EU Stories for 2013

Billion Star Surveyor 'Gaia' Lifts Off 77
Standardized Laptop Charger Approved By IEC 289
France Broadens Surveillance Powers; Wider Scope Than NSA 169
EU Advocate General Says EU Data Retention Directive Unlawful 22
EU Warns Nokia Not To Become a Patent Troll 78
European Parliament Culls Public Wi-Fi Access After Email Hack 68
ESA's Long-Term Plan To Investigate the Invisible Universe 26
European Commission Outlines Steps To Restore Trust In EU-US Data Flows 75
EU Plastic Bag Debate Highlights a Wider Global Problem 470
European Health Levels Suddenly Collapsed After 2003 and Nobody Is Sure Why 304
Galileo Navigation System Gets Go-Ahead From EU Parliament 178
EU To Allow 3G and 4G Connections On Planes 106
Italy Investigates Apple For Alleged Tax Fraud 175
Alleged Secret Google Antitrust Proposals Leaked 116
Dutch MEP Petitions To Ban Export of Surveillance Software 81
EU Considering Sensors In Sewers To Detect Bomb-Makers 219
EU Parliament: Other Countries Spy, But Less Than the UK, US 170
MEPs Vote To Suspend Data Sharing With US 180
Samsung Offers Patent Cease-Fire in EU 80
New EU Rules To Curb Transfer of European Data To the U.S. 60
Snowden Shortlisted For Europe's Top Human Rights Award 273
Google May Face Fine Under EU Privacy Laws 88
EU Committee Votes To Make All Smartphone Vendors Utilize a Standard Charger 415
Steve Jobs Video Kills Apple Patent In Germany 100
Internet of Things Demands New Social Contract To Protect Privacy 95
Snowden Nominated For Freedom of Thought Prize 212
EU Proposes To Fit Cars With Speed Limiters 732
Is Europe's Recession Really Over? 159
Angela Merkel Tells US Firms To Meet German Privacy Rules 153
NSA Spying Hurts California's Business 277
European Watchdogs Challenge Google Over Its Privacy Policy 35
EU Parliament Supports Suspending US Data Sharing 153
Japan and EU Commit 18m Euro To Develop 100Gbps Internet Access 69
EU To Vote On Suspension of Data Sharing With US 330
Bolivian President's Plane 'Rerouted Over Snowden Suspicions' 621
More Details Emerge On How the US Is Bugging Its European Allies 442
Snowden: NSA Spying On EU Diplomats and Administrators 417
No "Right To Be Forgotten," Says EU Advocate General 116
New EU Rules Require ISPs, Telcos To Come Clean Within 24 Hours of Data Breaches 70
Apple Revises Warranty Policies In Europe To Comply With EU Laws 156
British Foreign Secretary on Surveillance Worries: '"Law Abiding Citizens Have Nothing To Fear" 404
EU Countries Closer To Mandatory Minimum Sentence Cap For Hacking 154
EU Wants To Enshrine Network Neutrality In Law 76
ESA Launches the 2013 Edition of the Summer of Code In Space (SOCIS) 7
European Commission Launches $12 Billion Chip Support Campaign 111
Pirate Bay Co-founder Peter Sunde Running For European Parliament 58
Spain's Extremadura Starts Move To GNU/Linux, Open Source 182
EU To Ban Neonicotinoid Insecticides 219
Europe Needs Genetically Engineered Crops, Scientists Say 586
Google Breathes New Life Into EU's Cookie Law 48
Competitors Complain To EC That Free Android Is a 'Trojan Horse' 315
European Carriers Complain To EU About Anti-Competitive Contracts With Apple 146
Decade-Old Espionage Malware Found Targeting Government Computers 69
Study: Piracy Doesn't Harm Digital Media Sales 173
European Human Rights Court Rejects Pirate Bay Founders' Appeal 183
European Parliament Decides Not To Ban Internet Porn 397
Did Google Tip Off EU About Microsoft Browser Ballot? 187
EU To Vote On Proposal That Could Ban All Online Pornography 853
Microsoft Fined €561 Million For Non-compliance With EU Browser Settlement 401
France Plans 20-Billion Euro National Broadband Plan 178
Groups Accuse EU Parliament of "Caving In" To Pressure From Business and US 58
French Officials Say EU Will Sanction Google Over Privacy 161
Python Trademark At Risk In Europe 122
EU Data Protection Proposal Taken Word For Word From US Lobbyists 108
European Court Finds Copyright Doesn't Automatically Trump Freedom Of Expression 214
Apple To Discontinue Mac Pro In EU Over Safety Regulations 371
EU Citizens Warned Not To Use US Cloud Services Over Spying Fears 138
US Activists Oppose US Govt Calls To Weaken EU Privacy Rules 151
Europe's Got Talent For Geeks 97
Belgian Consumer Organization Sues Apple For Not Respecting Warranty Law 168
EU Antitrust Chief: Google "Diverting Traffic" & Will Be Forced To Change 329
European Commission Support of FRAND Licenses Hurts Open Standards 137