Jan Lopatka

EU to choose leaders after reform treaty ratified

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union will quickly appoint its first long-term president and a powerful foreign policy chief after ratifying a treaty on Tuesday to give the 27-country bloc more influence on the world stage.
 

Nine eastern states oppose EU climate plan

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Nine east European Union countries oppose the current EU plan for tackling climate change, Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai said on Thursday.
 

U.S. replaces Bush plan for Europe missile shield

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday scrapped a Bush-era missile defense plan for Europe that Russia had bitterly opposed and offered what he said would be faster, more flexible defense systems to protect against Iran.
 

Twenty miners presumed dead in Slovak blast

HANDLOVA, Slovakia (Reuters) - An explosion in a northern Slovak coal mine most likely killed 20 miners on Monday in the central European country's worst mining disaster.