Whatever the outcome of this week's Scottish referendum on independence, the shape of Europe is changing as power ebbs away from old nation states, sparking a backlash in some places.
A panel appointed by search engine Google (GOOG.O) will hold the first of a series of meetings on Tuesday to debate the balance between privacy and the free flow of information after a May court ruling reinforced Europeans' "right to be forgotten".
The European Union on Friday pledged 140 million euros ($180 million) to boost the fight against Ebola in West Africa, where the death toll in the worst outbreak on record has passed 2,100 people.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble renewed a call for a core group of European Union countries to move ahead faster with economic and political integration, 20 years after his ground-breaking proposal fell on deaf ears in key partner France.
Ukraine said Russian tanks had flattened a small border town and pro-Russian rebels had made fresh gains in its east, as EU leaders signaled on Saturday they would threaten more sanctions against Moscow over the crisis.
A World Trade Organization dispute panel ruled against Argentina on Friday in a 2012 case brought by the United States, European Union and Japan against the South American country's licensing rules used to restrict imports.
According to the sources cited by the Associated Press, the new measures would include a ban on the sale of dual use and sensitive technologies and an arms embargo. The measures were clearly geared to restrict Russia's defense and energy industries, of which both have proven lucrative for the country.
Bloomberg observed that Google Inc has already devised an online form to accept personal information deletion requests and formed an advisory committee to aid the company in complying to the European Court ruling on a citizen's right to be forgotten.
A classified European Union report has warned serious economic implications on Germany from the sanctions imposed on Russia due to the Crimea crisis, the Telegraph said.
An expert told Bloomberg that the European countries Russian businesses has been dependent on moving their assets into are key to forcing Russia to discontinue its plans on Ukraine.
Despite the UK's defeat in its initial challenge to the proposed common financial-transactions tax in the European Court of Justice, its Treasury department said that the nation has plans to continue pursuing with its case even after the measure has been implemented, Bloomberg said.
The European Court of Justice said in a statement following its ruling regarding the European Union's 2006 data retention law that the current statute violates the citizens' rights to privacy.
Ministers of the European Union warned Russia that it will be receiving sanctions should it continue to be aggressive against leaderless Ukraine after the latter seized border posts in Crimea, the Wall Street Journal said.
Two unnamed sources revealed plans of Zurich-based banker UBS AG to disclose its misconduct regarding manipulation of foreign exchange currency rates manipulation to US and European Union regulators to get immunity from the global probe.
One of the main reason protesters in Ukraine braved the cold winter for the past few months, which has lead to deadly clashes with riot police was that they sought to challenge President Yanukovch's increasingly authoritarian rule of law and his method of centralizing corruption.
Financial experts believed that the bonus cap law, which limits the awarding of bonuses to bankers and traders, has created an unfair playing field for the European Union because of banks' decision to circumvent the law by reclassifying or restructuring bonuses.
According to two anonymous sources, EU justice commissioner Viviane Reding and Michel Barnier, who leads financial-services policy for the EU were not happy with Antitrust Commissioner Joaquin Almunia lack of consultation with fellow commissioners and complainants prior to agreeing to a settlement with Google over antitrust concerns.
According to the solicitor acting for the Iranian bank Bank Mellat, Sarosh Zaiwalla, the UK government needs to honor the supreme court ruling that lifted all sanctions against Iran with regard to trading in the UK. The bank is reportedly asking for as much as £1 billion in damages due to the 5-year trading ban, the Guardian said.
