Tech giants will likely challenge a new European Union law aimed at reining in their power with the first cases in a potential wave of litigation expected by year-end, one of the EU's top judges said on Friday.

The EU will reveal hotly debated proposals on Thursday to boost spending on clean tech, possibly overcoming internal divisions to include nuclear energy in the mix, to confront growing industrial competition from the United States and China.

TikTok's breakneck rise from niche video-sharing app to global social media behemoth has brought plenty of scrutiny, particularly over its links to China.

An EU decision ordering Amazon to pay about 250 million euros ($265 million) in back taxes to Luxembourg relies on "atmospherics" and is without merit, the company said on Thursday, as it sought to convince Europe's top court to throw out an appeal by EU regulators.

European Union finance ministers are converging on broad principles of a reform of Europe's fiscal rules to make them fit better with post-pandemic economic realities, but crucial details remain to be negotiated, a document showed.

Britain's National Cyber Security Centre is reviewing whether Chinese-owned video app TikTok should be banned from government phones, security minister Tom Tugendhat said on Tuesday.

A cap on revenue and the lack of the kind of incentives offered to oil explorers are blocking the development of renewable energy in Britain, say industry officials who are pressing for changes ahead of this week's budget.

A new proposed UK data bill would reduce pointless paperwork for UK businesses and other EU countries could follow suit to ease European companies.

Luca Visentini was arrested in December as part of the investigation into suspected corruption among MEPs involving Qatar and Morocco.

The European Union is a global frontrunner in cutting carbon emissions but is also moving to ensure the green transition doesn't make it an industrial desert, with a raft of measures due to be announced next week.

Europe is taking longer than planned to concoct an EU-wide food-labelling system after a colour-coded scheme created in France did not go down well in culinary rival Italy.

U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are expected to agree on Friday to begin negotiations on ensuring free-trade agreement-like status for the European Union.

The European Union's executive body said on Wednesday it will finalise a long-delayed discussion forum for EU and UK financial regulators, once the deal on Northern Ireland has been implemented by Britain.

Swiss fragrance and flavour maker Givaudan said on Tuesday that it was being investigated by European Union and Swiss antitrust authorities.

Meta Platforms' WhatsApp has agreed to be more transparent about changes to its privacy policy introduced in 2021, the European Commission said on Monday, following complaints from consumer bodies across Europe.

Estonia goes to polls with parties split on Ukraine aid.

European policymakers and executives have become less worried that billions of dollars of U.S.

The University of Cambridge has finally decided to return the four Australian Aboriginal spears.

The new framework amends the text and provisions of the Northern Ireland protocol, albeit without changing the fundamentals of the 2019 withdrawal agreement.

European chemical producers painted a bleak picture of their prospects for 2023 on Thursday, citing the continuing fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, high inflation and slowing economic growth.

Europe's chief prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi is already investigating frauds that allegedly cost EU taxpayers 14 billion euros -- now she wants to go after the smugglers undermining sanctions against Russia.

'Windsor Framework' marks a new chapter for UK-EU relations but DUP support remains uncertain.

The European Parliament has told staff to purge TikTok from devices used for work because of data protection concerns, after similar moves by the EU's main governing bodies last week.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visited Northern Ireland on Tuesday to convince pro-UK unionists to back his breakthrough deal with the European Union that overhauls post-Brexit trading rules in the province.

The EU on Tuesday narrowed its landmark antitrust case against Apple to focus on how the iPhone-maker prevents apps from giving users information about rival music subscription options.

The border is a delicate issue that was part of a 1998 peace deal to end decades of armed conflict in Northern Ireland.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a new deal on post-Brexit trade rules for Northern Ireland on Monday, gambling that the reward of better ties with the European Union is worth any discord it might cause within his own party.

Britain and the European Union were on Monday poised to agree a crucial overhaul of trade rules in Northern Ireland, in a breakthrough aimed at resetting strained relations since Brexit.

A clash between Big Tech and EU telecom firms over who will underwrite network infrastructure is set to dominate discussion at the world's largest conference.

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt believes "being a technology superpower can change our country's destiny" and has plans to "unlock our national potential to be one of Europe's most exciting, most innovative and most prosperous economies".