European Affairs

A raid on the headquarters of Italy's major pasta makers has raised the issue of speculation over a basic foodstuff.

Dec 16, 2009 - Lee Anne Adendorff

Amnesty International has criticized Spain for its lukewarm approach to locating Republicans who disappeared during the Spanish Civil War. So why the continuing silence?

Dec 13, 2009 - Ruth Arundell

After a popular referendum on 29 November, minarets can no longer be built in the small, landlocked European nation. The result surprised many Muslims and non-Muslims.

Dec 10, 2009 - James Heywood

An annual report by national research body the Censis Institute details how Italian families and workers are dealing with the recession at the end of 2009.

Dec 4, 2009 - Lee Anne Adendorff

On Nov. 19, 2009, Catherine Ashton was named as the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the EU. This is a profile.

Nov 26, 2009 - Patrick Hinton

While Western companies find it harder and harder to find sufficiently educated engineers and technicians Turkey is facing with an opposite problem: it's youth policy.

Nov 20, 2009 - Senay Ozdemir

First known as the European Economic Community, the European Union was formed in the early 1990s. As with any club, members have to meet certain requirements to join.

Nov 18, 2009 - Anthony Tilke

The primary method by which the EU is governed is through treaties. These treaties cover policies and laws that are applied throughout the EU.

Nov 18, 2009 - Anthony Tilke

Based on an extension to the European Economic Community (EEC)-established in 1957 through the Treaty of Rome, the EU was defined in the Maastricht Treaty of 1993.

Nov 18, 2009 - Anthony Tilke

Elected by the citizens of the EU, the European Parliament is focused on representing the interests of the general voting populace.

Nov 18, 2009 - Anthony Tilke

Tasked with proposing new laws and implementing decisions ratified by Parliament and the Council, the Commission represents the interests of the EU as a whole.

Nov 18, 2009 - Anthony Tilke

Considered to be the more powerful of the two legislative branches of the EU, the Council applies the interests of the individual member countries.

Nov 18, 2009 - Anthony Tilke

By pooling sovereignty and delegating some of their powers to shared institutions, EU member states can make decisions on specific matters of joint interest as a group.

Nov 18, 2009 - Anthony Tilke

On October 3, 2005 Turkey finally entered formal negotiations with the EU. But much has changed since that date, when the accession to EU still seemed of great importance

Nov 18, 2009 - Senay Ozdemir

At the end of the Cold War and following the rejection of its application to join the EC, Turkey turned towards Central Asia in search of a new direction.

Nov 15, 2009 - Rich Ward