The EU has agreed to tighten up an existing ban on "shark finning" - the practice of slicing off a shark's fins at sea for sale...
By Brussels correspondent Animal Welfare: Commission refers Greece and Italy to Court for failure to enforce ban on cages for laying hens Today, the European Commission...
By Brussels correspondent "I welcome this major step enhancing the safety of offshore oil and gas production in the EU. Past accidents have shown the devastating...
By EU Reporter correspondent EU nations have been unable to reach agreement on proposals to ban the use of three pesticides that have been linked to...
By EU Reporter correspondent In a vote on 6 February, the European Parliament adopted an amendment requiring car manufacturers to equip their ‘silent’ cars with an...
By EU Reporter correspondent New measures to stop 'discards' (the process of throwing overboard unwanted fish, frequently dead or dying, back into sea), allied to a...
By Strasbourg correspondent "We have shown today that the European Parliament is anything but toothless. We have used our power as a co-legislator, for the first...