BRUSSELS, July 14 — France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and Greece will test a blueprint for an age-verification app to protect children online, the European Commission announced on Monday, amid growing global concern about the impact of social media on children's mental health.

HONG KONG, July 6 — China's Finance Ministry has announced that it is is restricting government purchases of medical devices from the European Union (EU) that exceed 45 million yuan (RM26.51 million) in value, in retaliation to Brussels' own curbs last month.

BRUSSELS, July 2 — The European Commission has proposed a legally binding target to cut the European Union’s (EU) net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent by 2040, compared to 1990 levels.

BRUSSELS, July 2 — The European Commission will today propose a European Union climate target for 2040 that, for the first time, will allow countries to use carbon credits from developing nations to meet a limited share of their emissions goal, a draft of the proposal showed.

BRUSSELS, June 26 — European Union leaders are to tell the European Commission today that a quick trade deal with the United States will come at the cost of Washington getting better terms, or they can escalate the fight in hope of something better.

BRUSSELS, May 16 — Microsoft has offered to sell its Office product without Teams at a lower price than Office with Teams, as well as offer rivals better interoperability access to its services and products, EU antitrust regulators said on Friday.

BRUSSELS, April 7 — The European Commission is considering counting international carbon credits towards its next climate target, a move that could weaken the carbon dioxide (CO2)-cutting efforts it demands from domestic industries, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

BRUSSELS, Feb 12 — The European Commission on Wednesday scrapped draft rules regulating technology patents, artificial intelligence (AI), and consumer privacy on messaging apps, saying it did not expect them to receive the green light from European Union (EU) lawmakers and countries.

BRUSSELS, Feb 6 — Chinese online marketplace Temu and fast-fashion retailer Shein will be liable for the sale of unsafe and dangerous products on their platforms, the European Commission said yesterday, as part of a crackdown against a flood of cheap e-commerce imports into the European Union.

BRUSSELS, Nov 14 — The European Commission today fined Meta Platforms €797.72 million (RM3.77 billion) over abusive practices benefiting Facebook Marketplace, it said in a statement, confirming an earlier report by Reuters.

BRUSSELS, Aug 27 — Environmental campaigners have taken the European Commission to court over its emissions rules for 2030, seeking a ruling from Europe’s second-highest court that would force the bloc to strengthen its climate policy, they said today.

BRUSSELS, June 18 — Ursula von der Leyen was expected to secure informal backing on yesterday for a second term as president of the European Commission, which sets the EU agenda with legislative proposals, trade investigations and competition adjudication.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof will have a meeting with Florika Fink-Hooijer, director-general in the European Commission’s Directorate General for Environment, on June 28.