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Coherent approach needed on visa liberalisation (Opinion)
Freedom of movement, including the opportunity to cross state borders without unnecessary obstacles, is of great significance in people’s lives. For this reason, visa policy should not be used as a political instrument, writes Peter Van Elsuwege.
Gazprom moves closer to buying Greek gas firm (News)
Gazprom is squeezing Athens for better terms to buy DEPA, Greece's sole retail gas distributor, a Greek official said, as the Russian gas export monopoly leverages its position as the only major player in the running.
Martial Law vs. Market Law: Reflections on Boston
If law enforcement were to be governed by contractual principles, fear and/or resentment of the police would be much less intense and far less common. And since officers would be constrained in their behavior by the freedom of citizens to take their business elsewhere, no one would need to fear that they were letting bulls into a china shop.
[Ticker] Euro-deputies want blacklist of tax-evading jurisdictions
Euro-deputies Tuesday backed measures to draw up a blacklist of states unwilling to combat tax evasion. “We need to set up a European blacklist of tax havens and identify proper sanctions for banks co-operating with them,” said Slovenian MEP Mojca Kleva Kekus. EU tax commissioner Semeta also endorsed the idea.
Austria, Luxembourg expected to play ball in tax-evasion clampdown
Soaring energy costs make Europeans poor (Opinion)
As more people are affected by rising energy costs across Europe it is time for EU leaders to finally re-balance the energy debate and put affordability and security of supply on a par with decarbonisation goals, argues Milton Catelin.
Former Romanian MEP jailed for land exchange deals (News)
Former Romanian MEP George (Gigi) Becali has been sentenced to three years in prison for abuse of power in connection with a land exchange deal with the Romanian Defence Ministry 15 years ago.
EU Summit LIVE: Crafting responses on energy, taxation (News)
EU leader will meet today to discuss how to lower energy prices and improve industrial competitiveness, at a time when other developed countries are rushing to invest in shale gas.Second issue on the agenda is tax evasion, which every year deprives EU governments of roughly €1 trillion.
The 'greening' of industrial policy (Opinion)
While cheap energy prices in industrialised countries can be seen as a short-term reprieve for industries under competitive pressure from low-cost countries, they have negative consequences in the long run, writes Karl Aiginger. He argues that a new industrial policy should support Europe's competitive advantage in clean technology.
EU programme seeks to boost exports to Japan (News)
As the EU and Japan enter an important phase of negotiations for a free-trade deal, the European Commission is trying to lure exporters to tap into the potential of the Japanese market through an executive training programme.
Struggling Cyprus has some of Europe's cleanest bathing spots (News)
Financially strapped Cyprus should be able to lure tourist revenue with it pristine bathing waters, which along with Luxembourg are ranked as some of the EU's cleanest in an environmental report published today (21 May).
[Ticker] EU leaders to keep one commissioner per country
EU leaders Wednesday will likely agree that each country should continue to have one EU commissioner beyond 2014, the deadline written into the Lisbon Treaty. A senior German official Tuesday explained that the deadline extension was a promise made to Ireland before it held a second referendum on the treaty.
British PM tries to break deadlock on tax havens
Russia asks Interpol to track Magnitsky campaigner
MEPs vote to protect small bank depositors
German politicians outraged at Orban's Nazi jibe
German politicians from across the political spectrum have expressed their outrage after Hungary's Viktor Orban compared Angela Merkel's policies to the Nazi invasion ordered by Adolf Hitler.
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EU waste rules could create half million jobs, says EU environment head (News)
If European Union countries implemented existing waste-management regulations, they could create some 400,000 jobs and save diminishing resources, a senior Commission environment official said.
