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.

WASHINGTON, April 5 (UPI) -- Faced with a future of intense global competition, the European Commission announced this week that it would allocate $14.1 billion (11 billion euros) to regions in order to help EU countries with the costs of necessary economic changes while promoting th

BRUSSEL, Belgium, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- The European Union is considering using identification cards similar to U.S. "green cards" to regulate immigrants it needs to counter a shrinking labor force.