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The European Union rejected requests Tuesday that it support a Palestinian plan for gaining recognition as an independent state at the U.N. Security Council without Israeli consent.
European Parliament lawmakers on Friday demanded that U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ease restrictions for Europeans traveling to the United States, saying plans to impose a new $10 (euro6.73) entry fee are unfair.
EU lawmakers and governments agreed on new rights for Internet users Thursday, aiming to protect them from arbitrary crackdowns on those who illegally download music and movies on the Internet.
The European Union's stalled reform treaty overcame a crucial hurdle Thursday after EU leaders agreed to last-minute demands from the Czech Republic in return for the country's ratification of the ambitious deal.
European Union leaders failed to agree Friday on how much to give poorer nations to counter the effects of a warming climate — squandering the last chance that global greenhouse gas talks in December will produce real results.
Top EU and South Korean trade officials signed a free trade deal Thursday which the EU said could boost trade between the two by euro19 billion ($28 billion).
Now hear this, if you still can: The European Union said Monday it wants makers of popular digital music players to recommend users turn the volume down to preserve their hearing.
The work hours are long, the criticism often withering, and the job comes with 27 bosses, many of whom don't speak your native language.
A high-level European Union delegation will visit Zimbabwe later this week — the first such visit since 2002 — to hold talks with top officials, including President Robert Mugabe, the EU said Thursday.
Cases of euthanasia in Belgium's Flanders region soared to nearly 2 percent of all deaths in 2007 after the country legalized the practice a few years earlier, a medical study has shown.
The European Union issued a new demand Friday for Iran to return to international negotiations over its nuclear program, warning that a confrontation and tougher sanctions could be ahead if the standoff continued.
Hundreds of angry Belgian farmers blocked streets with tractors and faced down police outside the European Union's headquarters Wednesday demanding officials help reverse a recent collapse in prices of milk, cheese, butter and other dairy products.
A joint World Cup bid by Belgium and the Netherlands to host either the 2018 or 2022 tournament will be considered by FIFA after all.
Congo must crack down on rampant sexual violence perpetrated by military generals and other top officers, a prominent international human rights group said Thursday.
Despite efforts to clean up Russia's legal system, its courts still suffer widespread political abuse, including prosecutors with too much power and subservient judges, according to a report by Europe's top human rights watchdog.
EU leaders hope to save their ambitious reform treaty at a two day summit starting Thursday by cutting a deal with Ireland on sovereignty issues in an effort to persuade reluctant Irish voters who have already rejected the pact once to say "yes" in a new vote.
European Union countries are likely to take in "several dozen" former prisoners from the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo Bay, an EU official said Thursday.
A right-wing lawmaker called on Dutch voters worried about immigration to pick his party Thursday in European Parliament elections expected to bring successes for fringe and extremist groups.
European Union nations called Monday for an independent war crimes investigation into the killing of civilians in Sri Lanka.
Among perks enjoyed by EU Parliament lawmakers: flying no-frills and expensing the cost of a full fare ticket, listing spouse or child as aides and paying them fat salaries, wining-and-dining friends at Michelin-starred restaurants and billing the taxpayer.
Worried about trampling on the rights of innocent consumers, the European Parliament rejected Wednesday attempts by EU governments to crack down on people who illegally download copyright-protected music and movies over the Internet.
The European Union's health commissioner urged Europeans on Monday to postpone nonessential travel to the United States or Mexico due to swine flu.
EU officials warned social networking and search engine sites such as Facebook and Google on Monday to better protect consumer rights amid growing concern that users are being lured to hand over too much personal data.
Anheuser-Busch InBev has lost a battle to the "Budweiser" name after an EU court rejected its claim to register the word as a Europe-wide trademark.
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