UK’s BT secures approval for EE takeover
The U.K.’s competition authority approved BT’s £12.5 billion (€16.7 billion) bid for EE Friday, clearing the way for the tie-up between the U.K.’s incumbent fixed-line provider and the largest mobile...
View ArticleSafe harbor agreement ‘unlikely’ by deadline
European and American negotiators aren’t likely to reach a new safe harbor agreement by the January 31 deadline set by the EU’s data protection authorities, sources briefed on the talks told POLITICO....
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Google cuts £130 million tax deal with UK
Google will pay 10 years worth of back taxes, totaling £130 million, and higher taxes in future in the U.K. after an agreement with the country’s revenue service. “We will now pay tax based on revenue...
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8 things you need to know about the safe harbor deadline
Talk about a moving target. The real deadline for negotiators in Europe and the United States to hammer out a new pact to give companies legal protection to transfer data across the Atlantic is not...
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Safe harbor deal close, but not close enough
With a deadline of Tuesday looming, the United States and European Union have yet to agree on the details of a new safe harbor agreement, which will affect more than 4,000 companies. “We are close, but...
View ArticleSafe harbor deal divides opinion
Down to the wire, negotiators from the European Union and the United States agreed to a deal Tuesday that would give more than 4,000 companies the legal protection they need to transfer data across the...
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The phone call that saved safe harbor
The breakthrough phone call came in the middle-of-the-night last Tuesday. On the line: John Kerry, the U.S. secretary of state, and Frans Timmermans, the first vice-president of the European...
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Denmark, Netherlands winning at digital but Bulgaria, Romania fall behind
Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden make the best use of digital but Romania, Bulgaria and Greece are falling behind, according to the European Commission. EU countries are improving broadband access,...
View Article5 takeaways from the privacy shield
The new agreement governing data transfers between Europe and the United States gave companies more legal cover than they expected but did less than privacy advocates demanded. Negotiators even tried...
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Belgian telecoms ‘not back to normal’
Proximus’ mobile network was still being affected almost eight hours after terrorist attacks on the main Belgian airport and a metro station in central Brussels on Tuesday. “It’s not back to normal...
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Europol needs more staff from EU nations to respond to terrorist attacks
EU countries must send more national experts to Europol, the agency’s Director Rob Wainwright will tell the justice and home affairs ministers at their meeting today in Brussels. Reinforcements are...
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Encryption a problem in terrorism investigations: Europol
Encryption hampers terrorism investigations and the EU needs laws to deal with it, Europol Director Rob Wainwright told POLITICO. “Encrypted communication via the Internet and smartphones are a part of...
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Brussels attacks: The journalist turned terror suspect
The mystery man in the white hat pictured at Brussels airport shortly before Tuesday’s deadly attacks was identified by local media Saturday as a journalist with links to radical Islam. But on Monday,...
View ArticleBrussels peace march cancelled over security fears
A peace march in Brussels scheduled for Sunday has been cancelled, with the authorities saying they cannot guarantee safety. Citing the security threat level being at 3 — the second highest level — the...
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Brussels peace march turns ugly
A large group of protesters on Sunday stormed a gathering of mourners of the victims of the Brussels terror attacks outside the Bourse stock exchange, forcing police to deploy water canons. A “march...
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Archbishop of Brussels: People are frightened
The terrorists who bombed Brussels have shaken the foundations of the Belgian society, but people must remain calm and refrain from violence to avenge the victims, said Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels...
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Belgium’s 12 worst terror misses, mistakes and misunderstandings
Insufficient resources, missed signals, failure to pass on information, complacency… The terrorist attacks on the Brussels airport and subway system and their aftermath have exposed Belgium’s...
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Russia snubs nuclear summit
The Russian government has refused to send a delegation to a nuclear security summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama for the first time since it began in 2010. “Russia’s decision to certainly not...
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German far-right AfD calls for mosque ban
Mosques should be banned and the Koran includes “lies and deception,” according to a draft policy document from the Lower Bavarian branch of German far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), leaked...
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Salah Abdeslam’s lawyer under gag order
The Dutch Brussels Bar Association has ordered Sven Mary, the lawyer representing Paris terror attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam, not to speak with journalists without permission from its president, Mary...
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