The Attorney general of the United States has warned the whistleblower who leaked details on the country’s internet spying tactics that he will be caught.

The former CIA employee who leaked top-secret information about US surveillance programmes said in an interview in Hong Kong he is not attempting to hide from justice but hopes to use the city as a base to reveal wrongdoing.

Commissioner Viviane Reding is grappling with making the theory of a diverse but united EU a reality, according to Europe Correspondent Ann Cahill

The EU wants to make manipulating key global interest rates a criminal offence.

IN one area of Irish life, the public sector knocks hell out of its private sector equivalent — the make-up of boards of directors.

THE pleas of a mother for greater help for victims of crime across the EU has received a positive response in Brussels.

COUPLES of different nationalities will have greater clarity on how to deal with property and financial issues following the break-up of their marriage or following a death, under new European Union laws.

THE insurance industry has predicted insurance costs will rise for female motorists and male pension policies following a landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice that setting insurance prices on the basis of gender is discriminatory.

THE cost of life, car and health insurance could rise for women but drop for men following a ruling by the European Court of Justice.

THE European Commission backed off prosecuting France for targeting groups of Roma gypsies for expulsion, but is threatening to move against the country over its failure to bring the relevant EU legislation into national law.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel today denied that she had told French President Nicolas Sarkozy her country planned to evacuate its own illegal immigrant camps.

FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy went on the attack over complaints that his policy of expelling Roma gypsies was contrary to EU law, effectively hijacking yesterday’s EU summit.

The row over French expulsions of Roma communities erupted in a slanging match at an EU summit in Brussels today.

David Cameron will today urge EU leaders to back a major new trade partnership between Europe and Pakistan in the wake of the worst floods in the country’s history.

The EU is threatening to take legal action against France for targeting and deporting Roma migrants.

The deportation of Roma minorities by France was condemned as a “disgrace” today in an unprecedented attack on a member state by a European Commissioner.

VERY few people read the small print when buying goods or services – and even fewer are likely to know their rights when they are buying from another country.

THE woman expected to be in charge of the beefed-up EU’s justice policy said she did not believe people should be subject to body scanners at airports.

The European Commission today launched a crackdown on high mobile phone texting charges – spurred by the success of last year’s legislation to cap mobile call roaming charges.

MOBILE phone companies are ripping off customers who send texts from abroad and have failed to reduce their charges despite warnings.

European Union telecommunications ministers today agreed on a plan in principle to cut mobile phone roaming fees, officials said today, with the likelihood of lower prices by the end of spring.

More than a dozen mobile phone companies today signed a deal to step up safeguards protecting children using mobiles.

The high cost of using mobile phones abroad is forcing some users to switch off when on holiday, the European Commission said today.

The European Commission has unveiled plans that would force telecommunications providers to share broadband infrastructure with rivals and extend regulation in the sector to new areas such as text messaging.

MORE than 300,000 Europeans rushed to register their new .eu Internet domain names in the first hour after the European Union opened public registration for the website addresses yesterday.

More than 300,000 Europeans rushed to register their new “.eu” Internet domain names as the European Union opened public registration for the new website addresses, European Union officials in Brussels said today.

Irish businesses will be able to register for new website addresses from today as part of a new European internet domain.

National broadcasting regulators from across the EU today agreed to co-ordinate the fight against those who use television to incite hatred.