Rubymar, first casualty of Houthis, is pouring oil and fertilizer into Red Sea
Oil and fertilizer have poured into the Red Sea from a sinking cargo ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, putting the local environment and a critical waterway for cargo shipments to Europe at...
View ArticleIran-backed Houthi rebels vow to keep attacking British shipping
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group said it will continue to attack British shipping in the Red Sea after sinking the MV Rubymar, which went under over the weekend. “Yemen will continue to sink more...
View ArticleEU hits Apple with €1.8B antitrust fine for abusive app terms
Apple was fined more than €1.8 billion by European Union regulators today for abusive app store rules that may have hiked prices for music-streaming subscriptions. It’s the first time that Apple has...
View ArticleThe EU’s uphill battle against Big Tech power
BRUSSELS — In its ongoing battle with Big Tech, Brussels has brought a knife to a gunfight. The European Commission’s new digital police force has around 80 people to check whether some of the world’s...
View Article4 ways the EU’s Digital Markets Act is changing your tech
Your phones, your laptops and your social media are changing as powerful tech giants — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Bytedance, Meta and Microsoft — have to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets...
View ArticleRihanna Instagram post lands Puma in a hopeless place with Europe
Rihanna’s Instagram post of her cool new shoes cost Puma the right to protect its designs, a European Union court ruled today. The General Court backed a Dutch children’s footwear manufacturer that...
View ArticleFootball’s Super League faces forced rebrand
BRUSSELS — The rebel European Super League has been told it needs to find a new name after Denmark’s top football competition won a trademark decision. The European Union’s Intellectual Property...
View ArticleMeta offers to lower ad-free subscription fee amid EU scrutiny
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, confirmed it would slash the price of its ad-free subscription model in a bid to end European Union scrutiny of how it uses users’ personal data....
View Article‘Severe pain in the butt’: EU’s digital competition rules make new enemies on...
Google Maps has been “a severe pain in the butt” lately, RuMarley posted to a thread on social media website Reddit on March 15. “What happened?”What’s happened is that Google has changed how its...
View ArticleEU probes Apple, Google and Meta over digital rules compliance
The European Commission warned that Apple, Google and Meta may not be complying with new digital competition rules as it opened investigations that could lead to fines. The probes come just 18 days...
View ArticleFIFA should lose EU legal dispute over player transfer rules, court aide says
World football’s governing body FIFA should lose a European Union court dispute over player transfer rules, a legal adviser to the EU’s top court said Tuesday. Advocate General Maciej Szpunar said...
View ArticleEU set to escalate Microsoft antitrust probe into Teams video service
The European Commission is readying antitrust objections for Microsoft in a probe into how the software giant bundles its video platform Teams with its must-have office software products, according to...
View ArticleOmbudsman slams Commission for secrecy over official’s move to law firm
BRUSSELS — The European Commission risks undermining its work when former antitrust officials join law firms that may help companies they used to police, the European Ombudsman warned. The European...
View ArticleOreo and Toblerone-maker gets €338M EU fine for illegally breaking up EU...
U.S. food giant Mondelēz — the maker of Oreo biscuits and Toblerone chocolate bars — has agreed to pay a €337.5 million fine from the European Commission for illegally carving the EU single market...
View ArticleVestager defends EU’s ‘very strict’ revolving door policy
The European Union’s antitrust chief defended “very strict” rules for how officials quit to work for law firms that represent companies under investigation. “Obviously, it is really important that...
View ArticleBig Mac vs. Supermac: McDonald’s loses EU trademark fight
McDonald’s lost a European Union legal battle to keep its “Big Mac” trademark beyond its iconic hamburgers in a ruling from the EU General Court today. The Goliath of the fast food world lost out to a...
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Restaurant review: Old Boy
Rue de Tenbosch 110, 1050 Ixelles What’s good? Quite literally everything, but especially the bao. Buns are structurally sound while still light and delicate, and make the best vessel for all the...
View ArticleEU accuses Apple of breaching landmark digital law
AMSTERDAM – Apple was charged with breaching the European Union’s digital competition rules over how it runs its app store, the first company to fall foul of the landmark legislation to clamp down on...
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Vestager slices into Apple again
Apple isn’t to Margrethe Vestager’s taste. The company leaves a “sad aftertaste of illegal behavior,” she told reporters in Amsterdam after charging the company with breaching digital rules that aim...
View ArticleMicrosoft faces fresh warning in Teams competition probe
Microsoft on Tuesday got a formal warning from European Union competition regulators over how it leverages its Office software suite to benefit its video conferencing product Teams. The warning...
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