[ noun ] a city in western Germany; industrial center of the Ruhr <noun.location>
As for eastern enlargement, the summit in Essen produced a few sign-posts, but little substance. In the first place, Germany was hopelessly distracted by its own general election.
Mr John Major had nothing to fear in Essen.
'The EU has failed to answer the most fundamental question: What's in it for me?' says one Commission official. Today in Essen, Mr Delors will again spell out the competitive challenge posed by the US and Asia.
THE RUHR region boasts the headquarters of two leading electricity utilities, RWE Energie in Essen and VEW in Dortmund.
In one those studies, published last year, doctors from the West German Cancer Center in Essen sent blood samples to Fossel from 54 men with testicular cancer, 88 men who had been successfully treated for the disease and 57 healthy men the same age.
EU leaders are expected to agree new aid to bolster the peace plan at today's Essen summit.
RWE said at its Essen headquarters that it would pay $1.23 billion to close the deal, which was signed Monday in Luxembourg and which is subject to approval by the West German Federal Cartel Office.
Among the cities where the raids were staged were West Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Essen and Aachen, police said.