The European Union is a political and economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe. Its members have a combined area of 4,475,757 km² and an estimated total population of about 513 million.
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EU lawmaker Marc Tarabella thinks so and is calling for the European Commission to investigate the online dating platform for collecting the...
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The European Commission has its eyes on how it should regulate platform business once again. This time around, the EU is reviewing...
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Merchants Payments Coalition has issued a press release outlining reforms in credit card fees paid by merchants throughout the European Union to...
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The European Commission has been active on the venture capital front, having invested as much as $1.1 billion into VC funds throughout...
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Data transfer between the U.S. and Europe just hit a major bump in the road. The Court of Justice of the European...
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In a new development in the ever-raging battle between Uber and European taxi drivers, the European Commission will undertake a study next...
New EU cybersecurity regulations may force Internet giants to tighten up their security protocols in order to keep authorities in the loop...
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