Trade & Industry

Hopes high for 'last chance' world trade talks
Friday 18 July 2008
Only a few question marks remain in stuttering, six-year long negotiations on freeing up global trade, top EU and US trade officials said ahead of another "crunch" WTO ministerial meeting on Monday (21 July).

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Enlargement & Neighbours

Storms brewing over Commission Bulgaria report
Friday 18 July 2008
Extremely harsh financial sanctions touted in a European Commission monitoring report on Bulgaria revealed by the press have triggered a political storm in the new EU member, with the opposition initiating a no-confidence motion against the governing coalition and demanding the president's resignation.

Serbia to refer Kosovo to UN court
Friday 18 July 2008
The essence of the initiative, launched by Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic following his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on 17 July, will be to test the legality of Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence in the UN International Court of Justice.

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Elections

Belgian PM to stay on despite resignation
Friday 18 July 2008
Rejecting the resignation of Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme yesterday (17 July), King Albert II of Belgium instead mandated three government mediators to resolve the deadlock over increased regional autonomy that has been gripping the linguistically-divided country for months.

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Competition

EU issues new accusations against Intel
Friday 18 July 2008
The competition case against the leading global chipmaker Intel worsened yesterday when the European Commission made public additional allegations of abuse of dominant market position by the US giant, which is notably suspected of pursuing unfair practices against its main rival, AMD.

EU Court says Spanish blockage of energy merger illegal
Friday 18 July 2008
The EU's highest court ruled on 17 July that Spain broke EU internal market rules when it insisted last year that all mergers in the energy sector must be pre-approved by its national energy regulator, effectively thwarting a takeover attempt on the national energy company Endesa by Germany's E.ON.

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Science & Research

EU 27 to identify joint public research topics by end 2008
Friday 18 July 2008
EU research ministers are set to agree on topics for joint public research in December. Before that, discussions are likely to focus on narrowing down the broad topics of food or energy security and healthy ageing to find subjects on which pre-commercial developments at national level are not yet underway.   

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Energy Supply

Interview: EU's Kovács backs 'Robin Hood' tax on oil firms
Friday 18 July 2008
In an exclusive interview with EurActiv Hungary, EU Taxation Commissioner László Kovács backed the idea of applying 'Robin Hood' taxes to oil companies as a means of compensating the poor for soaring fuel prices.

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InfoSociety

EU clamps down on mobile ringtone scams
Friday 18 July 2008
The Commission has warned it could take legal action against European websites selling mobile phone services such as ringtones and wallpapers after an investigation carried out in June revealed that the vast majority are in breach of EU rules and deliberately mislead their customers.

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Climate Change

EU OKs contested Slovak nuclear project amid new leaks
Friday 18 July 2008
Despite recent nuclear scares in Slovenia and France, the European Commission this week gave the go-ahead for the two remaining reactors to be completed at the controversial Mochovce nuclear plant in Slovakia. The decision was widely condemned by environmental group Greenpeace. EurActiv Slovakia reports.

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