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The European Union took a big step towards creating a single Europe-wide patent system on Friday (4 December), a move that is expected to save businesses many millions in annual costs. As part of the deal, industry ministers meeting in...

The Rotterdam Film Festival unveiled a �crowd-sourcing� project Thursday, to raise production coin from people attending the fest and the public more widely. Film projects by helmers Alexis Dos Santos (�Unmade Beds�) and Ho Yohang (�Sanctuary�), plus visual artist Pipilotti...

European Union carbon emissions futures eased slightly on Friday on the back of sliding oil and gas prices, with utilities shedding some of their length, traders said. EU Allowances for delivery in December 09 traded in a narrow range on...

15:25 In het universitair ziekenhuis Saint-Luc in Brussel is een zwangere vrouw gestorven aan de gevolgen van de Mexicaanse griep. Dat meldde de Franstalige televisiezender vrijdag in haar middagjournaal. Het griepcommissariaat kon of wilde dit specifiek overleden (nog) niet bevestigen,...

The so-called Marguerite fund, part of the European Union's efforts to fight the economic crisis, will be chaired by EIB President Philippe Maystadt, the banks said in a statement. The EIB, financing arm of the EU, France's Caisse de Depots...

Peter's Square, keeping up a 27-year tradition of decorating the vast square for the holiday...Peter's Square, keeping up a 27-year tradition of decorating the vast square for the holiday. The Vatican says the 100-foot (30-meter)-tall tree has come from the...

Stock futures were jumped higher after the release of better-than-expected jobless claim numbers and the national unemployment rate was lowered to 10% from 10.2%.  Here are some of the early-market movers for Friday. Big Lots Inc. ( BIG )  ...

The Swiss minaret referendum Die Welt 30.11.2009 To argue that Muslims do not permit the building of churches in their countries, is no excuse for the outcome of the Swiss minaret vote, writes Clemens Wergin. "The EU rightly sees this...