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France

French mayor fined for comparing police to Vichy government

In July 1942, some 13,000 Jews were rounded up by the French Vichy regime and sent to concentration camps.

Brazil

Bolsonaro fined 75 euros for not wearing a face mask at biker rally

Brazil's far-right president spoke to 12,000 bikers at an event in Sao Paulo where he cast doubt on the death toll from coronavirus.

Europe Decoded

Russia fines Facebook & Telegram for failing to remove banned content

A Moscow court has ordered Facebook and the messaging app Telegram to pay heavy fines for failing to remove banned content.

France

Google fined €220m in France over online advertising market

Google said it had agreed on changes to improve its online ad market after being fined by France's competition watchdog.

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Tech News

Russia fines Apple €10 million for alleged abuse of market position

Apple says it will appeal the decision, which relates to a parental control app from 2019.

Italy

Facebook fined €7 million in Italy for 'misleading' data practices

The Italian Competition Authority had already fined Facebook €5 million in 2018 and said the tech giant had ignored an order to correct its policies on user data.

France

France fines Google €1.1 million over 'misleading' hotel rankings

An investigation by the French consumer watchdog and finance ministry found the tech giant was guilty of "misleading commercial practice".

Travel News

What are the new UK hotel quarantine rules and who do they apply to?

The British government has set out stricter quarantine procedures and warn of the consequences if arrivals do not comply.

Norway

Norway fines Grindr dating app €9.6m over data privacy breach

It comes after a complaint by the Norwegian Consumer Council, which had alleged that users' personal data was being shared unlawfully for marketing purposes.

Italy

Apple fined €10 million in Italy over iPhone water resistance claims

The firm is accused of claiming that several iPhone models were water-resistant without clarifying the exceptional circumstances.

France

Frenchman fined for leaving home during lockdown to 'beat someone up'

A resident in Lannion was fined €135 for breaching lockdown restrictions for trying to "smash a guy's face in".

Hungary

Hungarian politician fined €12,000 for giving potatoes to Viktor Orbán

Hungarian politician Péter Jakab has been fined €12,000 for trying to give Prime Minister Viktor Orbán potatoes during a Parliament session last week. According to the politician, many people voted for the ruling Fidesz party in recent by-elections because they were given free potatoes.

Italy

French tourist fined €1,000 for taking sand from Sardinia beach

White grains of sand from Sardinia's pristine beaches are considered precious and are a protected resource.

Austria

Woman guilty of breaking quarantine just days after catching COVID-19

A woman in Austria has been fined and given a suspended jail term after breaking quarantine to visit a supermarket just days after testing positive for coronavirus.

France

French #MeToo: Government advisor 'optimistic' despite Muller ruling

A Paris court ordered Sandra Muller to pay €15,000 in damages to a TV executive Eric Brion who she had accused of making sexually lewd remarks at a party.

Spain

Former Catalan leaders ordered to repay independence vote costs

Spanish auditors have ordered former Catalan leader Artur Mas and nine others to repay €4.9 million of public money spent on a non-binding independence vote in 2014.

Spain

Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica to pay city €36 million in late permit fees

The unfinished Sagrada Familia basilica has been operating without a building permit for 130 years. As a result, it has come to an agreement with Barcelona City Council on how to settle this.

Denmark

Denmark has ridiculed itself with burka ban, activist tells Euronews

Franco-Algerian businessman and political activist Rachid Nekkaz, who pays the fines of women caught wearing burkas, has hit out at a new ban in Denmark.

Business

Alphabet shrugs off EU fine as earnings beat expectations

Alphabet's total revenue for the three months to the end of June is €27 billion ($32.66 billion). Eighty-six percent of which came from Google's advertising business