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- Brussels registers 'Stop TTIP' citizen initiative
- A European Citizens' Initiative to stop the EU negotiating mandate for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership and the CETA trade deal with Canada ... — last modified 05 July 2017, 21:00 CET — filed under: Headline2, USA, Trade — Relevance: 1%
- Commission supports EU states against substandard food
- The EU Commission issued a set of guidelines Tuesday to help Member States determine whether a company is breaking EU laws when selling food products of dual ... — last modified 27 September 2017, 18:27 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Headline2, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- EU Parliament green light for consumers to defend their rights collectively
- Groups of consumers will be able to join forces and launch collective action in the EU, following the final green light from MEPs Tuesday to EU-wide rules for ... — last modified 25 November 2020, 16:50 CET — filed under: EU Law, Headline2, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- States provisionally agree update to EU ePrivacy rules
- The EU member states agreed Wednesday on a negotiating mandate for revised rules on the protection of privacy and confidentiality in the use of electronic ... — last modified 11 February 2021, 21:49 CET — filed under: Headline2, Data protection, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- 24,000 consumers use online dispute platform in 1st year
- Over 24,000 complaints were lodged in the first year of the EU's Online Dispute Resolution platform, launched in February 2016 to help consumers and traders ... — last modified 29 March 2017, 13:54 CET — filed under: EU Law, Headline2, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Madrid region has highest life expectancy in EU
- The region with the highest life expectancy at birth in the European Union in 2022 was the Spain's region of Comunidad de Madrid at 85.2 years, the EU's ... — last modified 16 March 2024, 00:31 CET — filed under: Living & Working in EU, Social, Headline2, Facts & Figures — Relevance: 1%
- Gay spouses have equal rights to EU residence: European Court
- While EU Member States have the freedom to decide whether to legalise same-sex marriages, they have no right to deny residence rights to spouses of the same ... — last modified 06 June 2018, 23:52 CET — filed under: EU Law, Headline2, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- Migration levels in EU continue downward trend
- There were 728,470 applications for international protection in the EU In 2017, a decrease of 44% compared to 2016, according to figures from the European ... — last modified 19 June 2018, 15:45 CET — filed under: Headline2, refugees, Immigration — Relevance: 1%
- Air pollution better in Europe, but deaths still too high
- Almost all Europeans still suffer from air pollution, leading to about 400,000 premature deaths across the continent, according to a report on air quality ... — last modified 24 November 2020, 23:40 CET — filed under: Environment, Headline2 — Relevance: 1%
- New EU dispute resolution for double taxation in force
- New rules to ensure more effective resolution of tax disputes between EU Member States came into force Monday, offering more tax certainty for businesses and ... — last modified 02 July 2019, 22:56 CET — filed under: Headline2, Tax, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- EU-Vietnam trade agreement enters into force
- EU exports to Vietnam are taxed less as of 1 August, when the EU-Vietnam trade agreement entered into force, a deal that will ultimately scrap duties on 99 pre ... — last modified 11 August 2020, 19:47 CET — filed under: Headline2 — Relevance: 1%
- New Brussels plan for recovery of media sector
- The EU Commission unveiled Thursday an action plan for recovery of the media/audiovisual sector, hit badly by the coronavirus crisis, and seen as essential for ... — last modified 07 December 2020, 21:28 CET — filed under: Finance, Media, Culture, Headline2, SMEs, Film — Relevance: 1%
- EU to tighten cybersecurity of connected devices
- The EU Council approved Thursday conclusions acknowledging increased use of consumer devices connected to the internet and the related new risks for privacy, ... — last modified 04 December 2020, 18:26 CET — filed under: Internet, Headline2, Crime — Relevance: 1%
- EU steps up efforts to tackle gender pay gap
- The EU Council called on the Commission and EU member states Thursday to make greater efforts to reduce the gender pay gap and gender gaps in care, and to ... — last modified 03 December 2020, 21:54 CET — filed under: Social, Headline2, Employment, Living & Working in EU — Relevance: 1%
- EU provisionally agrees improved rights for rail passengers
- Guaranteed rerouting and better help for passengers when there are delays and cancellations form part of updated legislation on stronger rights for train ... — last modified 04 October 2020, 23:19 CET — filed under: railways, Headline2, Consumer, Transport — Relevance: 1%
- Brussels demands answers on launch of TikTok Lite in France, Spain
- The European Commission sent TikTok a request for information Wednesday for details on the risk assessment TikTok should have carried out before deploying the ... — last modified 18 April 2024, 22:50 CET — filed under: Headline2, Consumer, Internet — Relevance: 1%
- EU agrees new rules on excise duties for alcohol
- The EU Council agreed new rules governing excise duties on alcohol Thursday, paving the way for an improved business environment and for reduced costs for ... — last modified 04 August 2020, 17:03 CET — filed under: Finance, Consumer, Food & Drink, Headline2, SMEs — Relevance: 1%
- Brussels urges start to accession talks for Albania, Nth Macedonia
- The EU Commission recommended the opening of accession talks with Albania and North Macedonia Monday, as it presented the countries' latest progress update on ... — last modified 03 March 2020, 18:35 CET — filed under: Albania, Headline2, Macedonia — Relevance: 1%
- EU adds Saudi Arabia to money-laundering blacklist
- Saudi Arabia has been added to the EU's list of 23 third countries with strategic deficiencies in their anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing ... — last modified 14 February 2019, 00:29 CET — filed under: Headline2, Finance, Crime — Relevance: 1%
- New EU shareholders' rights rules enter into force
- The new Shareholder Rights Directive, which entered into force on Monday, addresses corporate governance shortcomings that contributed to the financial crisis, ... — last modified 12 June 2019, 00:11 CET — filed under: Headline2, SMEs, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- Company law rules updated for digital era
- EU states agreed Wednesday to modernise company law rules with a view to facilitating the use of digital tools and online processes in a company's contacts ... — last modified 06 December 2018, 22:47 CET — filed under: Company, Headline2, EU Law - company — Relevance: 1%
- Faster rebound forecast for European economy
- Europe's economy was forecast to rebound faster than previously expected Wednesday, as the improved health situation prompted a swifter easing of pandemic ... — last modified 13 July 2021, 21:13 CET — filed under: Headline2, Finance — Relevance: 1%
- Brussels opens antitrust probe into Apple Pay
- 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 ... — last modified 17 June 2020, 23:51 CET — filed under: Headline2, Consumer, Finance, Competition — Relevance: 1%
- EU plans for relaunch of European tourism
- The EU cranked up plans to relaunch tourism in Europe Monday with the launch of 'Re-open EU', an online platform with information on borders and available ... — last modified 16 June 2020, 17:59 CET — filed under: Tourism, Headline2, Health — Relevance: 1%
- EU agrees sanctions against Russia over Navalny
- Russia is drifting towards an authoritarian state and away from Europe, EU foreign affairs ministers said Monday, agreeing sanctions in response to the ... — last modified 24 February 2021, 23:40 CET — filed under: Headline2, Russia, European Council — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs approve new rights for workers in Europe's 'gig' economy
- The EU Parliament gave the final go-ahead Wednesday to new rules to improve the working conditions of platform workers including prohibiting the firing of ... — last modified 24 April 2024, 23:40 CET — filed under: Headline2, Employment — Relevance: 1%
- EU Council agrees on new emissions targets for cars and vans
- EU environment ministers reached agreement Wednesday on a proposed regulation to set stricter CO2 emission standards for new passenger cars and light ... — last modified 11 October 2018, 21:24 CET — filed under: Environment, Cars, Headline2, European Council — Relevance: 1%
- EU states agree visa-free travel for Ukraine in principle
- European Union states agreed Thursday the principle of short-term visa-free travel for Ukrainians to the EU, just days before an EU-Ukraine summit in Brussels. — last modified 21 November 2016, 18:52 CET — filed under: Ukraine, Headline2, Migration — Relevance: 1%
- EU unveils green makeover for food and farming
- The European Commission took steps towards sustainable biodiversity, food and farming policies Wednesday, as it published its long-awaited 'farm to fork' ... — last modified 27 May 2020, 23:55 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Headline2, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- 'Fairer rules' on social security agreed for workers abroad
- The EU institutions came to a provisional agreement Wednesday on new rules to ensure 'fair and clear' access to social security benefits for EU workers who ... — last modified 22 March 2019, 01:10 CET — filed under: Headline2, Employment, Social — Relevance: 1%