EU ambassadors were holding emergency talks this afternoon to discuss the deaths of a reported 15 people on boats off the coast of Gaza by Israeli forces.

Taoiseach Brian Cowen this afternoon joins fellow EU leaders for a summit overshadowed by a slump in the single currency and by rifts over a bail-out for the crisis-hit Greek economy.

BULGARIA’S foreign minister, Rumiana Jeleva, withdraw her nomination to the European Commission after a week of criticism and pressure from members of the European Parliament.

MEPs joined Europe's new president Herman Van Rompuy today in calling for a stronger EU response to global disasters.

European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso today sent a new job application to Euro-MPs – hoping to silence his critics and win a clear mandate for a second five-year term in office.

BRUSSELS has become a ghost town as governments and the EU institutions have departed on holiday.

THE urgent need to take action to reverse climate change and tackle the economic crisis has been spelt out by the new Swedish presidency of the European Union to its parliament.

THE British will wait until after 2013 for a revamp of European Union agriculture subsidies, the country’s Farm Minister said, backing away from Prime Minister Tony Blair’s calls for faster cuts.