Eurotactics

US prepared to settle Boeing Airbus dispute with EU

The United States said Wednesday it was prepared to negotiate a settlement to a long-standing dispute with the EU over allegedly illegal state subsidies to Airbus if such aid was in line with global trade rules.

States agree new funding, schedule for nuclear fusion plan

The European Union and six states backing a multi-billion-dollar nuclear fusion project said Wednesday they had reached a deal on the financing and timetable for the experimental reactor.

Eurozone economic confidence highest in two years

Business and consumer confidence in the eurozone jumped in July to its highest level in more than two years, driven by regional powerhouse German, the European Union said on Thursday.

EU regrets Japanese hangings, but supports review

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Wednesday expressed "deep regret" after two Japanese convicts were hanged but welcomed a decision to review the death penalty.

Travel, trucks and tools put Europe on the move

When travel takes off, something in the world is stirring and the latest airline data together with signals from factories across Europe suggest that the economic machine is getting back in gear.

EU police raid home of former Kosovo guerrilla commander

EU police on Wednesday raided the home of an ethnic Albanian former guerrilla commander as part of a probe into alleged political assassinations following the Kosovo conflict, a statement said.