Friday
25th May 2018
By EUOBSERVER
A majority of MPs in the Dutch lower house have come out against the European Commission's website against fake news, saying that civil servants should not be in charge of checking on journalists. They support a motion which calls on the Dutch interior minister to make sure that the 'EU vs disinformation' website is pulled down. The site recently erroneously listed genuine Dutch media articles as containing fake news.
The new EU privacy rules are touted as a global 'gold standard' - but Mexico's former data commissioner warns some nations are far from ready.
After the latest round of Brexit talks, a senior EU official sounded the alarm bell: progress on the key Irish border issue remains elusive, while the London government is chasing pipe dreams.
Russian firm Gazprom is a reformed character, the EU commission has said, improving the climate for new pipelines to Europe.
The European Data Protection Board is a new EU body tasked with enforcing the EU's privacy laws with powers to impose massive fines. Its head Andrea Jelinek told reporters complaints against companies are expected to be immediate.
While the Greek government has committed to fulfill the last creditors' requirements in the coming month, Europeans and the International Monetary Fund are still far from an agreement on measures to reduce the country's debt in the future.
Virulent nationalism in Greece has been stirred up in the context of austerity and renewed negotiations with Macedonia. Recent attempts by the government to address the inequalities suffered by LGBT persons have also been met with a reactionary backlash.
