All new EU cars will need emergency call technology from 2018

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 19:50

All new cars sold in the European Union from March 2018 will have to be equipped with technology to contact emergency services in the case of an accident.

Greece seeks common ground with EU partners: EU parliament chief

Last Updated: Thursday, January 29, 2015, 20:34

Greece will seek "common ground" with its European peers on solving its bailout and debt woes, European Parliament chairman Martin Schulz said Thursday after meeting new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

Mobile roaming fees should remain until 2018: EU document

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 02:15

Mobile operators such as Vodafone and Orange would be allowed to continue levying roaming charges over the next three years, according to an EU document, defying European lawmakers` proposal to scrap the fees by the end of this year.

EU states, parliament agree new 2015 budget

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 17:52

EU member states and the European parliament said Tuesday they have reached a deal on a new 2015 budget for the 28-country bloc after bridging gaps that threatened to scupper a deal.

EU`s Juncker says Luxembourg `had no choice` on tax

Last Updated: Friday, November 28, 2014, 18:48

Juncker has previously said that the deals were done by Luxembourg tax authorities and had nothing to do with the government, in which he held the post of finance minister as well as premier.

German eurosceptics poll 7% ahead of European vote

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 19:39

Eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party scored seven percent in a poll published Sunday ahead of May`s European Parliament elections where populist groups are hoping to boost their numbers.

EU lawmakers `forcefully` condemn crackdown on gay communities

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 04:31

European Parliament on Thursday "forcefully condemned" laws in nearly 80 countries which criminalise or otherwise discriminate against homosexual men and women.

EU Parliament approves Germany`s Lautenschlaeger for ECB seat

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 18:48

The European Parliament approved on Thursday the nomination of Germany`s Sabine Lautenschlaeger to the currently all-male executive board of the European Central Bank.

Italy`s Northern League party names new leader

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 00:43

Italy`s separatist Northern League party on Sunday named as its new leader Matteo Salvini, who said the European single currency was "a crime against humanity" and called for independence for northern Italy.

European MPs to visit Pakistan

Last Updated: Saturday, December 14, 2013, 07:52

A European Parliament`s delegation will visit Pakistan to discuss how EU-Pakistan relations can be strengthened, the EU office in Islamabad said.

Top EU lawmaker says EU-Ukraine deal now in danger

Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 17:21

The head of the European Parliament`s foreign affairs committee on Thursday said the Kiev parliament`s refusal to release jailed ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko for treatment abroad endangered a crucial EU-Ukraine deal.

European Parliament approves EU's 2014-2020 budget

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 19:35

The budget was approved by a large majority of 682 MEPs, including the conservatives and the socialists. The Greens and the radical left voted against.