Tag: Margrethe Vestager

• Thursday, May 14th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  EU plans to revive the air travel industry; Europeans consumers have the right to cash refunds

  

  Airlines will not have to leave seats empty, but passengers flying in the European Union will have to wear masks on planes and in airports under plans to revive the travel industry.

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 10:02 UTC

  EU fines Google €1.49 billion for blocking rival online search advertisers

  

  Google was fined €1.49 billion ($1.7 billion) on Wednesday for blocking rival online search advertisers, in the third large European Union antitrust penalty for the Alphabet business in two only years.

• Friday, April 24th 2015 - 08:08 UTC

  EU regulators Russia's Gazprom of abusing dominant position; fine could reach 16bn

  

  Russia’s biggest gas utility, Gazprom, was hit with an antitrust case by European Union regulators for “abusing” its dominant position and overcharging customers for gas supplies. The investigation against the Gazprom has been ongoing for two years.

• Thursday, April 16th 2015 - 08:39 UTC

  EU accuses Google of 'cheating competitors' to favor its shopping service

  

  The European Union accused Google Inc on Wednesday of cheating competitors by distorting Internet search results to favor its shopping service, and launched another antitrust investigation into its Android mobile operating system.