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A provision that could have forced proof-of-work cryptocurrencies like bitcoin to shift to more environmentally friendly mechanisms failed to get the votes required.

The US has been removed from a 'safe list' of countries to visit by the European Union after a spike in coronavirus infections there.

Draft white paper suggest prohibition lasting three to five years is being considered

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused China and Europe of deliberately weakening their currencies and stimulating their economies to gain competitive advantages over the United States. Trump's latest Twitter outburst came as the Commerce Depa

It was already something of a foregone conclusion, but Europe's controversial new online copyright law took another step towards becoming official this week. The European Union announced on Monday that 19 of the 28 member nations in the European Counc

The UK government is to ask for an extension to Article 50 to find a way out of the Brexit impasse. Prime Minister Theresa May said she would work with the opposition to agree a plan to take the Brexit process forward.

New cars will need to have Intelligent Speed Assistance limiters as standard after the European Parliament, Council and Commission approved legislation for them to be mandatory.

The EU has hailed a large rise in the number of migrants flying direct to Europe to file asylum claims thanks to visa-free travel.

Flemish nationalists angry about UN pact adopted by Belgian prime minister

Brussels and Beijing on Wednesday launched explosive cases at the World Trade Organization, in which they will argue that Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum, imposed in May, cannot be justified on grounds of national security, as the White House claims.

EU lawmakers voted in favour of a controversial reform of online copyright laws on Wednesday. While supported by cultural industries and media, the proposal will continue to face opposition from web giants and from groups warning of censorship.

“The EU’s attempt to ban halogen bulbs is wrong because consumers will suffer financially and it’s always the poorest who suffer most from these kinds of policies,” Jonathan Bullock, the UK Independence Party spokesman in the European parliament, told the Guardian. “Customers should have the

European Union plans to impose fines over terrorist propaganda.

IT has been more than two months since the GDPR came into effect in the EU and about a third of the 100 largest US newspapers are still blocked.

President Donald Trump says the United States and the European Union have agreed to work toward "zero tariffs" and "zero subsidies" on non-automobile goods.

A new European data regulation that just a month ago seemed like an obscure piece of legislation is suddenly on the lips of everyone in

EU says holdover from post-WWI efficiency efforts isn't relevant in today's world.

Authored by Andrew Korybko via Oriental Review, Poland, one of the most loyal EU members, was just stabbed in the back by Brussels after the bloc initiated punitive Article 7 proceedings against it, proving that Warsaw's unwavering loyalty to the West

Yesterday we reported that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron had publicly agreed to back Article 7 proceedings against Poland for refusing to comply with EU immigration quotas and changes to its judicial system.

Brussels has said that Europeans must accept mass migration from the third world as the "new norm", warning that neither walls nor policies will allow any part of the EU to remain "homogenous and migration-free".