Today @ 09:20 CET The centre-right European People's Party is likely to keep its majority in the European Parliament in the June elections, as Europeans pick a safe pair of hands in the economic crisis over socialist "agit-prop," EPP secretary-general Antonio Lopez-Isturiz told EUobserver. Today @ 09:49 CET EU diplomats on Thursday were at odds over how to deal with President Barack Obama's swift move on closing Guantanamo Bay, with only Portugal pushing for a response, an internal paper seen by EUobserver reads. 22.01.2009 @ 20:17 CET EU member states are "intensively" monitoring the risk of spreading civil unrest in Europe, as riots over the economic crisis erupt in Iceland following street clashes in Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria and Greece. 22.01.2009 @ 17:29 CET Ratification of the Lisbon Treaty in the Czech Republic is a "domestic democratic process," and external pressure aimed at speeding up the process is not helping, Czech deputy prime minister for European Affairs Alexandr Vondra has said. 22.01.2009 @ 09:23 CET EU member states are divided over whether to condemn Israel for its bombing of UN schools and other buildings during its 23-day war on Gaza. 22.01.2009 @ 17:13 CET The EU has made some headway in its bid to make itself more innovative and boost its economy but is still lagging far behind the US and Japan, a new report by the European Commission has shown.
EU conservatives accuse left of 'agit-prop' over economy
Friction between Czechs, French over Guantanamo
EU states monitor spread of civil unrest
Pressure on Prague won't help ratify Lisbon, minister says
Member states divided over condemning Israeli attacks
EU continues to lag behind US on innovation
Friday 23 January 2009
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