Google offers EU to change adtech policy, no divestment
- 14-Nov-2025
BRUSSELS: Alphabet’s Google has offered to make it easier for publishers and advertisers to use its online advertising technology, defying EU antitrust regulators’ call for it to sell part of the business to address conflicts of interest. Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are targeting Google’s ownership of tools used by advertisers and publishers […]
France urges European Commission to be firm against Musk interference
- 08-Jan-2025
PARIS: France on Wednesday urged the European Commission to protect its member states with “the greatest firmness” against interference in political debate particularly from the billionaire owner of social media platform X, Elon Musk. “Either the European Commission applies with the greatest firmness the laws that we have given ourselves to protect our public space, […]
European Commission to approach India over atrocities in IOK
- 30-Aug-2023
European Commission has decided to approach India over atrocities in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK), ARY News reported. The President of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said that the commission will take up the Kashmir issue with the India administration. She said that president and vice president of the European Commission will write letters to […]
Brussels looks to relax curbs on genetically modified crops
- 03-Jul-2023
BRUSSELS: The European Commission will on Wednesday put forward a proposal to ease restrictions on genetically modified crops, which is already being denounced by environmental groups and leftwing lawmakers. The plan could create a new frontline in the EU’s Green Deal, elements of which centre-right European lawmakers are already seeking to stall, arguing they would […]
European Commission bans TikTok on official devices
- 23-Feb-2023
BRUSSELS: The European Commission has banned TikTok on official devices used by staff amid concerns over data protection, a spokesperson told AFP on Thursday. The ban also means European Commission staff cannot use the Chinese-owned video-sharing app on personal devices including phones that have official apps installed, the spokesperson said, confirming a report by news […]
European Commission launches four new legal procedures against Britain
- 22-Jul-2022
The European Commission launched four new legal procedures against Britain on Friday after the British parliament’s lower house cleared a bill to scrap some of the rules governing post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland. The Commission, which oversees EU-UK relations, said Britain’s unwillingness to engage in meaningful discussions on the protocol governing those trading arrangements, […]
European Commission President calls PM Shehbaz Sharif
- 18-May-2022
ISLAMABAD: European Commission President Charles Mitchell and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif agreed to boost ties, a statement from the PM Office said Thursday. The prime minister expressed his thanks for the felicitations and stated that Pakistan greatly valued its relations with the European Union, which were based on shared values and common objectives of peace, […]
Italy may cut deficit target in bid to appease European Commission
- 26-Nov-2018
ROME: Italy’s governing coalition may reduce next year’s budget deficit target to as low as 2 percent of gross domestic product to avoid disciplinary action from Brussels, two government sources said on Monday. The move set off a rally in financial markets but it was unclear if the downward revision would be enough to satisfy […]
New London pollution tax comes into force
- 23-Oct-2017
LONDON: Drivers of the most polluting vehicles will face an extra daily charge for driving into central London on weekdays from Monday in a bid to improve air quality in one of Europe’s most polluted cities. London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced the new £10 ($13.2) charge — which will be on top of a daily […]
EU will help stop India’s terrorist activities in Pakistan: president EC
- 26-Aug-2016
BRUSSELS: President European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has assured that European Union will play its positive role to stop India’s terrorist activities aimed at destabilizing Pakistan.