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AI browsers share sensitive personal data, new study finds

Popular AI browsing assistants can capture sensitive data like banking information, academic records and even tax numbers from private sites, a new study shows.

13/08/2025

Europe

Why Alaska? Trump and Putin to meet in US site once part of Russia

Alaska’s complex history and strategic location add weight to the first face-to-face talks between US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine.

13/08/2025

Europe

How can beaches be made accessible to people with reduced mobility?

In Belgium, the Inter agency launched the "Sun, Sea... Carefree" programme in 2006, to improve access to the coastline.

12/08/2025

Belgium

Brussels' top prosecutor slams inaction over drug gang violence

There have been 57 shootings in the Belgian capital to date this year, including 20 since the start of the summer, resulting in at least four deaths.

12/08/2025

Tech News

Coordinated network amplifies child sex abuse on X, researchers warn

At least 150 accounts shared “millions” of posts on X over a four-day period in July that encouraged users to buy child exploitation materials, an investigation has found.

12/08/2025

Europe

Kallas calls snap meeting of EU foreign ministers on Ukraine on Monday

Top diplomat responds to planned bilateral meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

10/08/2025

Health news

EU agencies seek to combat viral hepatitis in European prisons

EU agencies launch toolkit to combat hepatitis B and C in prisons, tackling drug-related transmission and implementation challenges.

08/08/2025

Europe

Campaigners seek to ground ‘passenger-hostile’ EU proposal

Campaigners have launched a citizens’ initiative to stop an EU draft law they say would weaken air passenger rights by raising delay thresholds and cutting compensation.

08/08/2025

Tech News

Eight EU countries still missing cyber rules for critical sectors

Member states had to transpose the rules into national legislation by 17 October last year.

08/08/2025

Europe

Are European Citizens' Initiatives missing the mark?

Despite being designed to give citizens a voice in EU policymaking, the European Citizens’ Initiatives are struggling to gain traction, with only 10 out of 144 proposals receiving a response from the European Commission.

08/08/2025

Economy

Who got the best trade deal with the US - the EU or UK?

The EU and UK both concluded trade agreements with the US almost three months apart setting new tariffs on their imports. According to the Commission, the EU got the better deal.

08/08/2025

Europe

Crisis in Gaza remains 'very severe' despite some positive steps - EU

Last month, the EU negotiated what it called a "significant" improvement of humanitarian aid access into Gaza, including an increase of food trucks, and an agreement to "protect the lives of aid workers."

07/08/2025

Tech News

EU resists renewed Trump pressure to shift digital rules

Digital rules have been the subject of several attacks since the new US administration came to power in January.

07/08/2025

Health news

Endangered US contraceptives put 1.4 million women at risk, NGO claims

More than 1.4 million women and girls in Africa will lose access to contraceptives as the U.S. plans to burn $10 million worth of supplies stored in Europe.

07/08/2025

Tech News

YouTube misinformation tools are inconsistent in Europe: report says

YouTube labels to provide neutral information on topics laden with conspiracy theories are applied inconsistently throughout Europe, a new report says.

07/08/2025

Europe

Haunted by Merkel: Trump still grappling with Europe’s lost leader

Trump spoke on CNBC about the current state of markets in the US, but was quizzed about the EU-US trade deal, and reminisced about a conversation with former German chancellor Angela Merkel.

07/08/2025

Tech News

Dutch privacy watchdog warns against Israeli terms for aid groups

EU privacy regulators will discuss how the new measures tally with the EU’s data transfer deal with Israel.

06/08/2025

Tech News

German government urged to start proper supervision of AI

Germany is one of several EU member states that have missed a 2 August deadline to put oversight authorities in place on AI.

06/08/2025

Europe

Trump warns EU: 35% tariffs if $600bn investment pledge unfulfilled

Trump spoke on CNBC about the current state of markets in the US, but was quizzed about a pledge on investment made in the EU-US trade deal.

05/08/2025

Economy

EU Commission 'surprised' by German minister's jibe on trade deal

The European Commission defended its US trade deal, saying it emerged from clear consultation with member states - including Germany - following a jibe by German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil criticising the EU’s weakness in negotiations with the US.

05/08/2025

Tech News

Most European businesses rely on US tech giants, study warns

About three in four European businesses rely on US companies for email services and their tech stack, a new analysis has found.

05/08/2025

Europe

The two faces of Ursula: Reinvention or deception at the EU's helm?

As Ursula von der Leyen beds down for her second term as European Commission president - almost unrecognisable from her first - many are wondering if she has truly changed course, or is simply revealing her true colours?

05/08/2025

Europe

EU diplomats confirm they won't yet sanction Israel on Gaza

Last week, EU member states already failed to rally enough support to suspend Israel from the Horizon Europe fund in response to the war in Gaza. Two of the largest EU countries - Germany and Italy – prefer to “continue dialogue” with Israel, one diplomat said.

04/08/2025

Economy

Tariffs: EU Commission to suspend retaliation by another six months

As the EU and the US continue negotiating a joint statement to formalise their tariff deal, the EU executive is again postponing a package of countermeasures that were due to enter into force on 7 August.

04/08/2025

Tech News

Timing of new data rules and plan to cut red tape baffles tech sector

The Data Act enters into force in September, three months before the European Commission digital simplification measures will be presented.

04/08/2025

Tech News

EU AI Act doesn’t do enough to protect artists’ copyright, groups say

As parts of the AI Act come into force this weekend, creative industry groups say there are still hurdles to protecting their copyrighted material from training AI systems.

02/08/2025