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Tech firms' services could face ban if they breach EU rules: Industry chief

The new draft rules come as critics of U.S. tech giants, which include companies and industry bodies, question the EU's rulings against Alphabet unit Google

Post-Brexit deal talks must have breakthrough this week, say UK and Ireland

There has to be a breakthrough this week in talks for a post-Brexit trade agreement, British and Irish ministers said, ahead of the December 31 expiry of Britain's transition period for leaving

UK tries to reassure business leaders over Brexit with new taskforce

Britain will attempt to reassure business leaders it appreciates need for clarity on rules outside of the EU by setting up a task force to discuss challenges 50 days before the transition period ends

EU parliament, govts finalise 2021-2027 budget, £1.6 trn recovery package

The deal, which took almost four months to negotiate, now needs to be formally endorsed by EU governments and the European Parliament

Europe charges Amazon with using dominance and data to squeeze rivals

U.S. Representative David Cicilline, a Democrat and the top antitrust lawmaker in the House, applauded the EU and urged the U.S. Federal Trade Commision to take similar action

European Union negotiators clinch deal on huge budget, coronavirus plan

The budget is meant to take effect on Jan. 1

EU plans to buy up to 300 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the EU's executive arm, said the commission will authorize the deal on Wednesday after working tirelessly to secure doses of potential vaccines in recent months

European Union regulators accuse Amazon of breaching antitrust rules

Margrethe Vestager, a European Commission vice-president, said Amazon was unfairly using data to box out smaller competitors

European Union charges Amazon with using dominance, data to squeeze rivals

The EU regulator looked into how Amazon collects data on competitors that sell on its platform, offering everything from electronics and toys to food and kitchenware

Renewed Covid-19 lockdowns in UK, Europe slows down pace of fuel demand

As the second wave of the virus hit many Western countries, governments imposed new lockdowns, closing restaurants and bars and banning gatherings

European Union announces new tariffs as countermeasures against US exports

The latest EU announcement came after the trade ministers of the 27-member bloc met online earlier on Monday

European Union agrees on tighter rules for surveillance tech exports

EU countries will also have to be more transparent by publicly disclosing details about the export licenses they grant

EU drug regulator says it is assessing early data from Pfizer Covid vaccine

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) started a rolling review of data from trials on the vaccine in early October.

UK PM Boris Johnson says Europen Union trade deal is 'there to be done'

British PM Boris Johnson said a trade deal with the European Union was "there to be done", suggesting his view that the agreement's broad outline was already "pretty clear" was shared in Brussels

UK, European Union to resume trade talks on Monday as differences remain

The statement came after a call between British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen

Climate change: A polluter's easy path to the zero emissions club

Countries accounting for about 56% of the world's emissions have now announced or are investigating targets to eliminate their emissions by mid-century

European Union set to impose tariffs on $4 billion US goods next week

Brussels views its own tariffs - authorized by the World Trade Organization last month - as important leverage in negotiations to end a dispute that began in 2004

EU drug watchdog to not set efficacy levels for Covid-19 vaccine approval

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said vaccines must demonstrate at least 50% efficacy

Several killed in Vienna 'terror attack' at 6 locations; support pours in

According to a ministry spokeswoman, a police officer was shot and seriously injured in the exchange of fire near Schwedenplatz

European Union considering further legal action in Brexit standoff

EU is considering stepping up its legal action against UK over legislation that would breach parts of the legally binding Brexit agreement that the EU and the British government reached late last year