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European Commission blacklists groups lobbying for Huawei

EU executive won’t meet with lobby groups “acting on Huawei’s behalf” following bribery scandal.

April 24, 2025 4:25 am CET

White House debates lifting sanctions on Russian energy assets, Nord Stream

The debate pits Steve Witkoff against State Department and U.S. energy export proponents.

April 24, 2025 2:15 am CET

Ranked: The 10 most intensely lobbied EU laws

Brussels is chockablock with people trying to influence new rules on everything from Big Tech to pesticide use. Here’s where they’ve put most of their efforts.

April 22, 2025 6:00 am CET

Brussels takes aim at those cashing in on broken European markets

Former investment banker turned Financial Services Commissioner, Maria Luis Albuquerque, is shining a light on the forces sabotaging greater integration.

April 18, 2025 4:41 am CET

Is Serbia turning into an EU mining colony?

A Brussels-backed project to develop the lithium reserves needed to power electric vehicles is fueling political instability on the European Union’s doorstep.

April 18, 2025 4:41 am CET

Europe’s NGOs fear Trump-style funding cuts are coming

The EU grants billions each year to nonprofits. Now, a right-wing campaign has NGOs afraid the money will dry up.

April 14, 2025 4:37 am CET

EU to Trump on tariffs: We’ll retaliate when we’re ready, not when you tweet

Brussels suspended its countermeasures against the U.S. president’s steel and aluminum tariffs before they even took effect. Now the two sides have 90 days to do a deal.

April 11, 2025 4:44 am CET

Former French PM considers return to combat ‘neoimperialism’

Dominique de Villepin is enjoying unprecedented popularity, more than a decade after he was last in power.

April 10, 2025 4:00 am CET

Huawei top executive in Europe charged in Belgian corruption probe

Four employees from the Chinese tech giant have been represented before judges in recent days.

April 9, 2025 4:15 am CET
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Values based partnership: Why the EU needs to accelerate trade with Ukraine 

In the face of rising geopolitical tension, greater integration with Ukraine is in the EU’s economic and strategic interest. For progress to be made, both sides must move beyond disputes over agricultural quotas and look at the bigger picture.

April 8, 2025 1:41 pm CET

Brussels must overhaul ‘opaque’ funding of NGOs, say auditors

The damning report will give ammunition to conservative lawmakers who want to prevent NGOs from using EU money to lobby.

April 8, 2025 4:22 am CET

Why football-mad Keir Starmer has Premier League bosses raging

Topflight football clubs have been aggressively lobbying to get a new regulator watered down — as ministers insist it will be “light touch.”

April 8, 2025 4:01 am CET
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Huawei corruption probe: 8 charged

Three suspects are now under electronic surveillance, two were released under conditions and three remain in prison.

April 4, 2025 8:14 pm CET

We needed something more concrete on Huawei, says EU anti-fraud chief

OLAF chief Ville Itälä defends his agency’s handling of a tip on Huawei, now under investigation in Belgium.

April 1, 2025 6:51 pm CET

EU readies counterstrike on Big Tech and US banks over Trump’s mega tariffs 

Brussels sees America’s transatlantic trade surplus in services as its Achilles’ heel.

March 31, 2025 7:25 pm CET

Belgian prosecutors probe whether Huawei paid for letter signed by 8 MEPs

Authorities are looking into whether the Chinese tech giant made illegal payments for a letter defending its interests in 2021.

March 26, 2025 4:27 am CET

Meet the Mafia-busting MEP taking the fight against organized crime to Brussels

Giuseppe Antoci battled the Italian mob. But can he take on EU policymaking?

March 25, 2025 6:00 am CET

Russia could return to international sports scene, incoming Olympics chief says

The Olympic committee banned Moscow from competing as a team in the 2024 Paris Olympics because of the country’s incursion in Ukraine.

March 22, 2025 9:49 am CET

Huawei is being boxed out of Brussels lobbying

Chinese tech giant at center of corruption scandal sees its access in EU public affairs scuppered.

March 21, 2025 1:25 pm CET

Dirty games in Brussels and war games in Europe

A lobbying frenzy, secret perks, and now police raids. Huawei’s cozy ties in Brussels have exploded into a full-blown corruption scandal. As the European Parliament tries to …

March 21, 2025 4:00 am CET

Huawei bribery scandal: 4 charged with corruption

Searches also took place at the offices of the European Parliament in Brussels on Monday.

March 18, 2025 6:20 pm CET

Huawei bribery scandal: What we know so far

China’s 5G darling and the European Parliament are caught in a sprawling corruption probe in Belgium.

March 17, 2025 4:00 am CET

Ukraine allies plan meeting of military chiefs next week

Britain’s Starmer announced the London meeting after a call with 29 allies — but not the U.S. Still he insisted any Ukraine peace plan needs an American security backstop.

March 15, 2025 3:22 pm CET

Huawei banned from Parliament and Commission over bribery probe

Huawei is at the center of a corruption investigation by Belgian prosecutors.

March 14, 2025 3:20 pm CET
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