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Meta Platforms has offered to give rival AI chatbots free access to its social messaging service WhatsApp for a month while it discusses ways to resolve EU antitrust concerns, the U.S. tech giant said on Tuesday, in a move that could stave off a hefty fine.

The Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale was forced temporarily to shut its doors on the second day of the preview after the activist group Pussy Riot.

Raw sewage from nearly 40,000 people and businesses is being pumped straight into the sea because the British overseas territory of Gibraltar does not have, and has never had, a wastewater treatment plant.

In Italien ist ein Skandal ausgebrochen, der zu hochrangigen R?cktritten f?hren k?nnte. Hintergrund sind Berichte ?ber Versuche, die Teilnahme des russischen Pavillons an der Biennale von Venedig trotz bestehender Sanktionen wiederherzustellen.

The tech company Meta has been found to be in breach of EU law for failing to prevent children under 13 from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms.

NGO says Italian tanneries controlled by the French luxury group are seeking exemptions to EU deforestation law while importing hides linked to Paraguayan forest loss.

Pressemitteilungen der Europäischen Kommission nennen regelmäßig Milliardenbeträge, während konkrete Details zur Mittelverwendung oft im Hintergrund bleiben.

European Commission press releases highlight multi-billion figures, while the budgetary details remain largely unaddressed.

The EU's anti-fraud office has opened an investigation into Peter Mandelson following allegations he passed sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein.

Environmental footprint of Europe's data centres kept secret after industry lobbying in a move legal experts warn could violate transparency rules.

Microsoft and other US tech companies successfully lobbied the EU to conceal the environmental impact of their datacentres, an investigation has revealed, with language almost verbatim from their demands to block a database of green metrics incorporated into EU regulations.

Nutella maker Ferrero has been raided by EU officials as part of an investigation into possible uncompetitive practices.

The European Commission is being urged to investigate whether Hungary's elections are being undermined by Russian manipulation, intimidation of journalists, and voter coercion by the ruling party.

Meta restricted campaign messages on Facebook and Instagram in October, yet researchers studying disinformation caution that the prohibition has driven political promotions supporting Orb�n's Fidesz into the shadows

Britain's departure from the EU is being blamed for the four-hour wait times in passport lines at European airports, according to Ryanair's chief executive

The European Commission has directed some of its senior officials to close a Signal group they were using for information exchange, citing concerns that it may be a target for hacking

Authorities in five EU nations are “persistently and deliberately” undermining legal governance, Europe's foremost civil liberties organisation has cautioned

The ex-President of the Commission states that there is "nothing stopping" EU member states from gathering without Hungary to deliberate on sensitive issues if trust has been compromised

Lawmakers in the European Union are poised to approve – albeit with conditions – the bloc's tariff agreement with President Donald Trump on Thursday, as Europe aims to preserve the deal whilst simultaneously striving to expand its trade relationships worldwide

Disclosed transaction information shows how a significant refinery in Ireland contributes to the aluminum supply chain for Russian arms producers equipping Putin’s military as they assault Ukraine

Close to Hungary's frontier with Croatia and Serbia, a €747 million bridge over the Danube is under construction by a firm owned by László Szíjj, who is a business associate of the Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's oldest friend

European Union leaders have conveyed a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin following an agreement to provide Ukraine with a €90 billion (£79 billion) loan

A recent inquiry disclosed the manner in which doctors banned in one nation can continue practising in another. Freshly-acquired information indicates that national bodies frequently overlook notices about doctors communicated by authorities in other countries

Romanian state-owned energy company Complexul Energetic Oltenia SA has reported significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions than usual, despite using highly polluting low-quality coal. This has prompted speculation over whether it has potentially avoided paying hundreds of millions in EU carbon levies