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Israel expressed satisfaction on Tuesday that the European Union did not accept a Swedish proposal to explicitly recognize Palestinian claims to East Jerusalem as the capital of a future state. Adopting a softer formula, the union’s Foreign Affairs Council said...

Eurofer, the European steel industry body, last night called on the European Union to block BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto's iron ore joint venture in Western Australia, arguing that the tie-up between the two mining giants will lead to "market...

Armenia is ready to work on the development of the Association Agreement with the EU and the creation of in-depth and comprehensive free trade area, as well as striving for greater strengthening of relations with the EU, in particular, the...

Scotland (£66 million), which will connect offshore wind and marine generation in Shetland to the Scottish mainland. An offshore wind farm near Aberdeen gets £36m, and the remaining £160 million goes to a Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in...

European Union regulators accepted on Wednesday a pledge by the chip maker Rambus to cut royalties worldwide on computer memory chip patents for five years to settle antitrust charges and avoid a possible fine. Under the settlement, the chipmaker will...

Real Naples-style pizza is set to get a European Union quality seal protecting it from imitations. Let's hope it's really coming this time," said Antonio Pace, head of a group fighting for 'real Neapolitan pizza' for the last 25 years....

Hunt says he's delighted to have retained his position as the opposition's go-to man on climate change, but it could well prove a poisoned chalice. He has less than two months to come up with the coalition's formal battle plan...

Olympiakos is determined to beat Arsenal in the Champions League on Wednesday despite needing just a draw to reach the knockout phase. "Arsenal is a big team that has its sights set on the final ... but we want to...

The European Union's top antitrust official said Wednesday she was "still optimistic" that regulators could resolve a bitter dispute over an EU investigation into Oracle Corp.'s planned takeover of Sun Microsystems Inc. The two companies had hoped to close the...

Kraft Foods offered European Union regulators remedies to resolve antitrust issues in its proposed £10.1-billion bid for UK confectioner Cadbury. The European Commission, the EU’s antitrust authority, said in a statement on Wednesday that it extended the competition review of...