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Building tomorrow’s workforce at the 2025 EU Social Forum

To build a competitive Europe and ensure no one is left behind, people must learn the right skills — which, in turn, will drive greater social cohesion, well-being and prosperity for all.

April 29, 2025 10:00 am CET

Privacy officials’ travel to home countries sets off EU alarm bells

Privacy regulator’s secretary general traveled on the EU’s dime to Spain, his home country, far more often than to other countries.

April 29, 2025 4:46 am CET

Why Gen Z cares about the next pope — and what it says about the Church

For the first time, Conclave is cool. But what does this surge in interest reveal about the relationship between the young and one of the world’s oldest institutions?

April 28, 2025 4:01 am CET

Sacraments and side-chats: Pope’s funeral overshadowed by Trump dealmaking 

Emotional tributes to the popular Pope Francis came amid a diplomatic scramble to meet with the U.S. president.

April 26, 2025 3:32 pm CET

After EU fines, Big Tech wants Trump to swoop in

Two big penalties overseas could be just what the industry needed to get the White House’s attention. Will Trump now try to roll back European tech rules?

April 24, 2025 9:43 am CET

The EU has fined Meta and Apple. What happened to X?

As digital enforcement kicks in, a high-profile investigation into Elon Musk’s X is still open.

April 23, 2025 6:25 pm CET

Hackers pounce on Pope’s death with scams

Cyber firm Check Point found fake news stories and AI-generated content about the late Pope, leading users to scams.

April 23, 2025 5:30 pm CET

Socialists urge EU tech chief to deliver results in blockbuster US tech probes

European Commissioner Henna Virkkunen is facing growing pressure to wrap up investigations into TikTok, Meta and X.

April 23, 2025 4:44 pm CET

Longtime US allies say they have ways to fight back against Trump, and they’ll use them

Plans are being drawn up and, as one EU diplomat said, “We’ll take decisions to protect ourselves.”

April 23, 2025 4:40 pm CET

Gen Z, media illiterates

The almighty algorithm is fueling conspiracy theories among young people and ruining their ability to tell fact from fiction on the internet.

April 23, 2025 4:18 pm CET

‘Fighting crime blindfolded’: Europe is coming after encryption

Police have long wanted to read encrypted messages. They now have the backing of the EU’s top brass.

April 23, 2025 4:17 am CET

EU regulators probe SkinnyTok trend on TikTok

The European Commission will assess whether TikTok is doing enough to stop harmful content connected to eating disorders.

April 22, 2025 3:19 pm CET
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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

Von der Leyen warns X, Meta, TikTok to play by the rules in Europe — no matter who’s CEO

The European Commission will enforce its digital rulebook without fear, said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

April 21, 2025 4:30 am CET

Why von der Leyen’s Big Tech tax plan is bluster

There are major hurdles to overcome for the EU to retaliate against U.S. digital companies.

April 18, 2025 4:41 am CET

Thousands of British oil workers are set to lose their jobs. No one has told them.

Government advisers north and south of the border worry workers are being failed by shifting policies and poor communication.

April 17, 2025 4:40 am CET

The big unanswered questions from Keir Starmer’s British Steel takeover

How far is Labour willing to go to prop up Britain’s struggling industries? And will it be enough to see off the Farage threat?

April 15, 2025 8:07 pm CET

Ireland probes Musk’s X for feeding Europeans’ data to its AI model Grok

The investigation threatens to stoke further tensions between the EU and U.S. over tech rules.

April 11, 2025 3:30 pm CET

France could pull the plug on Pornhub this summer

A new law requires porn sites to check the age of users in France.

April 11, 2025 2:19 pm CET

Shock tariff policy change ‘came from the heart,’ says Trump

President’s decision to pause so-called reciprocal tariffs on the same day as implementing them came after his administration previously insisted the new rates were here to stay.

April 10, 2025 1:14 am CET

Musk slammed for ‘double standard’ in Turkey as X shuts down dissidents’ accounts

Social media platforms are targets in President Erdoğan’s crackdown on anti-government protests.

April 7, 2025 11:04 am CET

Trump’s firing of NSA chief is ‘rolling out the red carpet” for cyber attacks

Gen. Timothy Haugh’s firing as head of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command has left lawmakers worried about the future of the nation’s cyber defenses.

April 5, 2025 12:55 pm CET

Trump punts on TikTok deal — app gets another 75 days

After promising a deal this week, the president said he needs more time to arrange a sale that prevents a TikTok ban in the United States.

April 5, 2025 10:48 am CET

Europe’s GDPR privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within ‘weeks’

Long seen as untouchable in Brussels, the GDPR is next on the list of the EU’s crusade against overregulation.

April 3, 2025 4:18 am CET
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