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Finland blocks Russian real estate transactions on national security grounds

FINLAND Theodoros Benakis - December 13, 2024

On Thursday, December 12, Finland's Ministry of Defence announced that it blocked seven real estate transactions involving buyers outside the European Union (EU) and...

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...

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