In a recent announcement, Belgian bus maker Van Hool has said that it will hold the world premiere of two electric buses at the Busworld Europe event scheduled to be held in October 2019.

Brussels - Rioters in Kosovo who targeted international peacekeepers should be brought to justice as soon as possible, the European Union said Wednesday, two days after ethnic violence in the Serb enclave of Mitrovica left a French peacekeeper injured. "The EU will press for anyone who endangers the lives of (EU and NATO) personnel, as well as any other law-abiding citizens, to be brought swiftly to justice," the bloc said in a statement.

Brussels - The European Union's top health official Tuesday ruled out the need for travel restrictions to areas affected by outbreaks of swine flu for the time being, and insisted that properly cooked pork meat is safe to eat.

"At this juncture I do not see any point in restricting travelling," said EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou.

On Monday, the commissioner had issued a personal recommendation inviting citizens to "avoid non-essential travel" to Mexico and other badly affected areas.

Luxembourg/Brussels - The European Union was gearing up on Monday for a series of emergency meetings on the worldwide swine flu outbreak amidst fears of a global pandemic. EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has asked for EU health ministers to hold crisis talks on the issue "as soon as possible," officials in her office said.

The commissioner herself is set to travel to Luxembourg on Monday to give an emergency briefing on the issue to EU foreign ministers, who are holding a scheduled meeting there, diplomats said.

Brussels - A row over border demarcation which has led European Union member Slovenia to block its neighbour Croatia's EU hopes is set to move up a level on Monday as EU foreign ministers debate the issue for the first time.

Diplomats in Brussels fear that the Slovenian block, which comes as the accession negotiations of Turkey and Macedonia are also stalled because of rows with individual EU members, is casting a shadow over the EU's entire enlargement policy.

Brussels  - The European Union is set to extend the bloc's arms embargo, trade restrictions and visa bans on Myanmar and its leaders until April 2010, diplomats in Brussels said Friday.

EU foreign ministers are set to discuss the situation in Myanmar at a meeting in Luxembourg on Monday. Diplomatic sources say that they are likely to prolong the bloc's sanctions for a year in protest at the Myanmar government's crackdown on pro-democracy forces.