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EU probes into Apple, Alphabet and Meta — which were opened last March — remain unclosed. Probes against companies for breaching the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) should be wrapped up soon to stop ongoing breaches of the competition rules, a group of different associations and businesses urged Teresa Ribera, European Commissioner for Competitiveness, in a letter sent on Tuesday.The DMA aims to ensure fair competition between online platforms and started to apply early 2024, but none of the European Commission investigations into US tech giants Apple, Alphabet and Meta for alleged breaches of the law, have been closed. “The…

Updated: 28/01/2025 – 11:58 GMT+1On Monday, 27 January, SpaceX launched its latest batch of satellites into low-Earth orbit. … More The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket comprised of 21 Starlink satellites, including 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities.It was the 20th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission. Previous launches included CRS-26, SXM-9, OneWeb Launch 16, Intelsat IS-40e, O3B mPOWER, Ovzon 3, Eutelsat 36D, Turksat 6A, Maxar 2, and 10 Starlink missions. Soon after liftoff, the rocket landed on the SpaceX droneship, “A Shortfall of Gravitas” in the Atlantic OceanFollowing stage separation, the first stage will land…

Conservative American pundit Tucker Carlson accused the Joe Biden administration Monday of trying to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The Biden administration did, they tried to kill Putin,” the former Fox News anchor said in the latest episode of his podcast, “The Tucker Carlson Show.” “Which is insane,” Carlson added. “That’s demented, that you would even think of something like that. So why were they? Because chaos is a screen that protects them.”

The diplomat dash indicates the escalating level of concern in Copenhagen about Trump’s threats over Greenland, which he says is vital for American security in the Arctic and hosts vast mineral riches. Frederiksen also met with other Nordic leaders for dinner on Sunday night. “Denmark is a small country with strong alliances. And part of a strong European community, where together we can handle the challenges we face,” Frederiksen said Tuesday morning. “We have faced great trials before. European cooperation has proven its worth in handling a number of crises in recent years.” “Europe is in a serious situation. With…

👉Listen to Politics At Jack And Sam’s on your podcast app👈 Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Anne McElvoy look at the day ahead in British politics. As Rachel Reeves puts the finishing touches to her big speech on boosting economic growth tomorrow, new pension rules mean “trapped surplus funds” can be invested in the wider economy – something proposed by her predecessor Jeremy Hunt. Elsewhere, there is a backlash over a leaked internal Home Office report which has advised widening the definition of extremism to include environmentalists, the far left and men prejudiced against women. And…

But cracks are forming in the north’s united front. War at Europe’s borders, economic shifts, and a United States president eyeing a retreat from NATO have forced a rethink — and the frugal alliance is wobbling just as the EU prepares for its next big budget showdown. In the past, these frugal countries developed a “closely knit, well-prepared strategy to stop ideas that had to do with more spending,” an EU government official with experience overseeing several budget talks told POLITICO. But the upcoming negotiations on the 2028-2034 budget promise to be “completely different,” according to the official, who like…

Pascal Lamy, the former chief of staff to European Commission President Jacques Delors and former two-term head of the World Trade Organization, told Euronews how the EU should deal with Donald Trump if the American president follows up on threats to impose tariffs. US President Donald Trump should realise that the EU is a big market and could retaliate in a tariff war, harming US exporters, Pascal Lamy told Euronews’ Shona Murray in an exclusive interview Radio Schuman features today.The former European Commissioner for Trade and twice Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), downplayed the importance of Trump’s “show”…

Matthew Sinclair, director of the CCIA’s London office, added: “There are huge opportunities for the U.K. in digital trade with the United States and the government should do everything it can to minimize the risks that tax policy undermines progress in this area.” Regulation under threat? While digital trade deals typically center on highly technical, if valuable, issues like data flows, cooperation on international standards, and regulatory compatibility, the presence of several self-described free-speech tech billionaires in Trump’s inner circle mean other dislikes could get aired too. Musk, who has made a number of cuts to X’s content moderation teams…

The European Commission warned last year that its aim to connect all EU households to 5G by 2030 are off target. Europe’s 5G standalone coverage is significantly lagging behind the US and Asia, according to a report published on Tuesdayby telecom lobby Connect Europe. In Europe, the coverage of standalone 5G – which operates independently from existing 4G infrastructure and is used for industrial purposes – is at 40%, while it reaches 91% of the population in North America, and 45% in Asia Pacific, the report finds on the basis of research conducted by consulting firm Analysys Mason.Meanwhile non-standalone 5G networks…

Kurzfristig angesetztes Treffen: Dänemarks Ministerpräsidentin Mette Frederiksen im Kanzleramt. Was Scholz in der Migration von den dänischen Sozialdemokraten mitnehmen kann. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview: SPD-Fraktionsvize Dirk Wiese über die polarisierten Wahlkampfdebatten zur Verschärfung der Migrationspolitik. Chefkorrespondent Rasmus Buchsteiner über die Zeitpläne für die Abstimmungen zur Migrationspolitik im Bundestag. Geplantes Gruppenfoto: Die AfD plant ein Bild an einem historisch heiklen Ort. Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es morgens um 5 Uhr. Gordon Repinski und das POLITICO-Team bringen euch jeden Morgen auf den neuesten Stand in Sachen Politik — kompakt, europäisch, hintergründig. Und für alle Hauptstadt-Profis:Unser Berlin Playbook-Newsletter liefert jeden Morgen die wichtigsten…