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Liberty Media MotoGP takeover filed to European Commission for clearance

Outgoing president Greg Maffei confirmed Liberty Media filed with the European Commission on Thursday morning to gain regulatory approval for the takeover of MotoGP.

Autosport

EU Fines Meta $840 Million For 'Abusive' Facebook Ad Practices

The EU fined online giant Meta almost 800 million euros on Thursday for breaching antitrust rules by giving users of its Facebook social network automatic access to classified ads service Facebook Marketplace.

International Business Times

EU fines Meta £660m for competition rule breaches over Facebook Marketplace

The European Commission said Meta had acted illegally in tying the Marketplace to the social network arm of the platform.

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F1 Only Has to Clear Some Pesky European Antitrust Rules to Finally Buy MotoGP

If you've been living under a rock, you may not have heard that Formula 1's parent company, Liberty Media, struck a deal with MotoGP's Dorna to purchase the two-wheeled racing series for a cool $4.5 billion this April. The news broke in April and, you'd likely assume that everything was…

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Hotels On Booking.com Can Offer Better Rates Elsewhere: EU

Hotels listed by online travel giant Booking.com in Europe are now free to offer better rates elsewhere, the European Commission said Thursday as new rules on the platform came into force.

International Business Times

EU Deforestation Ban In Chaos As Parliament Loosens Rules

The European Parliament on Thursday approved a one-year delay on implementing the bloc's sweeping anti-deforestation rules but also voted to loosen some requirements -- raising fresh uncertainty over the landmark law.

International Business Times

EU Vessels To Cease Fishing In Senegal After Accord Expires

European fishing vessels will imminently cease activities in Senegalese waters after the non-renewal of an agreement between Brussels and Dakar, EU ambassador Jean-Marc Pisani said Tuesday.

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Apple gets burned by the EU again – this time for geo-blocking you from some apps and movies

As the long saga of Apple-EU tensions continues, regulators have warned Apple to stop its practice of geo-blocking media content.

TechRadar

French rail unions call for strike action ahead of Christmas holidays

Trade unions at France's railway operator SNCF have called for an indefinite strike from next month that could disrupt train services during the upcoming Christmas holidays.

Radio France Internationale

Liberty’s MotoGP takeover on course for completion with funds in place

Formula 1 owner Liberty Media is hoping to complete its proposed takeover of MotoGP by the end of 2024.

Autosport

What Trump’s return might mean for Europe, and how it’s starting to prepare for the challenges

Donald Trump’s expected foreign policy towards Europe during his second term will have far-reaching, and possibly, grave consequences.

The Conversation

IRIS²: the new satellite constellation aimed at ensuring communications autonomy for the EU

The ongoing transition to a digital economy has already had one observable consequence: a sharp rise in the need for connectivity enabling rapid data transmission. In a global market where connectivity offers are evolving quickly, satellites are now achieving technical and economic performances close to those of terrestrial solutions. The…

The Conversation

Revealed: the growing income gap between Europe’s biggest and smallest farms

Big farms rake in record profits when food prices soar, while small farms struggle on razor-thin margins

The Guardian - UK

EU Fines Teva 0M For Misusing Patent Protection

European Commission fines Teva over 460 million euros for improper practices related to Copaxone drug and disparagement of competitor.

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The Independent UK

EU Commission fines Teva $500 million for trying to stop rival's multiple sclerosis drug

The European Commission has fined Israeli generic drugmaker Teva more than 460 million euros ($500 million) for improperly seeking to protect the patent for its multiple sclerosis drug and for disparaging a rival company’s development of a competing medicine

The Guardian - UK

EU launches action against shopping website Temu over illegal products

Formal investigation opens amid concerns Chinese shopping website is breaching Digital Services Act

The Guardian - UK

Post-budget sell-off of government bonds by worried City traders intensifies, pushing up UK borrowing costs – as it happened

Institute for Fiscal Studies says increasing borrowing to fund investment ‘right thing to do’

The Guardian - UK

Georgia must change course to open EU membership talks, says European Commission

Western powers call for investigation into Georgian Dream party election win amid reports of voter intimidation and fraud

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International Business Times

Brussels Hopes To Advance Ukraine, Moldova Entry Talks In 2025

The European Commission said Wednesday it hopes to move entry talks with Ukraine and Moldova to the next stage "as soon as possible" in 2025, as part of a renewed enlargement push faced with the "existential threat" from Russia.

The Conversation

How does REACH, the EU regulation governing chemical substances, work?

Adopted by the European Union in 2006, the REACH regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) governs the manufacture and use of chemical substances in Europe. Despite its importance, REACH has often been criticised for being slow and complex. These concerns prompted calls for reform as part of the…

PC Gamer

Intel wins half of an ancient $1 billion antitrust case dating back to ye olde Pentium 4

But Chipzilla still owes the EU 376 million euros for doing the bad things.

Tom’s Hardware

Intel gets off the hook and won't have to pay $1.1 billion EU antitrust fine — chipmaker was previously accused of offering incentives to partners to block AMD

The European Court of Justice supports the General Court's decision to annul a huge fine imposed on Intel.

The Guardian - UK

EU refuses to publish findings of Tunisia human rights inquiry

Inquiry preceded controversial migration deal linked to claims of abuse in increasingly authoritarian country

The Conversation

New report reveals that targets to save 30% of the ocean by 2030 aren’t being met

The world is gathering in Colombia for the UN biodiversity conference known as Cop16, a biannual pulse-taking of the living planet where actions to protect the natural world are agreed. At its last meeting in 2022, an ambitious roadmap for nature protection was put in place. As part of that…

International Business Times

Musk's X Escapes Tough EU Competition Rules

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's X platform will not face the EU's stringent competition rules aimed at keeping digital markets open, the European Commission said on Wednesday.

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