The European Commission has given the green light to state guarantees worth 150 billion euros offered by France, Belgium and Luxembourg in October to the cash-strapped Franco-Belgian bank Dexia.
The European Commission in Brussels has approved Alitalia's takeover by an Italian group of investors group and ruled that the consortium will not be required to pay back the 300 million euro bailout granted by the state to the ailing carrier.
The European Commission unveiled plans to extend minimum maternity leave in Europe from 14 to 18 weeks, a move which would force several EU nations to offer more support to new mothers.
EU Trade Commissioner and former WTO negotiator Peter Mandelson has stepped down and returned to join the cabinet of former nemesis, PM Gordon Brown. He is to be replaced by Baroness Catherine Ashton.
European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner is FRANCE 24's guest and comments on the latest events in Georgia and what is happening with the six-point peace plan.
The European Commission slashed its economic forecasts for this year, lowering the eurozone growth estimate for the whole of 2008 down from 1.7 percent to 1.3 percent. Britain, Germany and Spain are expected to slip into a recession.
EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding has criticised mobile phone operators for charging ten times the price of a local SMS when sent from abroad. New plans under the European Commission may help close the price gap.
From the European Parliament in Strasbourg where President Nicolas Sarkozy launches the French presidency of the European Union: what are the key foreign policy issues that the EU under French leadership can be expected to focus on?
Europe is facing some important challenges, including the Irish no-vote to the Lisbon treaty and the need to redefine European institutions. Jose Manuel Barroso, European Commission chief, explains what can be done.
Eurozone borrowing costs are set to rise when the European Central Bank convenes Thursday, seeking to tame a fledgling inflation monster before turning its attention to slumping growth.
