European Union

Friday 16 November 2012

BRUSSELS: The eurozone economy is back in recession.

Holyrood branded a rubber stamp for SNP policy

Friday 16 November 2012

THE Scottish Parliament has been reduced to a "rubber stamp" for SNP policy, Labour claimed yesterday, after a committee blocked calls for a probe into an independent Scotland's EU membership.

Unions attack EU over abusive food chain practices

Friday 16 November 2012

COPA-COGECA, the umbrella organisation for the European Union's farming unions and farm co-operatives, expressed its disappointment yesterday about the lack of an agreement on implementation and enforcement of a code of good practice along the food supply chain.

BP deal fails to lift gloom on Footsie

Friday 16 November 2012

Oil giant BP was in the spotlight on the London market as it agreed a record £2.8 billion settlement with US authorities for claims relating to the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

The Highland Line: a curious question of trust at Applecross

Friday 16 November 2012

It can’t have been the easiest of weeks for people on the Applecross peninsula in the north-west Highlands, with local opinion publicly divided on the ownership of their land.