By John O’Donnell
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Euroclear plans to seize and redistribute about 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) of Russia’s funds that are frozen at the Belgian clearing firm after Moscow grabbed investor cash in Russia, according to…

By John O’Donnell
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Euroclear plans to seize and redistribute about 3 billion euros ($3.4 billion) of Russia’s funds that are frozen at the Belgian clearing firm after Moscow grabbed investor cash in Russia, according to…
The Irish watchdog launched the probe in 2021: TikTok was already fined €345 million in 2023 for failing to protect children’s privacy.

TikTok has been given six months to bring its data processing practices in line with the EU’s privacy rules, or suspend all data transfers to the country.
TikTok said it “strongly contest[s]” the Irish DPC’s findings and plans to appeal in full.
“Beyond the DPC’s failure to…

Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been designated as right-wing extremist by the country’s federal office for the protection of the constitution.
“The ethnicity- and ancestry-based understanding of the people prevailing within the party is incompatible with the free…
Eurozone inflation surged more than expected in April, as the impact of trade tariffs began to reverberate through the consumer basket, posing a fresh challenge for the ECB.

Inflation in the eurozone stayed marginally above the European Central Bank’s target in April, a fresh increase in services prices keeping the annual rate stuck at 2.2 percent.
Data published by Eurostat on Friday showed prices rose 0.6 percent on the…
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The best thing about my global travels is that the places I go give me things to compare to Cleveland. Some differences I saw were stark; some, subtle.
One of the stark ones has been potholes. I visited three European cities…

France (25) and Italy (49) both dropped several places compared to 2024, while the United Kingdom (20) improved slightly and Poland (31) leaped more than a dozen spots.
Greece recorded the worst result in the European Union for the fourth year in a row, coming in at 89. The main reasons…

Microsoft has made new commitments to Europe to guarantee the continuity of its services, even if the US or another government demands that Microsoft cease its activities in Europe. Microsoft has committed to taking legal…