Improvements in the Belgian, Dutch, and French electric-vehicle (EV) markets failed to offset a drop of almost 37% in Germany’s battery-electric sales, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) said. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Car sales have shown mixed trends across the bloc, in part due to diverging policies on green incentives, while regulators have imposed hefty […]
The Epic Games Store is available to users of Android phones worldwide and for iPhone and iPad users in Europe. The launch of the store comes after Epic waged legal battles and lobbied regulators to loosen the grip of Apple and Google on the sale of apps for phones running their operating systems. “We’re very […]
The complaints filed by the European Center for Digital Rights — also known as Noyb (“None of Your Business”) — come after Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) earlier this month took court action against X over its data collection practices to train its AI. X had recently started “irreversibly feeding” the personal data of more […]
Mass production of the roughly 35,000-euro ($37,345) vehicle, produced by a BMW and China’s Great Wall Motor Co Ltd joint venture, began late last year – shortly after the EU launched its probe. With production still, in the early days, the JV was unable to fulfill the European Commission’s survey to the level of detail […]
In response to claims of election tampering in Pakistan, the European Union has urged the pertinent authorities to guarantee a prompt and comprehensive examination of all documented irregularities in the elections and to execute the suggestions of the forthcoming EU Election Expert Mission report. Peter Stano, the principal spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, […]
An agreement between the European Parliament and EU member states paves the way for a “digital COVID certificate” ; that aims to make travel easier and revive the summer tourism season. European Union lawmakers and member states on Thursday reached an agreement that would allow anyone in the bloc to obtain a digital proof of […]
Germany, Poland and Sweden have expelled an employee of Russia’s embassy in each country, in a coordinated tit-for-tat response to Moscow’s expulsion last week of a German, a Polish, and a Swedish diplomat. The German foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday that Russia’s decision to expel diplomats from European Union countries; including one […]
Russia has announced the expulsion of diplomats from Sweden, Germany, and Poland, accusing them of taking part in illegal protests last month against the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny. The foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday that Moscow considered the actions of the diplomats unacceptable and that it expects diplomats from the […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he wanted to improve relations with the European Union and was hoping for the same approach from the 27-nation bloc. “We are ready to put our relations back on track”; Erdogan said during a televised meeting with EU ambassadors in Ankara. “We expect our European friends to […]
The EU is launching a co-ordinated vaccine rollout to fight Covid-19, in what the bloc’s top official says is a “touching moment of unity”. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Saturday the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had been delivered to all 27 member states. Some countries started administering the jabs on Saturday, saying they […]
