EU steps in as ‘alarming’ India-Pakistan tensions rise

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"I urge both sides to show restraint,” the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says after discussions with senior New Delhi and Islamabad officials.

TikTok fined €530m for failing to protect user data from Chinese state

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 14:21 UTC

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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission also found the video app provided ‘erroneous information’ to its inquiry

TikTok has been fined €530m (£452m) by an Irish watchdog over a failure to protect some Eu…

Ireland fines TikTok 530 million euros for sending EU user data to China

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a story from CNBC › Europe News

Ireland's privacy regulator said Friday that TikTok infringed the bloc's GDPR data protection law over transfers of European user data to China.

Ireland fines TikTok 530 million euros for sending EU user data to China

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

a story from CNBC › World News

Ireland's privacy regulator said Friday that TikTok infringed the bloc's GDPR data protection law over transfers of European user data to China.

Ireland fines TikTok 530 million euros for sending EU user data to China

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

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Ireland's privacy regulator said Friday that TikTok infringed the bloc's GDPR data protection law over transfers of European user data to China.

Germany’s far-right AfD formally designated as ‘extremist’ – Europe live

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Minister says party ‘discriminates against entire population groups’ and insists there was no political influence over intelligence agency’s decision

Elsewhere, TikTok has been fined €530m for violati…

TikTok fined €530mn for sending EU user data to China

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

a story from Financial Times › Financial Times

Social media group hit by one of the biggest financial penalties ever issued by Ireland’s data protection watchdog

Europe ready to make Trump a €50bn trade offer, says EU negotiator

found 2025 › May › 02 (Fri) @ 10:49 UTC

a story from Financial Times › Financial Times

Maroš Šefčovič tells FT of ‘certain progress’ but warns bloc will not settle for higher US tariff baseline

Sixteen EU countries to trigger clause increasing defence spending

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The 27-member bloc is allowing member states to spend up to 1.5% of their GDP on defence over the next four years without the usual budgetary limits.

Trump’s trade policy offers the EU an unexpected opportunity — if it can grab it

found 2025 › May › 01 (Thu) @ 02:45 UTC

a story from Politico EU › Politico EU

Europe has the chance to become one of the leaders of a free, responsible and democratic world. But it needs to take its fate in its own hands.