Trade commissioner wants to initial free-trade negotiations with Vietnam.

• 4 March 2010

Voters in the Netherlands have gone to the polls in municipal elections. Political parties opposing Muslim immigration are expected to gain ground in the run-up to early national elections in June.

• 4 March 2010

Greece announces a controversial package of tax rises and spending cuts to save 4.8bn euros and ease its budget crisis.

• 3 March 2010

Latest figures from the World Wind Energy Association are out and they show quite positive results for Asia.

• 3 March 2010

Germany's government is set to cut tariffs that electricity companies have to pay for solar power. In the last decade, power firms have been obliged to pay more than the market rate for solar power sources.

• 3 March 2010

The EU has unveiled its '2020 strategy' to lead the continent away from economic crisis towards a greener, more prosperous future. However, part of the strategy has prompted concern from Germany.

• 3 March 2010

NATO currently faces one of its biggest challenges away from the battlefield as concern about the budget shortfall which is plaguing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization threatens to drive a wedge between its members.

• 3 March 2010

Telekomunikacja Polska accused of denying access to broadband network.

• 1 March 2010