Wednesday
20th Sep 2017
By EUOBSERVER
Paris administrative court ruled on Wednesday that the French state could not ask Google to pay out €1,115-billion in taxes. It said the US tech company cannot be taxed for the activities of its AdWords service because it has no "permanent establishment" in France, pointing out that Google's European headquarters, staff and servers are in Ireland. The exemption was based on a law from 1928.
A new-model EU cybersecurity agency could help states defend their elections against "hybrid attacks", the Commission has said.
Bulgaria's capital has launched a campaign to prove that it could do as well as the other 18 contenders that want to host EMA - but for less money.
EU governments should stop Ukraine from hampering the work of NGOs in revenge against their anti-corruption work.
An ongoing review of the the European Investment Bank's "complaints mechanism" could make the oversight branch less independent and less effective.
Journalists from Turkey's Zaman newspaper stand trial this week on fake charges that include "perception engineering" and "violating the rights of statesmen".
Mega-mergers in the food sector have become commonplace, but EU laws do little to help it keep check on the impact this could have on the environment, public health, and food security.
