The European Commission has welcomed the 'general approach' agreement reached at the 10 October Transport Council on a recast of the rail safety directive. This recast...
Today (10 October) is World and European Day against the Death Penalty. Consistent with its strong and principled policy against the death penalty, the EU is...
Pakistan's teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban for fighting for girls' rights to education, was awarded the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize...
The new European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, has discussed the need for high administrative standards in the European Union with European Parliament President Martin Schulz and European Commission President...
On 9 October, Labour MEPs voted to bring in a new Europe-wide alert mechanism for professionals, meaning doctors struck off elsewhere in the EU won't be...
As European Commission President José Manuel Barroso visits Lampedusa on 9 October, the site where more than 100 East African refugees recently drowned, World Vision is...
EU and Eastern Partnership1 transport ministers are meeting today in Luxembourg to assess progress and endorse the next steps for improving transport connections. Two years ago,...