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Brussels is set to finalise stringent new legislation targeting Silicon Valley giants, whose desperate lobbying has fallen on deaf ears

Three companies have lodged a complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft, accusing the US technology giant of anti-competitive practices in its cloud services, sources told AFP Saturday, confirming media reports. Microsoft is "undermining fair competition and limiting the choice of consumers" in the computing cloud services market, said one…

"It cannot be that an autocrat attacks a sovereign country which has the right to the integrity of its territory." That's the firm response directed at Russia from the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. Speaking exclusively to FRANCE 24 about the war in Ukraine, the EU…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he spoke with the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on Friday and Ukraine expects progress to be made on its application to join the European Union in the coming months.

Sources say European commission ready to release billions in locked recovery funds

Germany looks to offer Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC) with a grant of over €5 billion ($5.5 billion) in public funds to build a massive semiconductor plant, Bloomberg reports. The final subsidy is subject to the approval of the European Commission. Related Content: Global Efforts To Reduce Semiconductor Dependence Will Further Exacerbate Crisis: Bloomberg Intel looks…

Intel plans to announce details on Tuesday of its investment plans for semiconductor research and manufacturing in Europe, hinting that it has finalized locations for new factories. The US chipmaker unveiled plans last September to invest as much as $95 billion in Europe over the next decade, and Chief Executive…

The EU imports 40% of its natural gas from Russia, and nearly half of the five million barrels of crude oil Russia exports daily go to Europe. Fossil fuel revenue funds Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, and for this reason, the European Commission recently announced plans to eliminate Russian fuel imports…

European energy experts and the ECB say such a transition will involve higher energy costs and some hardship.

The European Commission will continue talking to Bulgaria to get its approval for accepting North Macedonia into the bloc, the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday.

The European Union will suspend Moscow's privileged trade and economic treatment, crack down on its use of crypto-assets and ban exports to Russia of EU luxury goods and import of iron and steel goods, the head of the European Commission said on Friday. The new measures amount to a fourth…