BRUSSELS, March 4 (UPI) -- European working women receive an average of 17.4 percent less pay than men, statistics released Wednesday indicate.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Czech President Vaclav Klaus would have you think he was an anti-communist warrior. He would have you think he ran subversive seminars against the ideology. Nothing fills his ego more than overstating his role. What Vaclav Klaus did best during communism was to keep his head low and connive after his convenience.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The European Commission is examining a possible ban on smoking in all public places across the 27-member European Union, officials say.

BRUSSELS, June 9 (UPI) -- More women than men are joining the workforce in Europe but the wage gap between women and men persists, an EU Commission study showed.

STRASBOURG, France, May 20 (UPI) -- The European Parliament adopted a resolution Tuesday calling on the European Commission to adopt a comprehensive anti-discrimination policy.

HAMILTON, Ontario, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Czech President Vaclav Klaus barely won a second five-year term from Parliament on the weekend. In a tough contest, Klaus was given a run for his money by US/Czech academic Jan Svejnar. Only after the third round -- and after a three-week delay -- did Klaus secure victory. Klaus should have been unceremoniously dumped.

BRUSSELS, May 1 (UPI) -- European Union workers from newer member states are being allowed to hunt for work inside four older member states.

BRUSSELS, May 1 (UPI) -- Workers of Eastern European countries that joined the European Union two years ago have seen only a small opening of EU-wide employment opportunities.

PRAGUE, Czech Republic, April 24 (UPI) -- An agreement to form a new Czech government should be signed among coalition parties Tuesday, Prime Minister designate Jiri Paroubek said Sunday.