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• Law to lower roaming charges the fastest approved in EU

  By Jennifer Baker | 30 May, 2012 17:00

  A new law to lower the price of mobile phone roaming was approved on Wednesday, making it the fastest piece of legislation to be passed by the European Union institutions.

• Germany misses EU data retention deadline, could face court action

  By Jennifer Baker | 28 April, 2012 01:40

  Germany could face court action for failing to implement the European Union's Data Retention Directive, officials confirmed on Friday.

• European Commission locks horns with Germany over data retention law

  By Jennifer Baker | 24 March, 2012 01:32

  European Union regulators have warned Germany that it must implement the controversial Data Retention Directive within one month or face legal action and possible fines.

• New net neutrality study leads to calls for EU legislation

  By Jennifer Baker | 13 March, 2012 04:09

  Blocking VoIP (voice over Internet Protocol) and peer-to-peer Internet traffic is common in the European Union, said E.U. regulator BEREC, leading to calls for an E.U. net neutrality law.

• Opinion: You are the product for The Google

  By Mark Gibbs | 03 March, 2012 02:28

  "If you're not paying for something, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold." -- a user named "blue_beetle" on MetaFilter

• SOPA's big brother signed by EU nations amid widespread protests

  By Jennifer Baker | 27 January, 2012 04:31

  The European Union signed up to the controversial Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) on Thursday despite widespread opposition, particularly in Poland, where people took to the streets in protest.

• Apple loses latest round in Android patent fight

  By Brad Reed | 25 January, 2012 04:25

  Apple came up short in the latest twist in the seemingly endless Android patent saga, as a Dutch court ruled that Samsung's Galaxy Tab can be sold in the Netherlands and distributed throughout the European Union.

• EU takes action on Hungary's poor data protection

  By Jennifer Baker | 18 January, 2012 03:51

  The European Commission has launched infringement measures against Hungary over concerns that binding data protection rules are being undermined.

• EU foreign ministers stick up for Wikileaks

  By Jennifer Baker | 09 December, 2011 05:34

  The European Union's foreign ministers issued a statement on Thursday reiterating the rights of whistleblowing websites such as Wikileaks.

• EU watchdog launches antitrust probe of Apple, ebook publishers

  By Gregg Keizer | 07 December, 2011 05:36

  European Union (EU) antitrust regulators today launched a formal investigation into how Apple and several major publishers priced electronic books.

• Simulated cyberattack unites EU and US security experts

  By Jennifer Baker | 04 November, 2011 03:29

  Almost 100 computer experts from 16 European countries jointly battled to hold off serious cyberattacks on the European Union's security agencies and power plants as part of a simulated exercise on Thursday.

• EU countries must devote 800MHz band to wireless broadband by 2013

  By Jennifer Baker | 29 October, 2011 03:13

  Europe's Council of Ministers has said that all European Union countries must make the 800MHz band available for wireless broadband services by Jan. 1, 2013 as part of an ambitious deal agreed on Friday.

• New EU law to remove online sales headache

  By Jennifer Baker | 12 October, 2011 02:50

  The days of European online shoppers getting the message "this product is not available in your country" could be numbered.

• EU wants to push telcos to ditch copper, lay fiber

  By Jennifer Baker | 04 October, 2011 03:55

  Large telecommunications companies must stop using copper-network pricing as a barrier to deploying fiber networks, or Europe will not meet its broadband targets, said the digital agenda commissioner on Monday.

• Civil liberties groups slam EU data retention as unnecessary

  By Jennifer Baker | 28 September, 2011 00:11

  A large group of digital rights organizations has demanded proof from the European Commission that the retention of data in the European Union is necessary and proportionate for fighting serious crime.