Tech News Meta didn't notice major disinformation in Romanian election The Big Tech president Nick Clegg said the influence of AI in a year of many elections has been limited. 03/12/2024
Europe News Health ministers buck Parliament to green-light stronger tobacco bans The EU Council has approved new recommendations on smoke- and aerosol-free environments across the bloc to strengthen protection against exposure to second-hand smoke and to "encourage current smokers to quit”, bucking Parliament's recent shelving of the proposal. 03/12/2024
Europe News Belgium found guilty of crimes against humanity in colonial Congo Belgian court orders the state to pay damages to five mixed-race women who were removed from their mothers as children in colonial-era Congo. 03/12/2024
Europe News EU vows to press on with new internship laws despite national splits Roxana Mînzatu’s first working day as EU Commissioner saw member states fail to agree on new EU laws on internships – but she said abandoning laws intended to protect traineees’ workplace rights would be “out of the question”. 03/12/2024
Europe News Revealed: The new Commission's first strategic, policy initiatives A leaked copy of Ursula von der Leyen's second EU executive's work programme reveals that clean industry and defence are on the agenda for the first 100 days, but also sets the path for other policy announcements in the months to come. 02/12/2024
Europe News Sex workers in Belgium gain labour rights as historic law takes effect The new law in Belgium, which came into force over the weekend, grants sex workers formal employment contracts and legal protections similar to other workers. 02/12/2024
Brussels, My Love? Parliament gives Commission green light to start work In this edition, we look at how Ursula von der Leyen gained approval for a second term in office by the narrowest of majorities, and dissect Hungary's child protection act. 30/11/2024
Tech News Where is Bluesky? Not here, say Irish, Dutch media regulators The EU Commission is trying to locate where Bluesky set up shop, by asking all 27 national Digital Services Act regulators. 29/11/2024
Tech News EU Parliament will hear candidates for top privacy job on 16 January The current European Data Protection Supervisor mandate ends next week. 29/11/2024
Health news Why does the EU now have two health Commissioners? How health topics will be divided between two Commissioner for the first time is a poser for the new executive. 29/11/2024
Health news Smoking ban resolution strongly rejected by EU Parliament A resolution on smoking bans, initially backed by a majority of MEPs, was widely rejected after attempts by right-wing groups to exclude novel tobacco products from the text. 28/11/2024
Tech News EU aims to regulate environmental impact of AI through delegated act The EU executive is looking at the energy used by large language models and standard bodies to calculate a benchmark. 28/11/2024
Europe News Seven countries back call to delay tougher car emissions limits Italy and Poland are among seven EU member states that have aligned with the car industry and its call for a delay to stricter CO2 emissions standards. 28/11/2024
Business HSBC €31,7 million trader 'chat room' cartel fine upheld by EU court The European judges dismissed HSBC’s procedural challenge against the cartel fine imposed by the European Commission in 2021. 27/11/2024
Tech News Romanian authorities ask EU to investigate TikTok role in election TikTok was widely used by the frontrunner in the Romanian presidential election last week. 27/11/2024
Tech News ‘Pressing need’ for influencers to learn to fact-check, UNESCO says A new UNESCO survey found that 62 per cent of online influencers do not check the facts of content they share with audiences. 27/11/2024
Tech News Meta offers EU Commission online teen protection proposal The call comes as several of the incoming Commissioners have named child safety online a top priority. 26/11/2024
Europe News Mercosur: France seeks to rally blocking minority against trade deal While Germany and Spain strongly endorse the Mercosur deal, France is trying to rally a blocking minority to halt the agreement. It is hopeful that Italy, Austria, Poland and the Netherlands will join Paris. 26/11/2024
Nutrition European consumers baffled by food labelling spaghetti Lack of EU actions has led to an overwhelming array of labels and claims, leaving consumers struggling to make informed choices, according to EU auditors. 25/11/2024
Europe News Violence against women as 'worrying' in the EU as a decade ago One in three women in the European Union has experienced gender-based violence in their lifetime, a new joint survey reveals. 25/11/2024
Tech News Consumer group report adds to fight against dynamic pricing Euroconsumers, a consumer rights advocacy group, has raised concerns about the lack of transparency in the algorithms behind dynamic pricing. This issue could soon be addressed in the upcoming EU law on online consumer protection. 25/11/2024
Europe News Trading blows, Newsletter This week's key events presented by Euronews' EU senior competition and trade reporter Peggy Corlin. 25/11/2024
Green News COP 29: Brazil warns no deal unless rich states up finance targets Brazilian chief negotiator - representing next COP host country - told Euronews second Azeri finance bid came too late in summit, leaving doubt over whether deal can be clinched. 22/11/2024
Culture news Rokia Traoré to be extradited to Belgium over child custody case After their split in 2018, Malian Rokia Traoré has withheld her nine-year-old daughter from her Belgian partner. 22/11/2024
Tech News Governments ask EU Commission to beef up cybersecurity agency Enisa The extra financial and human resources would come as the Cybersecurity Act is up for a review. 22/11/2024
No Comment Workers put up a 20-meter tall Christmas tree in Grand Place in Brussels The Christmas tree was installed this morning and will remain in Grand Place until January 5. The 20-meter tall Nordmann tree was cut down in Rixensart on Wednesday morning. It was planted 32 years ago in front of a private home in Rixensart (Walloon Brabant). 21/11/2024