In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) news, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European member states approve legislation aimed at lowering the threat of cyber attacks. Also, Nigerian agri-FinTech Tingo merges with MICT in a deal worth...
The U.K. government revealed today (May 10) its legislative agenda for the next parliamentary session. The Queen´s Speech, this year delivered by Prince Charles, unveiled 38 bills that touch upon areas from reducing regional inequality — the center of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership campaign...
The European Union has passed several laws aimed at providing digital identity protection, among them the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which went into effect in 2018. Among the biggest violators of these protocols? American websites. According to one study, 67% of the top 1,000...
To make the European Union more competitive in the global technology race, Brussels is providing money for the chips that power electronic devices as supply chain problems have made them scarce, the European Commission announced in a Tuesday (Feb. 8) press release. Under the European...
Like many parts of the world, Europe is trying to strengthen protections for consumer privacy. While the region’s landmark privacy law, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), requires websites to ask users for permission to be tracked online, many companies make it harder to refuse...
Business services startup Pleo, which offers expense management tools and smart company cards for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has secured $200 million in a Series C round at a $4.7 billion valuation, nearly triple its previous value. The Danish startup previously joined the unicorn...
The European Union plans to make a multibillion-euro investment in technology development by sinking money into blockchain, data infrastructure and high-performance computing, according to a Bloomberg report Wednesday (Sept. 15). The effort in several European countries is part of an initiative to spur semiconductor manufacturing...
Despite new rules from the European Union to stop nonessential travel from the U.S., the region isn’t rushing to block tourism from America, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. While the EU’s recommendations are not binding, the major tourist destinations in places like Spain and...
The European Commission is busy forming a Joint Cyber Unit that will help to deal with rising cybercrime, according to a press release. It will handle cases involving people, businesses and public services, the release stated. Cybersecurity has become a threat around the world as...