Tag: European Union (EU)

Why Has EU Stripped Hungary Of 1 Billion Euro? The Confrontation Explained

January 6, 2025 admin

The European Commission has stripped 1.04 billion Euro in aid from Hungary in the latest phase of an ongoing political struggle with its errant member state. The amount of money lost is a blow for Hungary, but the decision also has wider economic and geopolitical implications. Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán has consistently flouted EU…

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Georgian President Seeks Europe’s Support As She Defies Her Own Government

December 2, 2024 admin

Tbilisi, Georgia: Georgia’s president, locked in a standoff with her own government, appealed to European countries on Monday to confront what she described as a Russian attempt to impose control on her nation. President Salome Zourabichvili was speaking after a fourth night of clashes between protesters and police after the governing Georgian Dream party announced…

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Uber Fined $324 Million In Netherlands For Sending Drivers’ Data To US

August 26, 2024 admin

Uber Fined 4 Million In Netherlands For Sending Drivers’ Data To US

Uber said it would appeal the fine. (Representational) The Hague, Netherlands: The Dutch data protection watchdog said Monday it hit ride-hailing app Uber with a 290-million-euro ($324 million) fine over the transfer of personal data of European drivers to US servers. The regulator said the transfers were a “serious violation” of the European Union’s General…

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Media Groups Urge EU To Sanction Israel For Death Of Journalists In Gaza

August 26, 2024 admin

More than 130 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Gaza since the war started (representational) Paris: Some 60 media and rights organisations on Monday urged the European Union to suspend a cooperation accord with Israel and impose sanctions, accusing it of “massacring journalists” in Gaza. “In response to the unprecedented number of journalists killed and…

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EU’s Carbon Tax Could Cost India 0.05% Of GDP: Report

July 17, 2024 admin

The European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will impose an additional 25 per cent tax on energy-intensive goods exported from India to the EU, a new report said on Wednesday. This tax burden would represent 0.05 per cent of India’s GDP, according to the report titled “The Global South’s Response to a Changing Trade…

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Apple Becomes 1st Company Charged With Violating EU’s Digital Markets Act Rules

June 24, 2024 admin

Regulators also said that they have adopted their 1st preliminary findings in a case of non-compliance. London: European Union (EU) regulators on Monday opened a new investigation into Apple’s support for alternative iOS marketplaces in Europe under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), adding that the App Store’s “steering” policies violate the DMA meant to encourage…

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EU To Probe Apple, Google, Meta For Potential Digital Markets Breach

March 25, 2024 admin

The Commission also launched investigatory steps relating to Apple’s new fee structure Brussels: EU antitrust regulators on Monday opened their first investigations under the Digital Markets Act into Apple, Alphabet’s Google and Meta Platforms for potential breaches of the landmark EU tech rules. “The (European) Commission suspects that the measures put in place by these…

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Emmanuel Macron Pledges To Make Abortion A Basic Right In Europe

March 8, 2024 admin

Abortion has been legal in France since 1975. Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said France would not rest until the right to abortion, now protected by the French constitution in a world first, was guaranteed in the EU’s rights charter and around the globe. Macron spoke as hot wax was sealed to a…

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Turkey Could “Part Ways” With European Union If Necessary, Says Erdogan

September 16, 2023 admin

Tayyip Erdogan said that Ankara could “part ways” with the EU if necessary. (File) Istanbul, Turkey: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Ankara could “part ways” with the European Union if necessary when asked about the contents of a European Parliament report on Turkey. The report, adopted earlier this week, said Turkey’s accession…

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