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The EU Parliament and Council agreed key updates to EU cohesion policy, enabling Europe’s states and regions to reallocate funds towards new strategic priorities, such as defence, sustainable housing, water resilience, and energy transition.

MEPs greenlight criteria for sustainable investments

Renewable energy (BRUSSELS) – Financial products that claim to be sustainable will have to prove it, following the European Parliament’s green light Thursday to new rules aimed at preventing ‘greenwashing’…

Brussels opens antitrust probe into Apple Pay

Mobile payment (BRUSSELS) – The European Commission opened a formal antitrust investigation Tuesday to assess whether Apple’s conduct in connection with Apple Pay, such as its terms and conditions, violates…

Brussels plots route to sustainable recovery
The EU Commission recast its economic policy guidance Wednesday towards recovery which achieves sustainable and inclusive growth while mitigating the socio-economic consequences of…