BRUSSELS, March 15 (UPI) -- The president of the European Commission has come down squarely on the side of free trade within Europe and against protectionism.

BERN, Switzerland, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Switzerland is best known, in banking and investment terms, for the sage and agile "Gnomes of Zurich." But as my return to this puzzle of a nation revealed anew

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- As the European Union continues to battle high oil prices and a less than attractive dollar to euro exchange rate, economists are predicting a moderate recovery

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- British prime minister Tony Blair is said to be aiming Britain's General Election, (which must be held before June 2006), for May 2005, about the earliest he ca

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (UPI) -- According to exit polls, the most important single issue to the U.S. electorate on November 2 was moral values. It thus probably wouldn't be smart for the re-el

The U.S. presidential debates. In their center is the Iraq war, the cost of the war, the impact of that cost on the economy. The fire between both sides is inte

NEW YORK, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp denies he called the United States "a dumb puppy that has big teeth" for going to war with Iraq.

TEQUISQUIAPAN, Mexico, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- An Olympic medal. Everyone should have one. (Impress your friends! Show it to your grandchildren!) But how does the ambitious parent arrange for his child to ac

BRATISLAVA, Bulgaria, March 24 (UPI) -- An opinion poll released Wednesday showed overwhelming support among Bulgarians for their country's forthcoming accession to NATO.