Category: 3. Europe

European rulemakers in 2009 revised a law called the e-Privacy Directive to require websites to get consent from users before loading cookies on their devices, unless the cookies are “strictly necessary” to provide a service. Fast forward to 2025 and the internet is full of consent…

“At the European Council in December 2026, there will be blood on the walls,” said a senior EU diplomat, anticipating fierce negotiations. The diplomat, like others quoted in this story, was granted anonymity to speak freely.

While French far-right National Rally party leader Marine Le…

According to Ribakova, EU countries “definitely could” stop aircraft technology destined for Belavia, but “the issue is how to identify the shipment.”

U.S.-made aircraft technology “might be stopping over in Brussels in the direction of Moldova, but in reality goes somewhere…

The global adult industry has evolved alongside the internet, growing to hundreds of millions of users and even outflanking household names like TikTok and Amazon, at least according to some studies. Regulators, initially slow to address the industry’s unique challenges, have recently come…

Italy’s budget deficit is projected to come in at 3.3 percent of gross domestic product this year, while France’s looks likely to hit 5.4 percent of GDP. Rome appears poised to fall in line with European rules that limit the figure to 3 percent of GDP next year, whereas Paris plans to…

But that’s where the benefits ends. The assumption that ego management can be transmuted into lasting policy gains is wrong. Trump isn’t moved by gestures intended to alter his interests or demands, and he quickly returns to extracting more concessions. Rather than a shield against…

By Florence Tan

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices inched up on Monday supported by geopolitical tension in Europe and the Middle East, although the prospect of more oil supply and concern about the impact of trade tariffs on global fuel demand…

New Zealand’s military partners in space in Europe are talking more openly about war in space.

This country joined the peak US-led space body, Operation Olympic Defender, last year at the same time as Germany and France.

German Space…

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — Rory McIlroy, who became only the sixth player in golf history to complete the career Grand Slam when he won the Masters in April, now faces another tall order.

McIlroy has been saying for the past few years that winning…

Published on
September 22, 2025