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Jul 27, 2026

EU Fines Google €890 Million in Its Biggest Digital Markets Act Penalty

Brussels handed Google its largest-ever fine under the Digital Markets Act — €890 million for rigging search results and its app store — and braced for a tariff backlash from Washington.

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Business & Economy
Jul 24, 2026

Europe's October Deadline With China Arrives — With Low Expectations

Brussels gave Beijing until October to show progress on a €360 billion trade gap. Three months out, the EU's own chief trade lawmaker calls the deadline 'not realistic' — and Europe is quietly sharpening its backup tools.

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The Europe Debate
Jul 24, 2026

Local Firms Win EU Contracts 900 Times More Often Than Foreign Rivals

Three decades after Europe opened public tenders to cross-border competition, a homegrown firm is still hundreds of times likelier to win. A new EPIC report says Europe has never even measured what fixing this would be worth.

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News & Analysis
Jul 24, 2026

One Greek Shipping Fleet Is Holding Up the EU's 21st Russia Sanctions

A freeze on the EU's cap on Russian oil revenue expires on 23 July. Standing between Brussels and its 21st sanctions package is Greece — defending a shipping empire built on carrying Russian gas out of the Arctic.

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Business & Economy
Jul 23, 2026

The Draghi Agenda Has a Delivery Problem — and Now a Scoreboard

Nearly two years after Mario Draghi told Europe to reform or decline, an independent index has ranked the European Commission's own departments on how much of his agenda they have turned into law. The gap between top and bottom is striking.

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News & Analysis
Jul 23, 2026

Zelensky Fires Ukraine's Top General After Six Days of EU-Flag Protests

Volodymyr Zelensky has removed his commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrsky, and named Kharkiv front commander Mykhailo Drapatyi to 'reset' Ukraine's war effort — a climbdown forced by the largest street protests of the war, and one that lands as Europe scrambles to refill Kyiv's empty air-defence stocks.

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