Nearly two years after Europe's GDPR privacy law came into effect, supporters are frustrated by lack of enforcement, poor funding, limited staff resources and stalling tactics by the tech companies
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Iceland wins EU trademark battle against United Kingdom-based supermarket chain
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EU state aid regulators clear Danish financial support for a rail-road link between Denmark and Germany
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EU warns of pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign on coronavirus
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Health ministers squabble over face masks at coronavirus talks
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Europe OKs suspension of strict ‘use-it or lose-it’ airline slot rules amid coronavirus outbreak
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Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg says EU legislation to tackle climate change is a surrender
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EU Commission to staff: Switch to Signal messaging app
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Prompted by Brexit, Google will move UK users' data out of Irish jurisdiction so they are no longer covered by EU privacy rules
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EU states clash over use of toxic mercury in light bulbs – lighting industry's exemption from 2011 ban may jeopardise climate goals says Sweden
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Finland to become EU's only uranium producer – Finnish government gave the green light on Thursday for state-owned Terrafame to extract and refine
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Why Swexit is unthinkable – trade ties make Sweden's European Union departure unthinkable
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How Brexit could reignite tensions at the Irish border
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Invasion of the ‘Frankenbees’: The danger of building a better bee
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The US pesticide industry's playbook for avoiding neonicotinoid bans
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Sámi are the only officially recognised indigenous people in the EU and some of their languages are on the brink of extinction
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Nordic countries at odds with EU over minimum wage – countries including Denmark and Finland fear one-size-fits-all plan could undermine collective bargaining
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Finland said it aims to teach 1% – or more than fifty million – of all Europeans basic skills in artificial intelligence through a free online course
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Europe gives space programs a big boost
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Twitter announces that the plan to delete inactive accounts is now on hold, but was primarily aimed at EU accounts due to GDPR
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European Commission refers Denmark to the Court for failing to fulfil its obligations in relation to the name 'Feta'
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The shoals of Ukraine - Where American illusions and great-power politics collide
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EU passes “Right to repair” Law to make large appliances easier to repair starting from 2021
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The European Union, Iceland and Norway agree to deepen their cooperation in climate action
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The state of gender equality across the EU – Sweden had the highest score of any country in 2019
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Finland said that demands for a EU budget worth 1% of the bloc's combined GDP as well as the EU Commission's proposal for 1.11% were both unrealistic
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Europe's top court has upheld the strict protection that EU law offers to Finnish wolves and other species
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Denmark calls for EU ban on all diesel and petrol cars by 2040
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France believes state aid to budget carrier Norwegian Air was partly to blame for the bankruptcy of Paris-based XL Airways and will seek EU intervention
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Norway's Bodø named a European Capital of Culture for 2024
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European regulators have ordered immediate checks on recently delivered versions of some Airbus helicopters after a crash in Arctic Norway last month
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Finland urges EU to consider banning Brazilian beef over Amazon fires
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Amazon fires: Brazil threatened over EU trade deal
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Hungary’s far-right government vilifies Finland over rule of law inquiry
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Security researcher successfully used false GDPR "right of access" requests to obtain extensive personal information about someone else
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The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information has banned Google from listening to Google Home recordings in the EU for three months
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Socialist People's Party wants a debate on whether it should be legal to produce and sell French delicacy foie gras in the EU
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Mario Draghi signals 'worse and worse' outlook warrants ECB stimulus
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EU puts brakes on Danish plans to scrap fossil fuel cars
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EU opens Amazon antitrust investigation
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EU commission president nominee backs 50% carbon cut by 2030
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Helsinki sustainability celebrated as Finland takes over EU presidency
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Sweden's government wants to look into a ban on plastic cups and food containers
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European Commission – Finland to use presidency to lay groundwork for carbon neutral EU by 2050
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EU climate deal fails amid four-nation revolt
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Russia wants concessions from Ukraine for continuing gas transit to Europe
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European Drug Report 2019 directly contrasts US drug crisis, tells a story of relative calm
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Science institute that advised EU and UN 'actually industry lobby group'
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Banned bread: Why does the US allow banned additives that Europe says are unsafe?
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Nationalists surge in EU Parliament, but pro-EU parties remain dominant
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