European Commission

Energy: Brussels told to pursue Azerbaijan pipe dream

guardian.co.uk     11 hrs ago   7 related          

The EU must redouble its efforts to build the $12bn Nabucco gas pipeline and reduce its dependence on imports from Russia in the wake of the Georgian crisis, its energy commissioner said yesterday. The conflict in the...                    

EC, ECB support pan-European payment facilitation

xinhuanet.com     8 hrs ago   3 related          

BRUSSELS, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- The European Commission and the European Central Bank (ECB) expressed here on Thursday support for the European Payments Council (EPC) to launch the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) Direct...                    

EU gives blessing for Italy's Roma fingerprint scheme

euobserver.com     3 hrs ago   1 related          

LUCIA KUBOSOVA Today @ 09:28 CET EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Italy's plan to fingerprint Roma people has received a green light from the European Commission, with Brussels' experts suggesting that the controversial measures...                    

Don't use WTO bid to punish Russia: Mandelson

reuters.com     1 hr ago          

By William Schomberg BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia should not be punished for its military action in Georgia with moves to slow its bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson...                    

Secretariat News July - August 2008

epha.org     3 hrs ago          

EPHA working meetings On 2 July 2008, EPHA attended the joint Platform meeting on Diet, Physical Activity and Health with High Level Group meeting. At this joint meeting a debate took place on the EU Framework for National...                    

UCB Receives Final EU Approval for Vimpat Epilepsy Drug

pharmiweb.co.uk     19 hrs ago   5 related          

Reuters Health - Sep. 04, 2008 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian pharmaceutical group UCB said on Wednesday that the European Commission has approved its new epilepsy drug Vimpat. In June, the European Medicines Agency gave...                    

Calls for end to ferry monopoly

bbc.co.uk     20 hrs ago   1 related          

Two of the first submissions to the European Commission inquiry into Scottish ferries have called for the break up of Caledonian MacBrayne's monopoly on Clyde and Hebridean and Northern Isles routes. They were compiled...                    

Holiday text messages to cost less than 9p

theregister.co.uk     23 hrs ago          

Published Thursday 4th September 2008 11:29 GMT Viviane Reding has begun circulating details of her proposed caps on data and SMS roaming. She wants to see prices capped at €.11 for a text message and €1 a MB for roamed...                    

EU to cap roaming text charges

tech.co.uk     23 hrs ago          

Roaming fees on text messages will soon be capped, if the EU minister for telecommunications gets her way, along with the cost of internet surfing on cellphones. The minister, Viviane Reding, wants to cap roaming texts...                    

EC offers language schools opportunity to shine - Watson

grahamwatsonmep.org.uk     23 hrs ago          

Following the launch this week of the "Juvenes Translatores", a European Commission competition for schools and colleges, local Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson is encouraging local schools from across the region to enter the...                    

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