Europe's mobile phone operators still hope to dissuade lawmakers from passing legislation capping the price for using a mobile phone abroad, even though politicians appear set on introducing the limits.
The European Commission has again criticized Microsoft Corp.'s response to a 2004 antitrust ruling, opening up the possibility of further fines for the company.
The European Commission Friday approved the planned sale of AOL LLC's U.K. Internet access business to Carphone Warehouse Group PLC (CPW) of the U.K. The deal follows recent similar sell-offs in Germany and France.
Research has revealed that up to 85 percent of all email received in the European Union is unsolicited, so the European Commission has tasked its member states to up their efforts to reduce spam, spyware and malicious software.
Google launched a robust defence of its practice of caching and summarizing newspaper articles on its news search engine Google News in a Brussels courtroom on Friday.
Calls for a change to international rules on data transfers intensified Monday when two leading trade associations called on U.S. and European Union decision-makers to take action.
European Union and U.S. negotiators have reached agreement on how to share information about passengers flying to the U.S. from Europe, a Finnish government spokesman said.