European Union Audit Criticizes Foreign Aid Program
BRUSSELS — The European Union has failed to get value for the €1 billion it allocated for aiding Egypt during the past five years, the bloc’s main audit authority said Monday. ... Read more
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A More Secular Europe, Divided by the Cross
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Stanislav Zvolensky, the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Slovak capital here, was thrilled when he was invited to Brussels three years ago to discuss the fight against poverty with ... Read more
French Air Controller Strike Disrupts Other Countries
PARIS — Air travel disruptions intensified across Europe on Wednesday as a strike led by French air-traffic controllers broadened in its second day to include smaller labor actions in other countries. ... Read more
French Air Controller Strike Spreads to Other Countries
PARIS — Air travel disruptions intensified across Europe on Wednesday as a strike led by French air-traffic controllers broadened in its second day to include smaller labor actions in other countries. ... Read more
E.U. Official Pushes U.S. to Explain Its Surveillance
BRUSSELS — Amid a growing outcry over American snooping on foreigners that threatens to cloud European-U.S. trade talks and President Barack Obama’s visit to Berlin, the European Union’s top ... Read more
Air Controller Strike in France Causes Cancellations
PARIS — The crowds in the airport terminals serving the French capital were visibly thinner than usual for a weekday morning, airport officials said Tuesday, as air traffic controllers here began a ... Read more
Letter From Europe: E.U. Refuses to Cooperate on Security
BERLIN — Next week, President Barack Obama will make his first official call on Chancellor Angela Merkel since 2009. During those four years, Mr. Obama has had to grapple with an economic downturn, the ... Read more
Policy ‘Troika’ for Europe Financial Woes at Odds
BRUSSELS — After a series of nightlong crisis meetings on Cyprus, the European Union’s economic policy chief, Olli Rehn, remarked that his wife had started complaining that he spent more time with ... Read more
China to Investigate European Wine in Wake of Solar Panel Tariffs
HONG KONG — China’s nouveau riche millionaires, wealthy princelings and bribing business executives may soon find their wallets a little thinner: The price for French Champagnes and Burgundies, ... Read more
China to Investigate E.U. Wine After Trade Action
HONG KONG — China’s nouveau riche millionaires, wealthy princelings and bribegiving business executives may soon find their wallets a little thinner: The price tag for French Champagnes and ... Read more