GREATER legislative recognition of the country’s traditional and artisan methods of food production was demanded at an awards ceremony in Dublin yesterday.

Three of Belfast murder victim Robert McCartney’s sisters are taking their campaign for justice to Brussels tomorrow.

Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi today delivered an impassioned personal plea to Europe’s leaders for more support to stabilise his country.

Italy's blunder-prone Rocco Buttiglione was under increasing pressure today to spare himself the sack and step down voluntarily from his new job as European Commissioner in charge of civil liberties.

The Italian European Commissioner-designate whose views on homosexuality have caused a major political row today hinted that he might “renounce” his new job.

It was stalemate in Brussels tonight in the battle of political wills over the anti-gay commissioner.

One of Europe’s new Commissioners was under growing pressure to step down tonight for describing homosexuality as a “sin”.

Europe’s leaders will meet in Brussels for dinner next week on the way back from the NATO summit in Istanbul – but only if there is a consensus by then on who should be the next president of the European Commission.

A deal as soon as possible on a European constitutional treaty is the Irish presidency’s top priority, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today.

A letter bomb caught fire at the offices of a senior British MEP today, but no-one was hurt.

European Commissioner Chris Patten today urged EU governments to make a long-term political and economic commitment to Iraq, because “you cannot build a modern, democratic, open society on the cheap”.

Computer users were today urged to encrypt their e-mails in a bid to protect themselves against a worldwide electronic spy network which does not officially exist.