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 Blair Set to Become 
 First European President 

Ex-PM expected to become President Blair if Irish pass treaty

Oct 2, 09 6:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair could be installed as Europe's first-ever president within weeks if Ireland, in voting today, approves the treaty creating the job. Nicolas Sarkozy believes Blair is the best man for the job, sources tell the Times. Angela Merkel initially believed the job should go to somebody from a country... More »

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Tony Blair • European Union • Ireland • European Commission • Lisbon Treaty • EU president

Euro Farmers Protest Falling Prices With Huge Milk Dump

800,000 gallons in Belgian field after recession takes big toll

Sep 16, 09 6:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - European farmers today dumped 800,000 gallons of milk in a Belgian field, AFP reports, in a protest against a dramatic dive in prices. The group behind the scene says three French farmers committed suicide in the past week over prices, which have fallen by as much as half as... More »

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Belgium • milk • Europe • waste • recession • European Commission • farmers • commodity prices • financial crisis • milk prices

 Microsoft Move Won't 
 Derail Antitrust Case 

Company has unfair advantage, European Commission says

Jun 12, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - The European Commission is moving forward with its antitrust case against Microsoft even after the company's promise to sell its Windows 7 operating system without Internet Explorer in Europe. The commission "notes with interest" Microsoft's announcement, CNET News reports, but adds that "Microsoft has apparently decided to supply... More »

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Microsoft • web browser • Microsoft Windows • Internet Explorer • Opera • antitrust suit • European Commission

Tech Leaders Unite Against Microsoft

Nokia, IBM, Oracle join EU antitrust case over Explorer's dominance

Apr 15, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A technology consortium whose members include IBM, Nokia, and Oracle has joined the European Commission’s antitrust case against Microsoft, the Financial Times reports. The consortium, Ecis, joins Google and the Mozilla Foundation in accusing Microsoft of using Windows to distort the web browser market in favor of Internet Explorer.... More »

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Google • Microsoft • European Union • web browser • Windows • Internet Explorer • antitrust • Mozilla • Opera • European Commission

EU Trims
Tuna Catch,
Experts Warn:
'Not Enough'

New quotas well above sustainable limit

Nov 29, 08 2:05 AM CST
(Newser) - The European Commission completed a deal this week cutting back on the fishing of bluefin tuna, the Economist reports, but not sharply enough to save the species, scientists argue. The deal gradually reduces the legal catch from 28,500 tons this year to 19,950 tons in 2010—but conservationists... More »

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tuna • fish • fishing • European Commission • overfishing • fishery • bluefin tuna

EU Unveils $260B Stimulus Package

Struggling industries, member governments targeted in 2-year plan

Nov 26, 08 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - The European Union Commission passed a $260 billion stimulus package today intended to boost its members’ economies during the next 2 years, Der Spiegel reports. The plan calls for more funds than most economists expected, but as the commission president Jose Barroso put it: “Exceptional times call for exceptional... More »

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European Union • European Central Bank • auto industry • European Commission • eurozone • economic stimulus package • financial crisis

 EU Snubs Talks on
New Russia Pact

Retaliation for invasion of Georgia

Sep 2, 08 3:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Europe has backed out of talks on a new partnership agreement with Russia in the wake of the invasion of Georgia, the BBC reports.  The decision followed an emergency European summit in Brussels. The commission president said Europe could not continue with negotiations "as if nothing had happened.... More »

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NATO • European Union • Europe • Georgia • Jose Manuel Barroso • Dmitry Medvedev • European Commission • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

 Europe Backtracks on Biofuels 

Environmental concerns put 10% quota on hold

Apr 19, 08 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The European commission is backing off a proposed 10% biofuels quota as scientists warn that the alternative fuels actually hurt the environment, the Guardian reports. “This is all very sensitive and fast-moving,” said a commission official. “There is now a lot of new evidence on biofuels, and... More »

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climate change • energy • biofuel • consumer prices • food prices • food riots • European Commission

 Slow Down!
 Autobahn Hits a Limit 

Germany rolls out first 75mph speed limit

Apr 10, 08 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The German autobahn is one of the world's last stretches of open road where a driver can learn how it feels to coax a Porsche to 200 mph and beyond—legally. But those days are numbered. the German state of Bremen has imposed a 75 mph speed limit and others... More »

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environment • Angela Merkel • Germany • Berlin • highway safety • European Commission • autobahn • speed limit • fuel consumption • Bundesrat

In-Flight Cell
Use Cleared For Takeoff in EU

Airlines will choose whether to offer service, which might be pricey

Apr 7, 08 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Good news for the EU-based air travelers who suffer BlackBerry withdrawal as soon as their plane takes off: Mobile-phone use in European airspace could be available as early as next month. The European Commission has cleared the technology needed to make calls from 10,000 feet up, and has left... More »

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cell phones • airline • European Commission • EU • in-flight use • inflight

 Italy Recalls Famed Mozzarella 

Fears that cheese contains carcinogen had prompted Korea, Japan to ban imports

Mar 28, 08 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fear of contamination today forced Italy to recall its celebrated mozzarella cheese, Reuters reports. Rome is withdrawing the cheese of 25 companies in the Campania region near Naples, source of the country’s best buffalo mozzarella, after a garbage crisis is thought to have spread cancer-causing dioxin. The European Commission... More »

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food contamination • Italy • cheese • recall • European Commission • mozzarella • Campania

Google Buys DoubleClick After EU Signs Off

Regulators cite Yahoo, AOL, and Microsoft as 'credible' competitors

Mar 11, 08 4:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google acquired ad tracker DoubleClick today after EU regulators approved the $3.1 billion deal, the AP reports. Antitrust officials dismissed concerns about competition, saying Microsoft, Yahoo, and AOL also provide “credible” online ad services. The ruling ducked questions of how private data will be handled, an issue that... More »

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Yahoo • Google • Microsoft • European Union • online advertising • DoubleClick • online ads • Internet advertising • European Commission

EU Steels for Global Warming Conflict With Russians

Climate change will multiply trouble: report

Mar 7, 08 6:21 AM CST
(Newser) - The already-fraught relationship between Europe and Russia is bound to get worse in the next few decades. That's the sobering conclusion of a new European Union report on global warming and international politics, which concludes that climate change will act as a "threat multiplier," exacerbating today's problems and... More »

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climate change • environment • global warming • European Union • Arctic race • European Commission

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EU Fines Microsoft Record $1.3B

Regulators punish company for overcharging Windows developers

Feb 27, 08 5:01 AM CST
(Newser) - The European Commission fined Microsoft today a record $1.35 billion for failing to comply with its 2004 antitrust ruling. The EU's executive branch said that the company continued to charge "unreasonable prices" to developers building programs for Windows despite both the earlier ruling and a court verdict last... More »

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Microsoft • European Union • competition • monopolies • European Commission • fines • Neelie Kroes • interoperability

Microsoft Tries to Appease EU With Blueprints

But skeptical regulators say it's deja vu from
US software giant

Feb 21, 08 5:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Microsoft plans to share the secrets of its most popular products, the company announced today, in an effort to satisfy EU regulators who want the software giant to improve its interoperability. The European Commission did cautiously applaud the move, but noted that Microsoft has already made at least four similar... More »

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Microsoft • European Union • antitrust • Microsoft Vista • Microsoft Office • open source • European Commission

EU Probes Chocolate Price Fixing

Hershey, Mars, others suspected of conspiracy

Feb 20, 08 6:22 AM CST
(Newser) - The European Commission suspects candy giant Hershey of conspiring with other chocolate and candy manufacturers in an industry-wide price-fixing scheme, AP reports. Both Hershey and rival Mars recently received requests for information from the commission after some 50 civil lawsuits in the US have alleged price fixing. The two companies... More »

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Germany • Mars • Canada • Hershey • conspiracy • Cadbury Schweppes • Kraft • price fixing • chocolate • candy • Nestle • European Commission

Rock on!
EU May
Extend Song
Copyrights

Ditties from Beatles, Who, Stones at play

Feb 15, 08 8:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Early hits from the Beatles and the Stones are only a few years away from falling out of copyright and into the public domain, but the European Commission wants to change that and keep royalties flowing to rock stars in their golden years, reports the Times of London. Plans to... More »

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elderly • copyright law • Rolling Stones • rock stars • European Union • copyright • Beatles • European Commission • rock music • The Who

EU Raids Intel's German Offices

World's biggest chip maker may face new antitrust allegations

Feb 12, 08 12:05 PM CST
(Newser) - EU investigators raided Intel’s German office today, searching for evidence that the chip maker has broken antitrust laws, the BBC reports. The European Commission has already opened a case against Intel for monopolistic business practices, but officials said the surprise raid was the first step in its investigation, signaling... More »

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European Union • Intel • computer chip • microprocessors • AMD • European Commission

EU Countries Critical of Climate Plan

Economic concerns could undermine Europe's green resolve

Jan 17, 08 2:16 PM CST
(Newser) - The European Commission is set to unveil broad new climate change legislation next week, but the measures have been criticized by member countries and trade organizations that fear adverse effects on European business. France is worried about effects on its nuclear industry, Der Spiegel reports; Germany and Spain have raised... More »

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greenhouse gases • European Union • renewable energy • emissions standards • European Commission • trade organizations • climate change legislation • carbon emissions

EU Goes After Microsoft
(Yes, Again)

New investigation comes just months after court victory over company

Jan 14, 08 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - The European Commission today again took aim at Microsoft, launching its first new antitrust investigations since the 1990s. Two probes will expand the principles of the last EU court victory over Microsoft—which a court upheld 4 months ago—to Office, Microsoft’s email tools, and Internet Explorer, reports the... More »

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Microsoft • European Union • antitrust • software • European Commission • ECIS

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