EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Commission fines Mastercard €570 million for obstructing merchants’ access to cross-border card payment services

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
The European Commission has fined the card scheme Mastercard €570 566 000 for limiting the possibility for merchants to benefit from better conditions offered...

EU copyright overhaul delayed

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
Plans to overhaul copyright legislation in the European Union could be derailed due to divisions between EU member states. The European Parliament, the European Council...

EU imposes sanctions over chemical weapons

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
For the first time ever, the European Union on January 21 imposed sanctions for the use of chemical weapons. The sanctions target those accused...

Finland: First EU citizens using ePrescriptions in other EU country

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
From January 21, the first EU patients can use digital prescriptions issued by their home doctor when visiting a pharmacy in another EU country:...

EU fur trade accused of ‘twisting the truth’

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
The European Commission has not recognised the ‘credibility’ of the fur farm certification scheme WelFur, according to the Humane Society International/UK. Putting the record straight,...
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