EU High Court Denies Tax Break for Investment Giant
The European Union’s top court on Thursday ruled against BlackRock in an attempt by the world’s largest investment management company to avoid paying taxes.
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EU Magistrate Backs Challenges to Cross-Border Tax Disclosures
Residents of European Union member states can contest the release of their personal financial information as part of an exchange of data between tax authorities in different countries, an adviser to the EU’s highest court said Thursday.
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Europe Bars American Travelers, Citing Virus Surge in US
On Tuesday, European Union leaders said travelers from the United States will be barred from entering the EU until the U.S. manages to contain its coronavirus outbreak.
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EU Prolongs Sanctions Against Russia Over Ukraine Conflict
The European Union on Monday prolonged economic sanctions against Russia for six months for failing to live up to its commitments to the peace agreement in Ukraine.
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Greens Win in France, Poland Headed for Decisive Presidential Runoff
Voters heavily backed pro-environmental candidates in local French elections Sunday, while setting the stage on Poland’s presidential front for a consequential runoff between a nationalist conservative and a liberal.
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EU High Court Rejects French Challenge to Budget Vote
For the second time, the European Union’s highest court on Thursday rejected a complaint from France that the European Parliament improperly held a budget vote in Brussels rather than Strasbourg.
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Top EU Court Rules Against Holding Asylum Seekers in Jail
Lack of space in a refugee center is not a good enough reason to hold asylum-seekers in jail, Europe’s highest court ruled Thursday.
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Rights of Asylum Seekers Trampled in Hungary, EU Judge Observes
An EU magistrate condemned Hungary’s refugee policies Thursday, detailing a system where immigrants are made to sleep in shipping containers on the border for months before while seeking asylum.
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Europe Mulls Extending Ban on US Travelers Amid New Outbreaks
Faced with new outbreaks of coronavirus within its borders and a surge of infections around the world, the European Union may extend a ban on travelers from the United States and other countries where the deadly virus has not been brought under control.
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Top EU Court Punts Immunity Case of Former Anti-Fraud Chief
Europe’s highest court on Thursday sent back to a lower court a dispute over immunity in a complicated political scandal involving Swedish smokeless tobacco, a Maltese circus owner and millions of dollars in bribes.
Read moreEuropean Union Unlimbers Antitrust Cases Against Apple
The European Union’s powerful competition authority opened a series of cases against Apple on Tuesday, in a sign that Brussels was not backing down in its efforts to rein in U.S.-based tech giants.
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Europe Reopening, but Tourists Are Wary
Borders opened up across Europe on Monday after three months of coronavirus closures that began chaotically in March. But many restrictions persist, it’s unclear how keen Europeans will be to travel this summer and the continent is still closed to Americans, Asians and other international tourists.
Read moreEuropean Union Expresses ‘Concern’ Over Israel’s Annexation Plan
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas traveled to Jerusalem on Wednesday to voice European “concern” over Israel’s annexation plans for the occupied West Bank.
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More Countries Pass ‘Fake News’ Laws in Pandemic Era
The Austria-based International Press Institute has tracked 16 countries that have passed new laws targeting misinformation about the coronavirus. THE
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EU Magistrate OKs Stricter Rules for Cross-Border Workers
The European Union can tighten rules governing workers sent outside their home countries despite protests from Hungary and Poland, an adviser to the bloc’s highest court said Thursday.
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Magistrate Says EU Courts Can’t Hear Cases Against Group of Finance Ministers
The Eurogroup, an informal group of finance ministers in the eurozone, isn’t an official institution of the European Union and therefore can’t be held liable for financial losses, an adviser to the EU’s top court found Thursday.
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Europe Proposes $823 Billion Pandemic Aid Package
To bring a divided and battered continent together, the chief executive of the European Union on Wednesday laid out an ambitious $823 billion plan to help Europe recover from the coronavirus pandemic and move toward a greener and more technologically advanced future.
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Optimism Spreads in Europe as Infections Decline
Nearly three weeks after much of Italy lifted a nationwide lockdown, the number of novel coronavirus infections and deaths continues to decline across the country, a hopeful sign the deadly virus is being kept in check.
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EU Wants To Reduce Pesticides Use, Promotes Organic Farming
The European Commission unveiled plans Wednesday to protect biodiversity across the 27-nation bloc while building a more sustainable food system, insisting on the need to both reduce the use of pesticides and promote organic farming.
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EU Magistrate Says Countries Can’t Ban CBD Imports
European Union member states can’t ban the import of the popular cannabis extract CBD, a magistrate for the EU’s top court said Thursday.
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