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This Spring, the European Central Bank will decide whether or not to move ahead with preparatory work to launch a digital euro, a project that could have far-reaching implications for the very foundations of the financial system.

A range of private media outlets went off the air in Poland on Wednesday

The development of next generation robotics technologies, has been cited as an important part of the EU’s future economic growth and recovery

This week Samuel Stolton speaks to an MEP who has taken the lead in making this an important issue for the EU to examine.

In this week’s edition, we take a deep dive into the European Union’s next moves in the Artificial Intelligence space

This week, we hone in on one of the countries that played host to a groundswell of opposition to the plans: Germany

This week, EURACTIV takes a deeper dive to see what’s in store as part of the plans.

As we edge closer to December 31st, concerns are starting to amplify over how data transfers will take place between the EU and the UK after Brexit.

After rumors had been circulating in Brussels earlier this week, the Commission confirmed that the publication of the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act would be pushed back to December 15th

This week, the European Commission has unveiled its highly-anticipated Data Governance Act. In our latest transmission, we take a closer look at the plans.

A series of EU nations have started to make their cases for the nomination as the bloc’s next cybersecurity hub. This week, take a look at the battle for Europe’s new cyber centre.

This week, the European Commission has published its draft decision on standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data to third countries, after the Schrems II strikedown earlier this year

This week, Samuel Stolton takes a look at how the ballot may influence the future of EU digital policy as well as transatlantic elections.

Talk of a potential Big Tech breakup has not gone away.

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly backed a series of reports which could have a profound impact on the future of the platform economy

Global technology giants including Google, Microsoft, and IBM, in addition to Chinese players in the market, are welcome to take part in the EU’s ambitious cloud infrastructure project Gaia-X, German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Thursday.

European Council summit where EU leaders are set to sign off on commitments made to bolster the EU's digital clout in the world, with a new series of so-called Digital Compass benchmarks for 2030. 

The European Commission has concerns that certain aspects of the UK’s data protection regime may change in the future and negatively impact the safety of EU personal data

Presenting her future vision to MEPs earlier this week, von der Leyen outlined three areas that have become more pertinent in the context of the coronavirus

Europe's online marketplaces should not be controlled by a handful of dominant gatekeeper platforms

EU leaders earlier this week reached a 'historic agreement' on the new multi-annual financial framework and the recovery and resilience fund. 

The EU-US Privacy Shield agreement that attempts to guarantee the secure transmission of EU data to the United States, has been declared invalid by the European Court of Justice, in a ruling that will provoke major disruption to transatlantic data …

This week, 150 prominent writers and academics including Noam Chomsky, Steven Pinker, Margaret Atwood, Francis Fukuyama, Salman Rushdie, and J.K Rowling, have written an open letter calling for free speech to be preserved online

One question that has returned to the forefront of our minds this week in the tech domain is how does Europe position itself with regards to regulating artificial intelligence?