Google has been hit with a record-breaking €2.42 billion ($2.7 billion) fine by the European Union for breaking antitrust law, Joinfo.com reports with reference to The Verge. The decision follows a seven-year investigation into the US company’s search algorithms, which ...
Read More »Merkel: Europe can no longer rely on US and Britain
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday that Europe has to forge its own path forward, as the United States and Britain were no longer reliable partners, according to Deutsche Welle. “The times when we could fully rely on others have ...
Read More »Brexit: EU demands ‘serious UK response’ on citizens’ rights
“We need guarantees,” Tusk said in Brussels as 27 EU leaders backed the bloc’s Brexit negotiating guidelines, according to the BBC. The rights of EU citizens to live, work and study in the UK is one of three topics they ...
Read More »European court rules ‘fully loaded’ Kodi boxes are illegal
A landmark verdict has found that using a streaming service to access pirated movies and TV shows is the same as downloading them, Joinfo.com reports with reference to MailOnline. Kodi uses software that is legal to own and use, but ...
Read More »Brexit begins: UK triggers Article 50 to begin EU divorce
Theresa May, the British Prime Minister, confirmed that the UK has triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, beginning a legal process that must end in two years’ time with Britain leaving the EU, according to CNN. “This is an ...
Read More »Brexit: Theresa May to trigger process on March 29
Downing Street said she would write a letter to the EU’s 27 other members, adding that it expected negotiations to then begin as quickly as possible, Joinfo.com reports with reference to the BBC. The move comes nine months after people ...
Read More »Brexit: Theresa May receives authority to trigger Article 50
Commons Speaker John Bercow told MPs: “I have to notify the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent 1967, that her majesty has signified her royal assent to the following acts: Supply and Appropriation (Anticipation and Adjustments) Act 2017, European ...
Read More »European Parliament ends visa-free travel for Americans
The European Parliament has voted to end visa-free travel for Americans within the EU, Joinfo.com reports with reference to Independent. It comes after the US failed to agree visa-free travel for citizens of five EU countries—Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and ...
Read More »Turkey’s president threatens EU with new surge of migrants
President Erdogan was reacting to a non-binding vote by the European Parliament to freeze talks on EU membership for Turkey, BBC reports. The MEPs were alarmed by Erdogan’s “disproportionate” response to a failed coup attempt in July. Attempts to get ...
Read More »Give us EU visa freedom in October or abandon migrant deal, Turkey says
His comments in Bild’s Monday edition coincide with rising tensions between Ankara and the West that have been exacerbated by the failed coup attempt in Turkey on July 15, Reuters reports. Turkey is incensed by what it sees as an ...
Read More »What Brexit means for Ukraine
After British voters approved a referendum to leave the EU on June 23, Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister for European Integration Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze said: “We respect the British citizens’ decision, but Ukraine feels sorry for these events. To my mind this ...
Read More »Brexit: EU leaders meet without UK
The 27 other member states will discuss plans for the UK’s EU exit, with the UK absent from negotiations for the first time in 40 years, BBC reports. On Tuesday, UK PM David Cameron said continued trade and security co-operation ...
Read More »EU eases visa rules for researchers and students
The European Parliament has passed a new visa directive on European Union entry and residence that makes it easier and more attractive for people from third countries to study or do research at EU universities, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to ...
Read More »Brexit seen hitting Canadian growth, puts rate cuts back on table
Canada faces weakened demand from its third-largest export market and a likely delay in ratifying a long-negotiated free trade deal with the EU, Reuters reports. The biggest impact will be on global growth as Brexit disrupts trade and investment, weakening ...
Read More »Ukraine’s president expects Brexit not to influence extension of EU’s anti-Russian sanctions
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said he hopes that the results of Britain’s referendum on its exit from the European Union (Brexit) will not influence the further extension of the EU’s sanctions imposed on Russia. “I expect the sanctions against Russia ...
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