Europe
After claiming prices would go down, pro-Brexit Wetherspoon pub chain announces potential price increases
So, which one is it, Mr. pro-Brexit Wetherspoon owner? […]
European Union
EU News
European Summit: perturbations expected on the STIB network and Schuman
The European Summit will take place from the 17th October to the 19th October, perturbing the STIB network. […]
EU News
The EU decides to reduce VAT on digital publications
During the Economic and Financial Affairs Council, held the 2 of October 2018, the European Council agreed on reducing the VAT on digital publications, a welcomed move by the publishing industry. […]
Europe
Another company leaving the UK due to Brexit: Panasonic’s headquarters move to Amsterdam
After Airbus and BMW, it is the turn of Panasonic to decide to move its headquarters “back into” the European Union. […]
Economy
Apple finishes paying back the 14 billion euros in tax owed to Ireland
As expected, Apple has fully paid back to Ireland the 14 billion euros in unpaid tax. […]
Economy
Ireland is wasting millions in legal fees to overturn European Commission ruling over Apple tax ruling
It has been revealed the Irish state has, so far, spent millions in legal fees to try and overturn the European Commission ruling over Apple’s tax ruling. […]
EU News
US puts back sanctions on Iran
At the beginning of August, the US reimposed sanctions on Iran, as promised by Trump. […]
EU News
European Commission President Juncker will deliver “State of the Union” speech the 12th of September #SOTEU
Wednesday 12th of September 2018, the European Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, will deliver his annual “State of the Union” speech at the European Parliament. […]
EU News
European Commission launches consultation on summertime hour change
The 4th of July, the European Commission launched a public consultation concerning the hour change in summertime, to collect the opinions of European citizens and decide whether to keep or stop the summertime arrangements. […]
Economy
Apple has paid 9 billion euros out of the 14 owed in tax to Ireland
A few months ago, we learnt that Apple had finally started paying back the 14 billion euros in illegal tax benefits that Ireland gave to the US company, after a 2-years long fight against the European Commission, fight currently still ongoing. […]
International
China, to put tariffs on 60 billion dollars of US goods
In the continually escalating trade war between the US and the rest of the world, China is now considering putting tariffs on 60 billion dollars’ worth of US goods as a response to US’s tariffs on 200 billion dollars’ worth of Chinese products. […]
EU News
Marine Le Pen will have to pay back the 300 000 euros stolen from Europeans
Over a year ago, the European Parliament asked Marine Le Pen to pay back 300 000 euros, suspecting her from having cheated on the financial support given to members of the European Parliament. […]
EU News
A plant should replace Nigel Farage in the European Parliament
Not too long ago, during the first hearing between Mark Zuckerberg and the European Parliament, we were able to assist at how useful Nigel Farage is in the Parliament, going as far as qualifying him of “Wasting European taxpayer money and oxygen inside the European Parliament.”. […]
International
Trump announces 12 billion dollars in aid for farmers affected in trade war
Trump, the man who claimed “Trade wars are good, and easy to win”, has just announced a 12 billion dollars package in aid for farmers affected by the tariffs of the trade war with China and the EU. […]
EU News
Success! 4 new Galileo satellites are in orbit
The launch of the Ariane 5 rocket this past Thursday 26th July, loaded with 4 Galileo satellites, was successful. […]
Economy
Facebook loses 120 billion dollars in market capitalization
The social network giant Facebook, also owner of WhatsApp and Instagram, lost over 120 billion dollars in market capitalization after releasing their quarterly report. […]
EU News
European Commission fines Google 4 billion euros for illegal practices on Android
Expected since quite a long time, the European Commission has finally given its decision concerning Google’s practices with their operating system for mobile phones: the company used illegal practices and has been fined 4.34 billion euros, making this the largest fine handed by the European Commission to a company ever. […]
Politics
Another setback for Brexit: “Vote Leave” overspent, condemned to pay a fine of £61 000
According to the Electoral Commission, “Vote Leave”, the official group in charge of the “Leave” campaign for Brexit, broke the legal limits for spending during the campaign back in 2016. […]
Europe
Over 70 dead in Greece due to wildfires
The latest European country to be hit by wildfires due to the current heatwave that is affecting Europe is Greece. […]
International
Over 200 dead in Japan due to floods, followed by heatwave
Torrential rain and landslides killed some 200 people in Japan about 2 weeks ago. Now, the country is facing a heatwave. […]
Technology
4 more Galileo satellites ready for launch
July 25th, Arianespace will launch 4 more Galileo satellites for the Galileo constellation. […]
Europe
Wildfires in Northern Europe
As temperatures rise, wildfires start in different places. This year, it seems to be the turn of Sweden to burn. […]
EU News
Spanish criminal present in the European Institutions thanks to Catalonia
The Catalonian independentist party has nominated a Spanish criminal to the position of representant of Catalonia in front of the EU in Brussels. […]
Technology
How oil companies and car manufacturers are preparing for the future
As time passes, we hear more and more often about laws banning specific types of cars, as well as an increased push for so called “green cars”. This article is a closer look to what oil companies and car manufacturers are doing to prepare for the future. […]
EU News
15K young Europeans will start travelling across the European Union in a few days
At the beginning of last month, the European Commission opened the applications for the DiscoverEU program, giving free rail tickets to up to 25K 18 years old. […]