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Commission conducts unannounced antitrust inspections in the financial services sector

FEATURED NEWS Theodoros Benakis - September 23, 2024

The European Commission is conducting surprise antitrust inspections at the premises of companies operating in the financial services sector in two Member States. The...

EU gets “Meta-physical” in bid to tighten personal data safeguards

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Theodoros Benakis - November 3, 2023

EU data protection officials, concerned about the illegal processing of personal data by Meta, have extended Norway’s ban on the global giant’s processing of...

Digital Markets Act: ending unfair practices of big online platforms

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - November 23, 2021

The draft law blacklists certain practices of large platforms and enables the Commission to carry out market investigations and sanction non-compliant behaviours. The Internal Market...

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

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis - January 22, 2019

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

German army to recruit other EU citizens

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis - December 28, 2018

To fill a chronic shortage of skilled workers in the armed forces, German defence chiefs are reportedly considering recruiting from other European Union countries. Eberhard...

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