According to the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat), the average top personal income tax rate and the corporate tax rate in the EU27 has increased in 2012.
The protection and welfare of animals is an area covered by a wide range of EU legislation. This includes the protection of wildlife, zoo animals, farm animals, animals in transport and animals used for scientific purposes.
The Temporary Parliamentary Commission by the Bulgarian Parliament dealing with revision of the moratorium texts on exploration and production of shale gas decided on 17 May to modify the suspension by removing the first provision of the text.
The European Commission authorised requests from Cyprus, Estonia and Lithuania for a continued free allocation of EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) allowances to their power sectors beyond this year
Albania’s application for membership to the European Union on 28 April 2009 was an important landmark for a country that 20 years ago had emerged from communist rule. Now it is being solidified.
Sergei Stanishev, interim president of the Party of European Socialists (PES), said today that ‘here is a genuine crisis of youth unemployment across EU’.