The European Commission urges European Union governments to reach an explicit agreement next week on a financial standby facility for Greece to help it overcome its debt crisis

In an interview to be broadcast ahead of an EU summit next week, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso says expelling a country from the euro zone, as suggested by German Chancellor Merkel, would be against EU treaty rules.

The European Commission is stepping up infringement actions against a dozen EU countries because of their failure to implement financial rules

An Electoral Commission review into the SNP's finances in Angus has begun in a row over leaflets, BBC Scotland learns.

European Union governments must repay €346.5 million of financial aid from the bloc's farm budget for failing to follow EU spending rules, the European Commission said on Tuesday (16 March).

The European Commission will publish a new 'Research and Innovation Plan' ahead of an autumn meeting of EU leaders in Brussels. The plan, first floated last year as the European Innovation Act, was originally to be published by spring 2010.

A European Commission proposal to improve security of gas supplies following last year's price dispute between Russia and Ukraine has inspired 614 amendments from members of the European Parliament.

The European Commission warns the eurozone's four largest countries that their economic growth forecasts for the next three years are too optimistic, putting at risk their ability to cut their budget deficits

EU finance ministers are fighting against the European Commission's target of spending 3% of GDP on research and development (R&D), demanding a new "outcome-oriented" measure of success.

The European Commission should continue to provide information in non-official EU languages, MEPs urged this week (15 March), expressing disappointment that Russian-language fact-sheets produced by the EU executive's offices in Latvia were recently withdrawn.