Sculptor sues Swedish glassmaker Kosta Boda for €1m in test of EU ‘bestseller clause’ – landmark case may open door to retrospective claims across bloc ~design Article 1074 words 6 votes
EU agrees to open membership negotiations with Ukraine, Moldova ~news ukraine moldova politics Article 689 words 38 votes
Finland and Italy seek to hinder restrictions on single-use packaging ahead of next week's gathering of EU ministers in Brussels ~enviro Article 599 words 11 votes
Centrist Donald Tusk is elected prime minister in Poland ~society politics Article 1031 words 40 votes
EU affirms free will in new AI regulation ~humanities philosophy Article 953 words, published Sep 12 2023 19 votes
Iran has accused Swedish EU employee Johan Floderus of spying for Israel and "corruption on earth", a crime that carries the death penalty under Tehran's Islamic laws ~society politics Article 631 words 9 votes
European Union reaches a deal on the world’s first comprehensive AI rules ~tech Article 729 words 12 votes
European Court of Human Rights rules that sex workers can seek compensation for lost profits, reversing Bulgarian decision about human trafficking victims ~life work Article 220 words 17 votes
Lars Aagaard, Danish climate minister, says farmers deserving most success on the European market should be those who emit the least carbon per tonne of food produced ~enviro climate change Link 18 votes
Meta’s Threads to launch in Europe in app’s biggest expansion since debut ~tech social media Article 77 words 9 votes
TikTok pledges €12B European investment over ten years as work on Norwegian data center begins ~tech social media Article 286 words 6 votes
Employees can be banned from wearing headscarves, top EU court rules ~life work Article 565 words 28 votes
The United Nations Committee against Torture has expressed concerns about Denmark's ambitions to transfer asylum seekers to third countries like Rwanda ~society politics Article 395 words 17 votes
Privacy win: EU Parliament decides that your private messages must not be scanned ~tech privacy Article 2483 words 34 votes
Finns have been fishing for herring for generations, but new reduced EU quotas are threatening the traditional livelihoods of coastal communities ~enviro Article 664 words 8 votes
Ukraine is ready to start process of joining European Union, European Commission says ~society politics Article 33 votes
Benjamin Netanyahu lobbied EU to pressure Egypt into accepting Gaza refugees ~society politics Article 290 words 15 votes
Norway's government risks crisis over a contentious package of EU energy bills ~enviro Article 589 words 5 votes
Trade tops the agenda as Germany’s Olaf Scholz meets Nigeria’s Bola Tinubu on West Africa trip ~society politics Article 440 words 8 votes
A vast northern European project is underway to combat isolation by promoting inclusion – we take a look at the results in Norway ~life Article 560 words 9 votes
Europe's single currency, used daily by about 350 million people, has become a hot topic in an unlikely place – Sweden ~finance economics Article 77 words 12 votes
After many years, migrant workers in Norway won legal protection from exploitative agencies – but now a European Free Trade Association ruling puts progress in peril ~life work Article 1236 words 3 votes
Meta (Facebook / Instagram) to move to a "Pay for your Rights" approach ~tech facebook social media privacy Article 688 words 33 votes
‘Who benefits?’ Inside the EU’s fight over scanning for child sex content ~tech privacy Link 23 votes
Norway asks EU regulator European Data Protection Board to fine Facebook owner Meta over privacy breach ~tech social media facebook privacy Article 419 words 9 votes
EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation followed by Facebook ~tech facebook microsoft google Article 746 words 34 votes
Your Fitbit is useless – unless you consent to unlawful data sharing ~tech google Article 690 words 74 votes
European Commission blocks US travel giant Booking from acquiring its Swedish rival eTraveli – Booking commands 60% market share in Europe ~finance business Article 267 words 13 votes
The iPhone 12 emits too much radiation and Apple must take it off the market, French agency says ~tech apple Article 700 words, published Sep 13 2023 39 votes
TikTok fined record £300m for putting children’s privacy at risk ~tech social media privacy Article 352 words 28 votes
Big SUVs become most sold new vehicles in Europe. "Customers feel more safe, they feel more powerful" says car industry executive. ~transport Article 460 words 22 votes
EU ‘gatekeeper’ list has five American and no European companies ~tech apple google browsers microsoft Article 570 words 43 votes
Air pollution: Nearly everyone in Europe breathing bad air ~enviro pollution.air Article 1409 words 13 votes
European Union Digital Markets Act aims to allow more competition and let consumers delete preloaded phone apps ~tech Article 751 words, published Sep 6 2023 27 votes
Why do so many people hate EU bureaucracy? ~society politics Article 1178 words, published Sep 4 2023 8 votes
India, the US, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, European Union (EU), Italy, France, and Germany have announced an ambitious infrastructure plan — the ‘India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor’ ~news india Article 996 words 11 votes
A Swedish citizen working for the European Union diplomatic corps has been imprisoned in Iran for more than 500 days ~society politics Article 1329 words 9 votes
With no dedicated government minister or national representation, the Sámi go to the polls in a vote to elect twenty-one members of the Sámi Parliament in Inari, Finland ~society politics Article 827 words 12 votes