced plenty of detractors over the years. When sh...
30 Nov, 2024, 01.18 PM IST
AI avatars and political bickering spice up EU top team hearingsAll but one of the 20 would-be commissioners grilled by lawmakers since Monday were given a parliamentary green light to serve in EU chief ...
08 Nov, 2024, 03.58 PM IST
Dutch voters kick off marathon EU electionsDutch voters kick off EU election marathon, testing far-right shift in EU parliament amid geopolitical uncertainty after Russia's invasion ...
06 Jun, 2024, 10.05 AM IST
What Ukraine needs to do to keep its EU membership bid goingBrussels offered Kyiv candidate status four months after Moscow's February 2022 invasion, prompting a rush by Ukrainian authorities to refo...
15 Dec, 2023, 02.54 PM IST
EU set for summit showdown over Ukraine accession talks as Hungary stands firmHungary has refused to comply with pressure from other European Union states to approve accession talks with Ukraine, paving the way for a ...
11 Dec, 2023, 05.32 PM IST
Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard to invest in Barcelona after EU approves deal with MicrosoftThe decision comes after Britain blocked the Microsoft takeover, prompting Activision, which has studios in Guildford and Warrington in Eng...
28 Jun, 2023, 05.40 PM IST
Croatia poised to clear final hurdle for euro entryEU finance ministers plan at a meeting in Brussels to approve three laws that will pave the way for Croatia to become the 20th member of th...
12 Jul, 2022, 01.13 PM IST
European Union leaders set to grant Ukraine candidate statusThe EU's 27 nations have been united in backing Ukraine's resistance to Russia's invasion, adopting unprecedented economic sanctions agains...
23 Jun, 2022, 03.32 PM IST
Reelection bolsters France's Macron as powerful player in EUBoosted by his victory, Macron figures to be in the spotlight when he pays an expected visit to Berlin in the coming days to meet with new ...
27 Apr, 2022, 12.41 PM IST
Why coming to terms the idea of a united Europe is still difficult for many EuropeansThe growing linkage between assertions of national sovereignty and democracy is certainly at the heart of the Greek crisis.
12 Jul, 2015, 01.25 PM IST
- Crisis brings banks, bankers to their knees
Switzerland’s largest bank, UBS announced losses of $16.8 billion, — thanks to to losses at its investment banking unit — and another 2,000...
11 Feb, 2009, 01.08 AM IST
- EU turns 50 but celebrations dampened by uncertainty over future
As a law student in Lisbon in the late 1960s, Jose Manuel Barroso passed around an illicit copy of ``Je t'aime, Moi non plus'' a heavy-brea...
12 Nov, 2008, 06.43 PM IST
- No treaty? No enlargement, says France
The European Union should forget about adding new member states until it has resolved Ireland's rejection of a treaty designed to overhaul ...
20 Jun, 2008, 07.25 AM IST