The European Union and the British government are resuming talks on the Northern Ireland border issue after more than six months of standstill. Officials from both camps will meet this week, the European Commission says. The Northern Ireland border continues to divide the UK and the EU. London wants to […]
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Europol gets an exception to the legislation that allows it to keep data of people without criminal links for longer, but that is not to the liking of the watchdog that has to monitor the privacy rules at European institutions. The EDPS, the EU Data Protection Supervisor, is going to […]
The European Commission wants to ban products made through forced labour. This concerns not only T-shirts made in China by oppressed Uyghurs but also all goods made forcibly from outside and within the European Union. With this explicitly broad approach, Brussels hopes to avoid arousing the ire of China. The […]
The Baltic states, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, have agreed in principle to limit the entry of Russian citizens who want to enter from their own country or Belarus. Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said the measures would be effective later this month. Exceptions will be made, for example, for people […]
Iran has offered itself as an energy supplier to help avert the energy crisis in Europe. “We have the necessary gas reserves and could potentially meet Europe’s needs in this area as well,” said a spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry. But before Tehran makes deliveries, the Vienna nuclear agreement must […]
The Ukrainian secret service was behind the murder of journalist Daria Dugina, the daughter of Putin’s domestic ideologist Alexander Dugin. At least, that is what the Russian intelligence service FSB decides after the investigation into the murder that was completed well one day after the facts. According to the FSB, […]
The American online retailer Amazon will increase the prices for its delivery and streaming service Prime in Europe. In a statement, Amazon cited “high inflation and operating costs,” as well as faster deliveries and more content to stream as reasons for the price hikes. In some countries, it is […]
The EU Court of Justice, part of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, has quashed a fine of almost 1 billion euros that the European Commission had imposed on the American chip group Qualcomm in early 2018. Qualcomm, which produces chipsets for smartphones, among other things, was accused […]
The European Commission wants to oblige internet companies such as Google, Facebook and Apple to detect and remove images of child sexual abuse. However, according to Brussels, they still do too little of their own accord. The new rules should prevent images from appearing and help track down perpetrators. […]
The European Commission has taken the first formal legal step against the Hungarian government that could lead to “financial measures” for failing to respect the rule of law. In a letter, the EU’s day-to-day management asks for clarification on European money in public tenders. The commission has said “serious […]
