COUNTERFEITING is becoming a serious threat to people’s health and safety and to the economic future of the European Union, Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has warned.

A THIRD of consumers booking flights online are in danger of being ripped off, misled or confused, according to an EU report.

THE success of European Monetary Union (EMU) and the euro has produced a strong currency that will remain so in the future, according to the European Commission.

SCHOOLS and hospitals owned by religious bodies can fire or refuse to hire people if they believe they do not coincide with their ethos, the European Commission has confirmed.

THE war of words between the Irish Farmers’ Association and EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson worsened last night as they accused him of “breathtaking arrogance”, as he insisted they are getting their facts wrong.

THE EU’s €134 billion budget for next year will shift the focus away from agriculture towards investment in research, the environment and energy.

THE Government has defended its human rights record and rejected many of the criticisms in the Council of Europe’s review of human rights here issued in Strasbourg yesterday.

AGRICULTURE Minister Mary Coughlan clashed with EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson when they met to discuss the current WTO talks.

AN organisation, representing businesses and members of the European Parliament, will be asked to leave their offices inside the parliament just five months after first moving in.

TELEVISION stations give EU news less than a tenth of the airtime they give national news, undermining citizens’ right to information and preventing them having a democratic input, according to the European Commission.