04/09/2008 - Energy and natural resources - Energy

International Energy Agency issues first report on EU energy policy, praising EU moves on climate change and energy market liberalisation

03/09/2008 - -

From 1 September, new standards impose uniform limits on pesticide residues in food across the EU.

02/09/2008 - External relations and foreign affairs - Humanitarian aid

The EU has provided ?6 million in aid for people caught up in the conflict affecting South Ossetia and other parts of Georgia. More help is on the way.

28/08/2008 - Environment, consumers and health - Health

New plans to give free fruit and vegetables to schoolchildren ? and extend the range of dairy products already available.

25/08/2008 - Environment, consumers and health - Environment

Civil protection mechanism springs into action as EU receives requests for help from several countries around Europe

21/08/2008 - EU explained - EU Institutions

If some headlines about the EU seem too bizarre to be true, it?s perhaps because they?re just that ? more fiction than fact.

18/08/2008 - Environment, consumers and health - Health

Commission calls for rules to make it easier for Europeans to travel abroad for medical treatment

14/08/2008 - -

Once again the world is witnessing unprecedented feats of speed, strength and endurance at the Olympic games. But if athletes are pushing themselves to the limit, most people are getting less and less physical activity.

11/08/2008 - -

Though not Versailles by a long shot, EU bodies still draw large numbers of visitors

07/08/2008 - EU explained - EU Institutions

Blogs not only provide direct access to commissioners - they also reveal a more personal side to the EU?s top officials.

04/08/2008 - Transport and travel - Tourism

Taking a holiday in Europe this summer? Going off for a week of sun and sightseeing is so much more straightforward than it used to be.

30/07/2008 - Environment, consumers and health - Health

Popularity of cannabis waning among the young.

29/07/2008 - Agriculture, fisheries and food - Fisheries

EU countries launch joint sea patrols in fight against overfishing of endangered species.

24/07/2008 - External relations and foreign affairs - Enlargement

The two countries are told to put more effort into judicial reform and tackling corruption, in latest progress reports

23/07/2008 - Culture, education and youth - Culture

New commission proposal seeks to ensure performers still benefit financially from their earliest records, long after they first went on sale.

22/07/2008 - -

The EU has some of the widest-ranging anti-discrimination legislation in the world. But sometimes it takes more than laws to drive the message home.

17/07/2008 - Environment, consumers and health - Consumers - Consumer protection and rights

Commission announces crackdown on ring tone scams and high charges for text messaging and mobile websurfing across EU borders.

16/07/2008 - Environment, consumers and health - Environment

A package of new measures will encourage manufacturers to make more eco-friendly goods and make sure shoppers can spot them.

15/07/2008 - -

Minimum tax EU countries must levy on cigarette and tobacco sales would rise gradually under proposal aimed at reducing smoking and smuggling.