Business France hands Shein €40 million fine for deceptive commercial practices Through analysing products listed as being on sale on Shein's French website, investigators found that 57% of products had no price reduction, 19% had a slight discount, while 11% of products actually had a price increase. 04/07/2025
Destinations Europe’s tourist taxes, bans and restrictions to watch out for in 2025 To save you trawling sites for the latest regulations and fines, we’ve compiled a comprehensive summary for visiting Europe this year. 05/06/2025
Travel News Italy fines Colosseum ticketing agencies for ripping off tourists Ticketing agencies made it almost impossible to purchase standard-price entry to Italy's most popular tourist attraction. 08/04/2025
Green News German priest prefers prison over fine for climate protest conviction Rev. Jörg Alt and about 40 other activists blocked traffic in Nuremberg by gluing their hands to a street in front of the city's train station. 02/04/2025
Travel News This Croatian island is turning away from popular party tourism There are also several tourist regulations on clothing and behaviour that visitors should be aware of if they don’t want to receive a fine. 25/03/2025
Culture news Timothée Chalamet fined for red carpet stunt in UK Timothée Chalamet has revealed on a French TV show that he was given a fine for riding a Lime e-bike on the red carpet for the UK premiere of 'A Complete Unknown.' 16/01/2025
Travel News ‘Zero-tolerance’: Why Ryanair is suing a passenger for €15,000 The budget airline has warned this will not be the last time it goes to court over unacceptable behaviour on its aircraft. 09/01/2025
Business Russia fines Google more than the world’s total GDP over YouTube bans Russia fined Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 - that’s 2.5 trillion trillion trillion dollars after the US tech giant took action against Putin's propaganda. 30/10/2024
Business Volkswagen faces hefty fine for mistreatment of UK customers The UK's financial watchdog found Volkswagen had sometimes confiscated cars from vulnerable customers "without considering other options". 21/10/2024
Germany US fines Lufthansa €3.6m over treatment of Jewish passengers The group of 128 passengers were denied boarding on a flight in Frankfurt in 2022 after flying to Germany from New York. 16/10/2024
Business Troubled Thames Water waist-deep in trouble over sewage dumping The heavy fine for the UK's biggest water supplier comes shortly after the troubled utility company announced it was in talks with creditors to seek new equity, to prevent it running out of cash by May next year. 08/10/2024
Destinations Avoid making Emily in Paris’ tourist mistake when in Rome Rome is celebrating a Jubilee year in 2025 and expecting an influx of visitors. 29/09/2024
Travel News Don’t shout, don’t be topless: Malaga has new rules for rowdy tourists Locals say their hometown has become a theme park for tourists. 23/09/2024
Business Nestlé Waters agrees deal to turn tap off French mineral water probe The non-prosecution agreement is the largest environmentally related one of its kind to be signed in France so far. 11/09/2024
Travel News You can now be fined for going over the luggage limit on French trains Starting from mid-September, passengers now face a €50 fine for exceeding the luggage allowance. 09/09/2024
Business Facing budget crunches, Chinese tax collectors descend on companies Chinese authorities are chasing unpaid taxes from companies and individuals dating back decades, as the government moves to plug massive budget shortfalls and address a mounting debt crisis. 08/08/2024
Business Crypto firm Coinbase fined millions for serving high-risk customers The UK branch was fined £3.5 million (€4.16 million) after breaching a voluntary agreement brokered with the British watchdog. 25/07/2024
Culture news Suspended prison sentence and €30,000 fine for Banksy theft in Paris The accused admitted to the theft, which took place in 2019, but claimed that he had acted at the request of Banksy - without being able to prove it. 20/06/2024
Green News Research company fined record €32m for neglecting thousands of beagles A company was fined €32 million for neglecting thousands of dogs, including providing insufficient and contaminated food and water, and euthanizing them without sedation. 04/06/2024
Europe News European Commission fines Oreo maker €337.5 million According to the EU's executive branch, the company engaged in 22 anticompetitive agreements or concerted practices. 23/05/2024