Consumers across Europe, and particularly parents, will be reassured to hear that some 70% of websites investigated for miss-selling ringtones, wallpapers and other mobile phone services have been corrected or closed following an 18 month EU consumer crackdown.
The EU-wide investigation, carried out by 27 EU member states, Norway and Iceland, was a direct response to hundreds of complaints coming in from parents and consumers from many EU countries.
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The European network of employment services (EURES) celebrates 15 years of helping people find a job in another European country. EURES brings together public employment services from 31 European countries and offers direct online access to over 700,000 job vacancies every day.
The EU is on track to deliver on its Kyoto Protocol commitments for reducing or limiting emissions of greenhouse gases, shows the European Commission's annual progress report on emissions. However, at a meeting in Barcelona in early November, EU negotiators underlined that global efforts ahead of the Copenhagen climate change conference in December have to be intensified in order to reach an am...
See where the EU millions end up [Comment by Siim Kallas] On Tuesday (10 November), the EU auditors will publish their report on the way the EU spends money and keeps its books, offering an insight ...
THE European Union is drawing up plans for aircraft-style black box recorders to be fitted to all cars to help the police identify who is responsible for crashes. A £2.4m, three-year study commiss...