Charlie Dunmore

BRATISLAVA/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Slovakia finally ratified new powers for the euro zone's rescue fund on Thursday, the last country to do so, clearing the way for a bolder effort to arrest Europe's sovereign debt crisis, which threatens global financial stability.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is seeking new powers to speed through major energy projects aimed at curbing dependence on imported oil and gas and ensuring sustainable, green supplies, according to draft legislation seen by Reuters.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's biotechnology industry has warned the European Commission that agricultural imports vital to EU food security are increasingly being put at risk, due to the slow pace of the bloc's approval system for genetically modified (GM) crops.

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - European rules forcing all airlines to pay for carbon emissions are within the law, an adviser to Europe's highest court said on Thursday, in the latest stage of a bitter battle between the European Union and the aviation industry.

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers and officials met on Monday to discuss the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) bailout fund and the economic situation in Greece.

LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers and officials met on Monday to discuss the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) bailout fund and the economic situation in Greece.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili has written to the European Union foreign affairs chief to announce the Islamic state's readiness for fresh nuclear talks with major powers, the foreign minister said on Sunday.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO denied a media report on Saturday that it had told forces loyal to Libya's Transitional National Council (NTC) to pull back from the town of Bani Walid in preparation for air strikes by the military alliance.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway <BRKa.N> gained EU approval on Thursday for its $9 billion purchase of Lubrizol Corp <LZ.N>.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone member states will have to decide if a deal between Finland and Greece on collateral for financial support to Athens is in line with the agreement on the bailout agreed last month, the European Commission said on Friday.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone leaders met for an emergency summit of the 17-nation currency area on Thursday, to discuss a second bailout package for Greece and the financial crisis in Europe.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's food and drink industry has urged the EU to allow traces of unapproved genetically modified (GM) material in food imports, after similar rules for animal feed imports were approved last month.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed on Friday to cut the maximum sulphur limit in shipping fuels, aiming to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions from maritime transport by up to 90 percent, the bloc's executive said.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's executive will propose plans to rescue the bloc's over-exploited fish stocks next week, with the aim of achieving sustainability by 2015, draft proposals seen by Reuters show.

LONDON (Reuters) - Europe banned imports of some seeds and beans from Egypt on Tuesday after food safety investigators said a single shipment of fenugreek seeds from there was the most likely source of a highly toxic E. coli epidemic which has killed 49 people.

LONDON (Reuters) - Europe banned imports of some seeds and beans from Egypt on Tuesday after food safety investigators said a single shipment of fenugreek seeds from there was the most likely source of a highly toxic E. coli epidemic which has killed 49 people.

STRASBOURG (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers voted on Tuesday to strengthen proposals to let governments decide whether to grow or ban genetically modified (GM) crops, designed to break a deadlock in EU GM crop approvals.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Natural sweeteners derived from the stevia plant could be authorized for EU-wide use by the end of the year, after governments approved their sale in certain foodstuffs, the European Union's executive said on Tuesday.

LONDON (Reuters) - G20 members settled a deal on Thursday to curb volatility in food prices, falling short of France's ambitious plans to impose tough new regulations on speculators, but agreeing to boost transparency with a new database.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union negotiators reached a deal Wednesday on new EU-wide food labeling rules, intended to fight rising obesity levels in Europe by helping consumers make more informed purchasing decisions.