European Commission

President of the European Commission (EU), Ursula von der Leyen said, on Monday, she would self-isolate for a day after learning she had met someone infected with COVID-19. “In accordance with regulations in force, I’m therefore…

President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker said, on Thursday, that Brussels had come to an agreement with Britain on a Brexit withdrawal agreement to be presented to EU leaders. “Where there is a will, there is a deal — we…

The European Commission said it is prepared to “constructively engage” with Britain’s new proposal to tweak the withdrawal agreement with the European Union (EU), as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pitched his plans to lawmakers in the…

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio on Thursday said Rome was aiming to start negotiations with the European Commission to avoid disciplinary proceedings over its rising debt. “Such negotiations should be led by politicians, not…

The European Commission might consider further legal action, possibly leading to fines, against Germany if it does not reduce nitrate levels in its groundwater, a commission letter revealed on Tuesday. Brussels and Berlin have been…

The European Commission on Friday identified several shortfalls in the way Facebook, Google and Twitter are handling the threat of disinformation, less than a week before European Union elections get under way. The three social media…

The European Commission on Tuesday welcomed an update to Facebook’s terms and conditions that spells out how the social media giant uses consumers’ data and how accounts can be disabled or closed, in line with EU demands. Under the new…

Austria’s Market watchdog said on Thursday that it had launched an investigation into Amazon, as it suspects the online retail giant of discriminating against its Austrian retail partners. The new investigation puts Amazon’s treatment of…

Asian stocks lost ground, on Friday, as investors worried about a broadening global economic slowdown. The sentiment was not helped by the absence of any positive signs for a resolution in the US-China trade row. Safe-haven government…