 | Erdogan accuses European Union of 'distancing itself' from TurkeyEarlier this month, the EU's enlargement commissioner travelled to Turkey, saying that while membership had "huge potential", the bloc needed to see action on human rights issues before talks resume. |
 | TikTok fined USD 379 million for failure to keep children’s data safe in EUTikTok was found to have violated eight articles of the GDPR. |
 | New economic corridor to connect Asia, Europe & USThe IMEC will have two separate corridors — the east corridor connecting India to the Arabian Gulf and the northern corridor connecting the Arabian Gulf to Europe. |
 | Rahul Gandhi to meet Parliamentarians, ministers and students during his Europe visitSources said that Gandhi will meet EU MPs in Brussels on Wednesday. Besides meeting with the diasporas, the Congress leader will hold a press conference in Brussels. |
 | Apple, Facebook, TikTok among six firms to face stricter EU rulesObservers say the law could open a new battlefront between digital titans and the European Union as some companies consider launching legal challenges. |
 | Asylum applications in the European Union continue to rise after a major hike last yearThe increase of asylum seekers and other migrants is an increasingly divisive issue in many European nations. |
 | EU sees record rise in asylum requests, jump 28 per cent so far in 2023Between January and the end of June this year, there were 519,000 such requests made in the 27-nation bloc and associated countries Switzerland and Norway. |
 | Google unveils changes before strict EU rules kick inGoogle's latest steps include expanding its "Ads Transparency Center", where users will find more information about targeting for ads in the European Union. |
 | Europe's sweeping rules for tech giants are about to kick in; here's how they workThe Digital Services Act is designed to keep users safe online and stop the spread of harmful content that's either illegal or violates a platform's terms of service. |
 | EU opens anti-trust probe into Microsoft over bundling of Office, TeamsIt underlined that the Microsoft cloud-based suites were "well-entrenched", and bundling Teams with them could be "restricting competition" in Europe. |
 | 62 of 111 lunar missions in last seven decades were successful: NASA databaseSince 1990, the US, Japan, India, the European Union, China and Israel have collectively launched 21 lunar missions. |
 | European Union lawmakers back a major plan to protect nature and fight climate changeThe bill is a key part of the EU's vaunted European Green Deal that seeks to establish the world's most ambitious climate and biodiversity targets. |
 | European Union biodiversity bill may be removed as elections draw closerThe main political grouping in the legislature, the conservative European People's Party (EPP), has rejected the draft Nature Restoration Law, saying it would hurt farmers. |
 | Poland and Italy's leaders say European Union should focus on stopping illegal migrationPoland has taken in millions of war refugees from Ukraine, some 1.2 million of whom have registered and received the right to live, work, attend school and receive social benefits. |
 | Spain PM Pedro Sánchez visits Kyiv on the day Spain starts EU presidencySánchez said that it was time to begin negotiations for Ukraine's entry into the European Union adding that, 'The war in Ukraine will be one of the great priorities of our (Spain) presidency.' |
 | "A weaker Putin is a greater danger," says EU foreign policy chiefEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the "aftershocks" of the Wagner rebellion were still playing out. |
 | Eurozone rescue fund proves headache for Italy PM MeloniItaly is under pressure from its EU allies to ratify as soon as possible, as the reform cannot come into effect until all national parliaments agree. |
 | European Union agrees on new package of sanctions against RussiaIt is the first time that sanctions have been announced to target trade via other countries, apart from ones against Iranians alleged to be supplying drones to Russia. |
 | Germany hails EU deal on renewable energy raising target for 2030 to 45 per centRussia’s war in Ukraine has accelerated the EU’s green transition. The bloc reduced its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increased its renewable energy use over the past year. |
 | Google must break up digital ad business over competition concerns, European regulators sayThe 27-nation EU has led the global movement to crack down on Big Tech companies. It's the first time the bloc has told a tech giant that it must split up key parts of its business. |
