The European Union’s top court ruled on Thursday (12 September) that a Hungarian decree setting regulated prices for basic foodstuffs undermines fair competition, in a dispute first brought before a national court by international retailer SPAR.
Competition czar Margrethe Vestager’s surprise victory against Apple vindicates her finding that the tech giant’s Irish tax deals were illegal aid.
A blueprint to make the EU more competitive with the rest of the world is published on Monday. It’s likely to prove controversial.
Judges tell merger regulators to stop scooping up anti-competitive deals outside revenue thresholds.
Beach clubs have a significant impact on Italy’s economy, as the tourism sector accounts for around 6% of the country’s total GDP.
A group of digital rights organisation said that Apple’s plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) are ineffective in a submission to the European Commission.
Football players and leagues filed a complaint with the European Commission to try to rein in football’s governing body.
Ursula von der Leyen walked a fine line in her speech to the European Parliament plenary on Thursday (18 July), signalling support for an enlarged EU budget and looser competition rules whilst remaining vague enough to appease both sides of the politic…
Software giant’s truce with cloud providers ends a two-year dispute and the threat of an antitrust probe.
The European Commission accused Meta of violating its digital competition rules, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), in its “pay or OK” model, officials told Euractiv on Monday (1 July).
Transport Minister Volker Wissing calls duties a “destructive approach” on third visit by a government leader in recent weeks.
The European Commission said Apple’s App Store is in breach of the bloc’s digital competition rules in preliminary findings announced through a Monday (24 June) press release.
European Commission finds iPhone maker broke new laws designed to protect smaller competitors against big tech platformsBusiness live – latest updatesApple has been found to be in breach of sweeping new EU laws designed to allow smaller companies to co…
The iPhone maker is the first company to be told it may not be complying with the EU’s Digital Markets Act.
Apple says competition rules that require functionality with rival products would compromise privacy and securityApple will delay launching three new artificial intelligence features in Europe because European Union competition rules require the compan…
Flagship new ‘Apple Intelligence’ features face ‘regulatory uncertainties’ due to Brussels new competition rules
European Commission Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager has warned against the idea of watering down competition rules to allow for “European champions”, an age-old idea that could gain new momentum as part of an expected “competitiveness deal”…
Still smarting from the veto of the Alstom-Siemens deal, Paris and Berlin want Brussels to focus on forging champions.
Italy’s former PM acknowledged that finding the political will could be an uphill battle as financial issues are “not very sexy” for voters.
Companies face fines of up to 10 percent of their global annual turnover if European Commission decides they are breaking the laws.
The expected move would be the European Commission’s first fine against the US tech giant, the FT reports.
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The organizations were ‘abusing a dominant position,’ says Court of Justice.
UEFA faces challenge to its role governing the sport in Europe.
Hunt begins a multi-day visit to major US tech companies on Wednesday as the country aims to expand its own artificial intelligence and life sciences industries.
Florian Ederer is a newly minted U.S. citizen but also an Austrian — and has no history of consulting for Big Tech companies.
New EU competition rules are what’s holding Meta’s new Twitter rival back.
