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Canada 'spins' mining disclosure laws on back of EU's approval (News)
The European Parliament has given its final approval for tough new disclosure rules for energy and mining firms, just as Canadian premier Stephen Harper...more »
Small companies granted relief on EU accounting rules (News)
Small companies will have to reveal less information in annual financial statements as a result of a red-tape cutting measure formally accepted by a vote in...more »
Europe loses 5 million working days a year due to pollution, report says (News)
European businesses and organisations lost five million working days in 2010 because of illnesses, such as asthma and heart attacks linked to pollution from...more »
Barroso calls for compromise on EU budget (News)
Commission President José Manuel Barroso yesterday (12 June) told the European Parliament that member states should accept some of the chamber's demands for the 2014-2020 EU budget and strike a deal “as soon...more »
How volcanoes and airplanes offer lessons for risk taking (News)
SPECIAL REPORT / When Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted in 2010, EU aviation authorities saw little choice but to shut down airspace...more »
Erdoğan’s election strategy could set Turkey on fire (Opinion)
Prime Minister Erdoğan seems to have chosen a policy of high tension. By escalating his Islamic discourse, he is targeting the next election. But he is also putting his own supporters on a collision course with urban and...more »
MEP Giegold: France and Germany no longer able to lead the EU (News)
The EU has “fundamental” structural problems, while France and Germany are no longer able to formulate a common vision for it,...more »