EU Stories for 2021

Sweden's Northvolt Builds First Lithium-Ion Battery Cell In Europe 21
Denmark Sees Initial Signs That Dire Omicron Surge Can Be Avoided 149
Microsoft's $19.7 Billion Nuance Acquisition Wins EU Approval 15
Despite EU Court Rulings, Facebook Says US Is Safe To Receive Europeans' Data 32
France Latest To Slap Clearview AI With Order To Delete Data 28
Ukraine Arrests 51 For Selling Data of 300 Million People In US, EU 11
The European Commission is Making its Software Open Source To Benefit Society 24
Gig Economy Workers To Get Employee Rights Under EU Proposals 89
Dyson Loses Fight For $198 Million Compensation Over EU Energy Labeling Rules 50
France To Mimic Musk With Own SpaceX-Style Launcher, Minister Says 184
Eurostar Tests Facial Recognition System On London Train Station 24
EU Official: Semiconductor Independence Is Impossible 120
Delivery, Ride-Hailing Firms Fight EU Plan for Gig Workers 34
EU Complaint Accuses Microsoft of Anticompetitive Bundling of OneDrive, Teams in Windows 137
EU Lawmakers Pass Strict New Rules Affecting Big US Tech 99
WhatsApp Privacy Policy Tweaked in Europe After Record Fine 9
A German State is Switching Its 25,000 Computers From Windows to Linux 223
Advisor To EU's Top Court Suggests German Bulk Data Retention Law Isn't Legal 15
France Expands Open Source Use, Seeking Interoperability, 'Digital Sovereignty', and 'Democratic Confidence' 24
Austria Expected to Impose Lockdown Only On the Unvaccinated 287
Google Loses Challenge Against EU Antitrust Ruling, $2.8 Billion Fine 15
EU Set To Ban Trading Practice Helping Power Meme-Stock Mania 45
As Debate Drags on In Europe, the Fate of Daylight Saving Time Remains In Limbo 89
IAB Europe Says It's Expecting To Be Found In Breach of GDPR 29
Setback for Nvidia's $54 Billion ARM Bid as EU Regulators Open Probe 21
Facebook Plans To Hire 10,000 In Europe To Build 'Metaverse' 67
Is Nuclear Energy Green Energy? 10 EU Countries Call On Brussels To Add It To the List 386
Nintendo Throws Rare Bone To Modern EU Gamers Via N64 60 Hz Toggle 13
EU Questions Microsoft Rivals Over Teams Integration in Office 29
European Parliament Calls For a Ban On Facial Recognition 28
Apple To Face EU Antitrust Charge Over NFC Chip 63
Facebook Whistleblower Speaks, Shares Documents on Deliberate Lies and Disregard of Misinformation, Contacts US Regulators 151
'The Big Delete:' Inside Facebook's Crackdown in Germany 78
Google Urges EU Judges To Cut or Cancel a 'Staggering' $5 Billion Fine 45
Google, in Fight Against Record EU Fine, Slams Regulators for Ignoring Apple 44
What Happened When Germany Tried to Fight Online Hate Speech? 236
EU Proposes Mandatory USB-C on All Devices, Including iPhones 244
EU Plans To Legislate for Common Phone Charger Despite Apple Grumbles 179
US, EU Pledge 30% Cut In Methane Emissions To Limit Global Heating 29
TikTok Faces EU Data Probes Into Children's Safety, China Link 13
Top EU Court Plunges Dagger Into Controversial 'Zero Rating' Practice 33
EU Agency Advises Against Using Search, Browsing History For Credit Scores 38
EU Set To Launch Formal Probe Into Nvidia's $54 Billion Takeover of Arm 17
UK To Overhaul Privacy Rules in Post-Brexit Departure From GDPR 66
Vodafone Latest UK Carrier To Reintroduce Roaming Charges in Europe After Brexit 100
Amazon Hit With $887 Million Fine by European Privacy Watchdog 12
The European Union Pulls Ahead of the United States In Vaccinations 192
European Commission Starts Legal Action Against 23 EU Countries Over Copyright Rules 37
EU Pushes for Changes To Google's Flight and Hotel Search Results 37
Facebook's Kustomer Deal Set To Face EU Antitrust Investigation 1
EU Plans To Make Bitcoin Transfers More Traceable 44
EU Plans To Make Bitcoin Transfers More Traceable 82
About 24 US Govt Officials in Vienna, Austria Report 'Havana Syndrome' Symptoms 82
EU Proposes World's First Carbon Border Tax 220
Google To Fight EU Antitrust Fine at Court Hearing From September 27 12
EU Device-Cracking Platform To Receive Major Upgrade 31
Apple Shouldn't Use Privacy and Security To Stave Off Competition, Warns EU Antitrust Head 57
EU's Vestager Warns Apple Against Using Privacy, Security To Limit Competition 70
OpenStreetMap Looks To Relocate To EU Due To Brexit Limitations 99
Digital Vaccination Cards Go Into Effect in Europe, With Some Turbulence. 119
Regulators Crack Down on Crypto Exchange Binance in UK, Japan, Germany, and Ontario, Canada 41
Google in EU Crosshairs Again With Advertising Antitrust Inquiry 9
European Central Bank Can Better Protect Digital Payment Privacy, Exec Board Member Says 31
Google's Adtech Business Set To Face Formal EU Probe By Year-End 4
US, EU Forge Closer Ties on Emerging Technologies To Counter Russia and China 35
US Warns EU Against Anti-American Tech Policy 209
Google Will Let Rivals Appear As Default Search Engine Options On Android For Free 7
Europe's AI Rules Open Door To Mass Use of Facial Recognition, Critics Warn 14
Google Bows To EU, Rivals With Android Choice-Screen Tweaks 15
UK and EU Investigate Facebook Over Unfair Use of Data in Digital Advertising 6
After Joint Debt, EU Seeks More Integration With Digital ID Card 117
EU Set To Unveil Plans For Bloc-Wide Digital Wallet 39
Will America Confront the Kremlin Over SolarWinds' Latest Massive Phishing Attack? 64
EU Set To Open Antitrust Probe Into Facebook's Classified Ads Business 3
EU Guidelines Target Tech Giants Over Monetising Disinformation 37
Huawei Could Eavesdrop on 6.5 Million Dutch Cellphone Users Without their Knowledge 100
Facebook Loses Challenge To Irish Watchdog's Data Curbs 16
Apple Faces UK Class Action for App Store Overcharging 35
Millennials are Taking Governments to Court over Climate Change. And They're Starting to Win 240
Bayer Loses Fight Over Chemicals EU Blamed For Killing Bees 50
EU Says Apple's App Store Breaks Competition Rules After Spotify Complaint 58
EU Adopts Rules on One-Hour Takedowns for Terrorist Content 52
EU To Charge Apple With Anti-Competitive Behaviour This Week 82
Facebook Mistakenly Deletes Page for the Town of Bitche, France 76
Europe Proposes Strict Rules For Artificial Intelligence 61
Ireland Opens GDPR Investigation Into Facebook Leak 7
EU Commission To End AstraZeneca and J&J Vaccine Contracts at Expiry 131
EU Poised To Set AI Rules That Would Ban Surveillance and Social Behavior Ranking 73
Google Urges Biden To Work With EU on Tech and Trade 20
European Institutions Were Targeted in a Cyber-Attack Last Week 6
Tesla Faces Even More Union Trouble In the EU 177
Can VW's Electric Cars Compete With Tesla's? 221
EU Plans Rollout of Travel Certificate Before Summer 130
What Is Going On With the AstraZeneca/Oxford Vaccine? 340
Gig Economy Shift: Spain Declares Delivery Drivers are Employees 124
Encrypted Messaging Service Cracked by Belgian Police, Followed by Dozens of Arrests 92
EU Struggles To Build Antitrust Case Against Amazon 50
EU Approves Microsoft's $7.5 Billion Bethesda Acquisition 27
EU Sets 2030 Target To Produce Cutting-Edge Semiconductors 76
Apple Faces EU Antitrust Charge on Spotify Complaint 22
EU Law Requires Companies To Fix Electronic Goods For Up To 10 Years 137
Fortnite Creator Epic Files European Union Complaint Against Apple 149
TikTok Hit With Consumer, Child Safety and Privacy Complaints in Europe 30
Microsoft Urges US and EU To Follow Australian Digital News Code 88
EU Weighs Deal With TSMC, Samsung for Semiconductor Foundry 51
France Found Guilty of Failing To Meet Its Paris Climate Accord Commitments 152
Corporate Trolls? A Covert, Pro-Huawei Influence Campaign on Social Media 46
ProtonMail, Threema, Tresorit and Tutanota Warn EU Lawmakers Over 'Anti-Encryption' Push 46
Renewable Energy Production Beat Fossil Fuels in Europe 146
EU Lawmakers Want Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google CEOs at Feb. 1 Hearing 48
Google Agrees To Pay French News Sites To Send Them Traffic 109
Valve and Five PC Games Publishers Fined $9.4M for Illegal Geo-Blocking 98
Venice, Italy Plans to Watch Every Move of Its 30 Million Tourists 60
EU Must 'Move At Speed' On Space Broadband Network 76
81,000 UK-Owned .EU Domains Suspended As Brexit Transition Ends 201
New Era for UK as It Completes Separation From European Union 527