Share This Story! Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about Facebook Email Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Pinterest Bee-harming pesticides are now banned in the European Union The European Union has made a key breakthrough to completely ban pesticides that harm bees and their crop pollination. The ban on three prevalent neonicotinoid pesticides will take effect at the end of the year. Sent! A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Join the Conversation To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Associated Press Published 7:01 a.m. CT April 27, 2018 CLOSE Neonicotinoids were approved for commercial use in the 1990s. But their exact environmental impact has been questionable. Video provided by Newsy Newslook CONNECT TWEET LINKEDIN COMMENT EMAIL MORE BRUSSELS – The European … [Read more...] about Bee-harming pesticides are now banned in the European Union
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European Union is Investigating Apple’s Shazam Acquisition
"If these new services then become part of this established company's ecoystem there is a risk that it will lead to less choice for consumers", Agustin Reyna of BEUC said in an emailed statement.The European Commission said an initial probe found Apple may encourage Shazam users to switch to its own music streaming service.Apple confirmed plans to buy music tagging service Shazam back in December, but Apple's acquisition of the London-based firm still hasn't received European Union antitrust regulatory approval yet. Regulators are anxious that Apple will use the service to push consumers to its own streaming service, hurting competition and unfairly advantaging its own service.According to the European Commission, however, it needs to assess the proposed deal before it goes through. Shazam also works with television shows and ads and could have a variety of other functions in Apple's broader line of services.Apple said in December it would buy the maker of the popular song-recognition … [Read more...] about European Union is Investigating Apple’s Shazam Acquisition
Global Insurance Symposium Announces Final Keynote on General Data Protection Regulation and the European Union
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Montenegro presidential poll tests backing for European Union membership
Montenegro goes to the polls Sunday in a presidential election touted as a test of popular support for European Union membership.Montenegro appears to have elected a president vying to develop closer ties with the West, according to initial projections.The 56-year-old former president and prime minister tops opinion polls and may win 51 percent of votes, according to a March survey by the Podgorica-based Center for Democracy and Human Rights.The presidential role is largely ceremonial.Milo Djukanovic speaks during a celebration after presidential elections in Montenegro's capital, Podgorica.Djukanovic is leader of DPS, which has been in power since the introduction of multi-party system in 1990.He said Sunday that his victory means Montenegro will stick to its plan to join the European Union next.Draginja Vuksanovic, MP of the Social Democratic Party and the first female presidential candidate in the history of Montenegro, secured 8.20% of the vote, while Marko Milacic, founder and … [Read more...] about Montenegro presidential poll tests backing for European Union membership
In Journalist’s Murder, a Test for Malta, and the European Union
Supported by Europe By NICHOLAS KULISHAPRIL 17, 2018 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Continue reading the main story BIDNIJA, Malta — On Oct. 16, at 1:41 a.m., a cellphone SIM card was activated in this rural Maltese village. It was the moment, investigators say, when a remote-controlled bomb packed with TNT was armed and placed under the driver’s seat of this tiny country’s most famous, and most controversial, journalist.The next afternoon, the journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia, left her house and walked toward her gray Peugeot 108, intent on regaining access to her bank account. Her assets had been frozen as part of a libel case, one of 47 suits pending against her. This one stemmed from an article she had published on her blog, about Malta’s economy minister, Christian Cardona, reportedly visiting a brothel in Germany while traveling on official business.Her son Matthew heard a powerful explosion and felt the windows of the house … [Read more...] about In Journalist’s Murder, a Test for Malta, and the European Union