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European standoff over search engine data - International Herald Tribune

BERLIN: For more than a year, European data privacy officials have been battling with U.S. Internet search engines, trying to get them to conform to European restrictions on the storage of personal information gleaned from the Web.

Now, as the U.S. titans Google, Microsoft and Yahoo continue to retain personal data beyond the six-month time limit established this year by the European Commission, regulators say their patience is running thin.

Bush orders clampdown on flights to US

EU officials furious as Washington says it wants extra data on all air passengers

FT.com / Europe - EU struggles for unity over Kosovo

The European Union struggled on Monday to put up a show of unity over Kosovo, as a majority of member states prepared to recognise the breakaway province s declaration of independence but Spain and Romania condemned its action as illegal.

Proposed shake up of EU security includes call for fingerprinting all visitors - International Heral

BRUSSELS, Belgium: A top EU official on Wednesday proposed fingerprinting and screening all visitors who cross the bloc's borders and using a satellite system to keep out illegal immigrants as part of a massive shake up of security at Europe's borders.

Lajcak And solana Discusded Latest Developments In Bosnia

The European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Javier Solana had a meeting yesterday with the International Community's High Representative and EU Special Representative in Bosnia Miroslav Lajcak

Siemens AG paid millions of euros in bribes

MUNICH, Germany -- Scandal-scarred Siemens AG paid millions of euros in bribes to cabinet ministers and dozens of other officials in Nigeria, Russia and Libya as it sought to win lucrative contracts for telecommunications equipment

Inteligenta Indiĝena Indigenismo Novaĵoservo: Gül elected 11th president of Turkey

Abdullah G l -- until a few moments ago, the foreign minister of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) -- has been elected as the 11th president of the Republic of Turkey.

EU Allows Discrimination Against Smokers

Companies in the European Union may legally refuse to hire smokers because EU anti-discrimination laws do not protect them, the European Commission said.

EU fines Microsoft for non-compliance

The European Commission fined Microsoft $357.3 million on Wednesday to punish its failure to comply with a landmark 2004 antitrust ruling. The tough new penalty is the first of its kind and comes on top of a record $632 million fine the Commission imposed on Microsoft in March 2004 for abusing its dominant position.

EU says disputed Mexico vote fair

The 80 Election monitors from the European Union say they found no irregularities in last Sunday's hotly disputed presidential election.

EU pleased with Serbia 'progress'

UN war crimes prosecutor Carla del Ponte said there had been progress in Belgrade's co-operation in the hunt for fugitive Ratko Mladic.

EU gun police to hunt suspects in Britain

EU unveils air safety blacklist

Most of the 90 banned airlines, which the EU says fail to meet international standards, are based in Africa. The move was proposed last year after a summer in which more than 500 people died in plane crashes worldwide.