Tag: EU
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Google faces record EU antitrust fine
The European Union’s antitrust watchdog in the coming weeks is set to hit Google with a record fine for manipulating its search results to favour its own comparison-shopping service, according to people familiar with the matter. Wall Street Journal reports the penalty against Google is expected to top the EU’s previous record fine of €1.06…
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We’ll sanction countries rejecting migrants – European Union
The European Commission has decided to launch infringement procedures against countries that refused to accept migrants, the commission said on Tuesday. The action is expected to be taken against Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland for their refusal to accept migrants from other EU member states under an EU relocation agreement. The infringement package would be…
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Okowa urges EU to ensure relocation of oil firms to areas of operations
Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa has urged the European Union (EU) to prevail on multinational oil companies the need to domicile their headquarters in their areas of operations. Governor Okowa made the call yesterday when the European Union Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Michael Arrion paid him a courtesy visit in Asaba. According to…
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EU rejected 24 Nigerian products in 2016 – NAFDAC
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), says European Union (EU) rejected 24 exported food products from Nigeria in 2016 for failing to meet standards. The NAFDAC spokesperson, Dr Abubakar Jimoh made the disclosure while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. According to Jimoh, the…
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EU, AU reaffirm commitment to Paris Agreement
The European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) have reaffirmed their strong commitment to full implementation of the Paris agreement, and call on all partners to keep up the momentum created in 2015. Ahead of the COP23 in November they pledge to work together to finalize the Paris Agreement work programme. Climate change and…
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Social media firms have increased removal of Hate Speech, says EU
Social media companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube have stepped up both the speed and number of removals of hate speech on their platforms in response to pressure from the European Union to do more to tackle the issue, according to the results of an EU evaluation. Facebook won particular praise for reviewing most…
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EU to provide free Wi-Fi for European towns without Internet coverage
The European Union has decided to offer free Internet connection in public spaces throughout the entire bloc to its citizens and visitors, the European Commission said on Tuesday. Members of the EU reached an informal agreement with the European Parliament to install free wireless Internet access points in public places such as town halls, hospitals…
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JUST IN: EU bars Nigerian owned Med-View Airline from its airspace
The European Commission has barred Nigerian airline, Med-View Airlines, from operating within its airspace over safety reasons. The airline was one of those under the EU Air Safety List Annex A, which includes all airlines banned from operating in Europe. A total of 181 airlines were barred from flying into Europe, with 174 airlines barred…
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EU fines Facebook 110m euros over misleading WhatsApp data
European Union antitrust regulators on Thursday said they would fine Facebook 110 million euros (122.4 million dollars) for providing misleading information over its purchase of messaging service WhatsApp in 2014. Calling it a “proportionate and deterrent fine,” the European Commission, which acts as the EU’s competition watchdog, said Facebook had said it could not automatically…