The chief prosecutor of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), Laura Codruța Kovesi, responsible for probing significant financial crimes impacting EU interests, initiated an uncommon move on April 9. She initiated a “friendly settlement procedure” with the European Commission, marking the final legal step before potential litigation. Failure to reach an agreement could escalate the […]
This means that Europe’s most popular holiday accommodation booking service will now join the ranks of Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft. : EU says Booking.com is a gatekeeper under DMA rules
Booking.com has joined the ranks of tech giants, such as Google and Meta, that fall under the EU’s sweeping online competition rules. Dubbed the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the law aims to establish a level digital playing field by setting clear rights and obligations for large online platforms, referred to as “gatekeepers.” The goal is to tackle monopolising practices. “Booking is an important player in the European tourism ecosystem and is now also a designated gatekeeper,” said Thierry...
Check out the details on what earned Booking.com this designation and what regulations gatekeepers like Booking, Google, and Meta must comply with under the Digital Markets Act.
The European Union’s executive said Monday it will demand explanations from Eurovision song contest organizers why its flag was banned from the concert hall during the final.
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Eurovision song contest continued to spawn unprecedented controversy, days after the winner was crowned, with the 27-nation European Union lambasting organizers for their “incoherence” in banning its flag from the concert hall during the final. In an unusually sharp letter, EU Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas wrote to the organizer, the []
During the weeklong contest, organizers were already roiled by the protests linked to the war in Gaza
Some believe little will change even with a far-right surge, but others say ballot could be defining moment for blocUp to 450 million citizens in the EU’s 27 member states will go to the polls between 6 and 9 June to elect more than 700 members of the European parliament, the world’s only directly elected transnational assembly.The European parliament elections – more commonly called the European elections – take place every five years and, since the parliament plays an essential role in...
Dressed in black on the white sands of Miami Beach, Courteney Cox struck a pose during a recent photo shoot. The camera was on her, but she's the one hyper-focused. "I always say, 'I suffer from acute awareness,'" she said. "I do notice things. I can't help it." Like her interviewer's attire. "Is that a built-in cuff?" she asked. It's that attention to detail that in part inspired the admitted "neat freak" to create a new line of scented beauty products for the home, called Homecourt....
After studying design and architecture in college, Courteney Cox pursed modeling and acting, and is forever identifiable as "neat freak" Monica Geller in the classic sitcom "Friends." Now she's also an entrepreneur, creating a line of scented products for the home. She talks with correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti about why she was inspired to create Homecourt's cleaning and beauty products; her strong bonds with her "Friends" castmates; and about her early big break, appearing in a Bruce...
This week's edition of the All Points North podcast looks at the impact EU politics can have on everyone's lives—and how people can influence its direction.