European Studies

'Irish Times' journalist commended for article

25 May 2012

Arthur Beesley, The Irish Times’s Brussels Correspondent, has been commended in this year’s Reporting Europe awards, run jointly by Thomson Reuters, the news agency, and the University Association for Contemporary European Studies, the UK-based academic association for contemporary European studies.

France's Afghanistan pull-out signals war fatigue driving European defense cuts

25 May 2012

On a visit to Afghanistan today, newly inaugurated French President François Hollande reiterated his commitment to a full withdrawal of French combat troops by year’s end, well ahead of NATO’s 2014 withdrawal.

European panel backs Vertex cystic fibrosis drug

25 May 2012

Vertex Pharmaceuticals said today it secured a key approval from a European panel for its cystic fibrosis treatment...